Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center
2780 26Th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94601 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 61 certified beds
Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Oakland, California. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.12 hours per resident per day, below the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Nov 7, 2024 cited 1 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center compares
This facility vs. the California and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | California avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.12 | 4.51 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.57 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.84 | 2.64 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | —% | 38.1% | 46.4% | — |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 1.0 | 15.4 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
What inspectors found at Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Nov 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 14, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 14, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Dec 14, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 14, 2023 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 14, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 14, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 14, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 4, 2022 - Potential for harm
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 4, 2022 - Potential for harm
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 4, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 4, 2022
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 2780 26Th Avenue
Oakland, CA 94601 - CMS certification #
- 555767
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 61
- Avg residents/day
- 59.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2001-01-18
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2010
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Our location provides an ideal environment for patients seeking rehabilitation services, short-term respite care, as well as those requiring long-term nursing care.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Oct 1, 2010 to Oct 1, 2013. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $169,224 owed to 102 employees. DOL marked the employer as a willful violator. Employer as DOL recorded it: BELLAKEN GARDEN & SKILLED NURSING CENTER (BELLAKEN HEALTH GROUP, LLC). Case 1708873.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Highland Hospital, Oakland. 0.8 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Bay Marina Post Acute, Oakland. 0.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Baypoint Home Health, Inc, Alameda. 2.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 94601 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Rai - East Bay - Oakland, Oakland, 1.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Shc Oakland Waterfront, Oakland, 2.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Rai-Oakland Home Program, Oakland, 3.1 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 39 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 94601.
Asian Network Hospice, Inc, office in Oakland, 2.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Sutter Care At Home, office in Alameda, 2.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Holistic Palliative Care, Inc, office in Oakland, 2.7 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Alameda Health System, Oakland. 0.8 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Zone X: 0.2% annual chance (500-year) flood area (moderate risk). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very high. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center staffed?
Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center reports 4.12 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 1 deficiencies.
How many beds does Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center have?
Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center is certified for 61 beds.