Nursing home
Berkley West Healthcare Center
1623 Arizona Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Aspen Skilled Healthcare (34 facilities) · 54 certified beds
Berkley West Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Santa Monica, California. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.18 hours per resident per day, below the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Jan 8, 2026 cited 9 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $101,046In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Berkley West Healthcare 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) | 4.18 | 4.51 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.77 | 0.65 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.23 | 2.64 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 65.4% | 38.1% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 9.0 | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $101,046, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Berkley West Healthcare 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
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jan 8, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Jan 8, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jan 8, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 8, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 8, 2026 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 8, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 8, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jun 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 22, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 22, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 22, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
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
- 1623 Arizona Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90404 - CMS certification #
- 055136
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 54
- Avg residents/day
- 37.8
- Provider type
- Medicare
- First certified
- 1967-01-01
- Chain
- Aspen Skilled Healthcare (34 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Aspen Skilled Healthcare
Aspen Skilled Healthcare operates 34 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Aspen Skilled Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Berkley West Healthcare 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.
- Smoke-free.
We are a non-smoking facility.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital, Santa Monica. 0.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Pacific Post Acute, Santa Monica. 0.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- A Plus Care, LLC, Los Angeles. 1.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- SMC Pharmacy. 0.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 90404 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Santa Monica Dialysis, Santa Monica, 0.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Brentwood Home Training, Los Angeles, 1.7 miles away, straight line
Davita Century City Dialysis Center, Los Angeles, 3.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 92 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 90404.
Luxe Hospice, Inc, office in Pacific Palisades, 2.9 miles away, straight line
Caring Like Family Hospice, office in Marina Del Rey, 3.5 miles away, straight line
Roze Room Hospice, office in Culver City, 5.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- The Regents Of The University Of California, Santa Monica. 0.1 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor 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
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, tornado very low, heat wave very low, earthquake relatively 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 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| 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 Berkley West Healthcare Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Berkley West Healthcare Center an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Berkley West Healthcare Center staffed?
Berkley West Healthcare Center reports 4.18 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Berkley West Healthcare Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 9 deficiencies.
How many beds does Berkley West Healthcare Center have?
Berkley West Healthcare Center is certified for 54 beds.