Nursing home
Community Care Center
8665 La Mesa Blvd., La Mesa, CA 91942 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Links Healthcare Group (31 facilities) · 119 certified beds
Community Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in La Mesa, California. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.55 hours per resident per day, above the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Feb 13, 2025 cited 6 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Community Care 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) | 4.55 | 4.51 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.16 | 2.64 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 39.2% | 38.1% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 6.0 | 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 Community Care 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
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jul 11, 2025 · 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 · Feb 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 13, 2025 · 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 · Feb 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 31, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 29, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 29, 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
- 8665 La Mesa Blvd.
La Mesa, CA 91942 - CMS certification #
- 055873
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 119
- Avg residents/day
- 100.6
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1968-02-08
- Chain
- Links Healthcare Group (31 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Links Healthcare Group
Links Healthcare Group operates 31 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Links Healthcare Group facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Community Care Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2020, 3 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Community Care 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.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Our 24-hour skilled nursing care and 24-hour registered nurses, CNAs, and LVNs accommodate residents’ needs with specialized programs to address our medical diversity.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Community Care Center is a 115-bed skilled nursing and sub-acute facility specializing in short-term rehabilitation, wound care, and hospice, conveniently located in La Mesa, CA.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: two-bedroom, three-bedroom.
Community Care Center offers 2-bed and 3-bed rooms, a quiet environment for our residents to heal in peace, blending a clinical and holistic approach to health.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Aug 19, 2022: accident investigation inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Mar 17, 2023. 3 violations cited (3 other). Penalties: $1,450 proposed, $1,450 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Community Convalescent Hospital of La Mesa, LP. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 4300.29(a). Penalty $375 proposed, $375 now. To be fixed by Mar 27, 2023.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 5199(J)(3)(A). Penalty $375 proposed, $375 now. To be fixed by Mar 27, 2023.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 5199(C)(7). Penalty $700 proposed, $700 now. To be fixed by Mar 27, 2023.
- Oct 12, 2020: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Oct 16, 2020. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Community Care Center.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa. 0.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Grossmont Hospital D/p SNF, La Mesa. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Saint Francis Healthcare Inc, La Mesa. 0.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- La Mesa Pharmacy. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 91942 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Medical Care Balboa La Mesa, La Mesa, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Rai - Fletcher Parkway - El Cajon, El Cajon, 3.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita College Dialysis, San Diego, 3.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 54 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 91942.
Together Hospice Care LLC, office in La Mesa, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Anc Corporation, office in La Mesa, 1.7 miles away, straight line
Mission Hospice Services Of San Diego LLC, office in San Diego, 6.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Family Health Centers Of San Diego Inc, Lemon Grove. 2.3 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 low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively moderate. 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 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| 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 Community Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Community Care Center an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Community Care Center staffed?
Community Care Center reports 4.55 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Community Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies.
How many beds does Community Care Center have?
Community Care Center is certified for 119 beds.