Nursing home
Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility
1509 Tokay Street, Delano, CA 93215 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 141 certified beds
Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Delano, California. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Its most recent inspection on Feb 6, 2025 cited 19 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $17,966In CMS records: 2 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility 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) | — | 4.51 | 3.89 | — |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | — | 0.65 | 0.68 | — |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | — | 2.64 | 2.34 | — |
| Nursing staff turnover | —% | 38.1% | 46.4% | — |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 19.0 | 15.4 | 9.5 | above 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: 2 fines totaling $17,966, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility
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
Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Mar 24, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 24, 2026 · 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 · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Help the resident with transportation to and from laboratory services outside of the facility.
Administration Deficiencies · Mar 3, 2026 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jan 15, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jan 6, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jan 6, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 6, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Nov 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 14, 2025 · 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
- 1509 Tokay Street
Delano, CA 93215 - CMS certification #
- 555479
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 141
- Avg residents/day
- 129.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1991-11-20
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, 3 meals a day
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2022, 3 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
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.
- Jul 25, 2022: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case open. 3 violations cited (3 other). Penalties: $1,070 proposed, $1,070 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as North Kern South Tulare Hospital District. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 3216(C). Penalty $185 proposed, $185 now.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 5199(C). Penalty $700 proposed, $700 now. To be fixed by Jan 23, 2023.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 6151(C)(1). Penalty $185 proposed, $185 now.
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
- Adventist Health Delano, Delano. 0.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Adventist Health Delano, Delano. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Seva Home Health, Porterville. 24.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- McFarland Pharmacy. 5.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 93215 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Delano Dialysis, Delano, 0.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Delano Kidney Center, LLC, Delano, 1.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Rose Point Dialysis, Wasco, 12.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 45 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 93215.
Ardent Hospice Of The Valley, office in Delano, 0.3 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Centric Health, Bakersfield. 22.2 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)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Delano, CA, risk to homes is greater than 34% of communities in California and 76% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: inland flooding relatively low, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado very low, heat wave relatively high, 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 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility a good nursing home?
CMS gives Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
Has Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 19 deficiencies.
How many beds does Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility have?
Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility is certified for 141 beds.