Nursing home
Downey Community Health Center
8425 Iowa Street, Downey, CA 90241 · Map
For profit - Partnership · 198 certified beds
Downey Community Health Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Downey, California. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.70 hours per resident per day, above the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Apr 10, 2025 cited 22 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Downey Community Health 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) | 4.70 | 4.51 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.54 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.70 | 2.64 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 19.9% | 38.1% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 22.0 | 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.
What inspectors found at Downey Community Health 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
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 · Aug 27, 2025 · 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 · Aug 27, 2025 · 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 · Jul 29, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Apr 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Apr 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
Administration Deficiencies · Apr 10, 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 · Apr 10, 2025 · 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 · Apr 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Environmental Deficiencies · Apr 10, 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 · Apr 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Apr 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Apr 10, 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
- 8425 Iowa Street
Downey, CA 90241 - CMS certification #
- 555128
- Ownership
- For profit - Partnership
- Certified beds
- 198
- Avg residents/day
- 175.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1980-03-25
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Downey Community Health Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2018, 3 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Downey Community Health 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 top-notch nursing staff is available for your loved ones 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
(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 8, 2018: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Dec 6, 2019. 3 violations cited (3 serious). Penalties: $10,125 proposed, $5,670 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as WDW Joint Venture. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Cited rule 4559(A). Penalty $3,375 proposed, $2,700 now. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Cited rule 5162(A). Penalty $3,375 proposed, $2,700 now. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Cited rule 5162(B). Penalty $3,375 proposed, $270 now. Contested by the employer.
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
- Pih Health Downey Hospital, Downey. 0.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Lakewood Healthcare Center, Downey. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Skilled Home Health, Inc, Downey. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Medella. 0.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 90241 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Brookshire Home Training, Downey, 0.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Iowa Street Dialysis, Downey, 0.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Downey Landing Dialysis Center, Downey, 0.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 131 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 90241.
Healing Care Hospice, Inc, office in Downey, 0.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Comfort Life Hospice, office in Downey, 1.1 miles away, straight line
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Hospice Program, office in Downey, 1.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Pih Health Physicians, Downey. 0.2 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
- Zone X: Area protected by a levee from the 1% annual chance flood (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 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 Downey Community Health Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Downey Community Health Center an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Downey Community Health Center staffed?
Downey Community Health Center reports 4.70 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Downey Community Health Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 22 deficiencies.
How many beds does Downey Community Health Center have?
Downey Community Health Center is certified for 198 beds.