Nursing home
Good Shepherd Health Care Center of Santa Monica
1131 Arizona Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90401 · Map
For profit - Individual · Part of Il & Joan Lee (4 facilities) · 48 certified beds
Good Shepherd Health Care Center of Santa Monica is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Santa Monica, California. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall. Its most recent inspection on Dec 29, 2024 cited 20 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $8,424In 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 Good Shepherd Health Care Center of Santa Monica 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 | 20.0 | 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: 1 fine totaling $8,424, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Good Shepherd Health Care Center of Santa Monica
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 pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 25, 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 · Feb 25, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 25, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 25, 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 · Feb 25, 2026 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 25, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Feb 25, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 25, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 25, 2026 · 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 25, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 25, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 25, 2026 · 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
- 1131 Arizona Ave.
Santa Monica, CA 90401 - CMS certification #
- 555061
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual
- Certified beds
- 48
- Avg residents/day
- 46.6
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1977-03-22
- Chain
- Il & Joan Lee (4 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Il & Joan Lee
Il & Joan Lee operates 4 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Il & Joan Lee facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Good Shepherd Health Care Center of Santa Monica using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2002
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2024, 4 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
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 Mar 19, 2002 to Mar 18, 2004. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $11,171 owed to 45 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Good Shepard Health Care (Good Shepherd Health Care). Case 1372585.
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.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Sep 24, 2024: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Mar 20, 2025. 4 violations cited (2 serious, 2 other). Penalties: $6,330 proposed, $2,725 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Good Shepherd Health Care Center of Santa Monica.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 2340.22(b). Penalty $240 proposed, $125 now.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 2500.8(a)(1). Penalty $240 proposed, $125 now.
- Serious: Cited rule 5162(A). Penalty $2,925 proposed, $225 now.
- Serious: Cited rule 5162(B). Penalty $2,925 proposed, $2,250 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
- 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
- Beachwood Post-acute & Rehab, Santa Monica. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- A Plus Care, LLC, Los Angeles. 1.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 0.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 90401 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Santa Monica Dialysis, Santa Monica, 0.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Brentwood Home Training, Los Angeles, 2.2 miles away, straight line
Davita Century City Dialysis Center, Los Angeles, 4.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 27 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 90401.
Luxe Hospice, Inc, office in Pacific Palisades, 2.5 miles away, straight line
Roze Room Hospice, office in Culver City, 5.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Serenade Healthcare, office in Sherman Oaks, 9.3 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- The Regents Of The University Of California, Santa Monica. 0.4 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
- 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 high, tornado very low, heat wave very 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 | 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 | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Good Shepherd Health Care Center of Santa Monica a good nursing home?
CMS gives Good Shepherd Health Care Center of Santa Monica an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
Has Good Shepherd Health Care Center of Santa Monica had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 20 deficiencies.
How many beds does Good Shepherd Health Care Center of Santa Monica have?
Good Shepherd Health Care Center of Santa Monica is certified for 48 beds.