Nursing home
Marin Post Acute
234 N. San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, CA 94903 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Pacs Group (264 facilities) · 168 certified beds
Marin Post Acute is a Medicare-certified nursing home in San Rafael, California. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Its most recent inspection on Dec 4, 2025 cited 15 deficiencies. Note: it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Marin Post Acute 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 | 15.0 | 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 Marin Post Acute
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Actual 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 · Jan 8, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jan 8, 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 8, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 16, 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 · Dec 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 4, 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 · Dec 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 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Aug 12, 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
- 234 N. San Pedro Rd
San Rafael, CA 94903 - CMS certification #
- 055310
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 168
- Avg residents/day
- 145.7
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1967-01-01
- Chain
- Pacs Group (264 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Pacs Group
Pacs Group operates 264 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Pacs Group facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Marin Post Acute using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice, diabetes care, behavioral support, transportation
- Kitchen 3 inspections by Marin County Environmental Health Services since 2025; latest Only Minor Violation(s) Found, grade Green placard (October 2026)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Kitchen inspections
The local health department inspects the kitchen that serves residents. Results are in the agency's own words.
Marin County Environmental Health Services: Marin Post Acute
- Oct 9, 2026 (routine): Only Minor Violation(s) Found, grade Green placard.
1 violation
- Hot and cold holding temperatures
- Mar 27, 2026 (routine): Only Minor Violation(s) Found, grade Green placard.
3 violations
- CHSC 114175
- CHSC 114245.1
- CHSC 114268
- May 7, 2025 (routine): Only Minor Violation(s) Found, grade Green placard.
1 violation
- Hot and cold holding temperatures
Source: the agency's records, inspections since Oct 16, 2023, as of Oct 15, 2026. Green placard: Pass. Yellow placard: Conditional pass; follow-up required. Red placard: Closed.
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Marin Post Acute 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 skilled nursing staff is available 24 hours a day to provide post acute nursing care whenever our patients need it.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Marin Post Acute offers specialized services like hospice care, behavioral care, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), and tracheostomy care in-house.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers diabetes care.
Diabetes Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers behavioral support.
Marin Post Acute offers specialized services like hospice care, behavioral care, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), and tracheostomy care in-house.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Dialysis Transportation
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Join us in our pet-friendly skilled nursing facility.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
These amenities include a full calendar of social activities, private and semi-private rooms, an in-house therapy gym, transportation services, dining programs, regular religious services and more.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital, San Rafael. 1.8 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Northgate Postacute Care, San Rafael. 1.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- By The Bay Health, Larkspur. 4.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 1.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 94903 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita San Rafael Dialysis, San Rafael, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Shc Larkspur, Greenbrae, 4.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita San Pablo Dialysis, San Pablo, 10.6 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 15 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 94903.
Madrona Hospice Care Inc, office in San Rafael, 1.7 miles away, straight line
By The Bay Health, office in Larkspur, 4.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Sutter Care At Home, office in San Francisco, 15.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Permanente Medical Group Inc, Richmond. 9.8 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: very high. By hazard: inland flooding very high, coastal flooding very high, wildfire relatively low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively 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 |
| Marin County Environmental Health Services kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively 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 Marin Post Acute a good nursing home?
CMS gives Marin Post Acute an overall rating of 2 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 Marin Post Acute had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 15 deficiencies.
How many beds does Marin Post Acute have?
Marin Post Acute is certified for 168 beds.