Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Poway Healthcare Center
15632 Pomerado Road, Poway, CA 92064 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Pacs Group (264 facilities) · 99 certified beds
Poway Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Poway, California. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.18 hours per resident per day, below the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on May 8, 2025 cited 7 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Poway Healthcare 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) | 4.18 | 4.51 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.62 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.48 | 2.64 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 50.5% | 38.1% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 7.0 | 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.
- Every deficiency from the August 28, 2025 inspection was corrected by September 9, 2025
What inspectors found at Poway Healthcare 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
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Aug 28, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Aug 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · May 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · May 8, 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 · Apr 8, 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 · Oct 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Limit the charges against residents' personal funds for items or services for which payment is made under Medicare or Medicaid.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 18, 2024 · 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 · Mar 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 14, 2024 · 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 · Dec 15, 2023 · 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
- 15632 Pomerado Road
Poway, CA 92064 - CMS certification #
- 555136
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 99
- Avg residents/day
- 96.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1981-08-14
- 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
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Other public records
- Website says Transportation
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2009
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Poway Healthcare 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.
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 Aug 17, 2009 to Aug 16, 2011. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $163,506 owed to 37 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Poway Health Care (Poplar Holdings, LLC). Case 1623058.
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.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Palomar Medical Center Poway, Poway. 0.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- The Villas at Poway, Poway. 0.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Silver Tree Home Health Inc, San Diego. 1.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- UC San Diego Health Community Pharmacy. 2.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 92064 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmcna Dialysis Services Of Rancho, San Diego, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Carmel Mountain Dialysis, San Diego, 4.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Home Dialysis Therapies Of San Diego-North, San Diego, 4.6 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 68 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 92064.
Paramount Hospice, office in San Diego, 1.8 miles away, straight line
Los Robles Healthcare Sd, office in San Diego, 1.8 miles away, straight line
The Hospice Of San Diego, office in Poway, 3.8 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Palomar Hospitalist Medical Group Inc, Poway. 0.1 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 low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively low. 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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 Poway Healthcare Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Poway Healthcare Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Poway Healthcare Center staffed?
Poway Healthcare Center reports 4.18 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Poway Healthcare Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 7 deficiencies.
How many beds does Poway Healthcare Center have?
Poway Healthcare Center is certified for 99 beds.