Nursing home
Hale Malamalama
6163 Summer Street, Honolulu, HI 96821 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 40 certified beds
Hale Malamalama is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Honolulu, Hawaii. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.49 hours per resident per day, below the Hawaii average of 4.71. Its most recent inspection on Sep 27, 2024 cited 6 deficiencies. Note: it is a CMS Special Focus Facility under enhanced oversight.
- Special Focus Facility candidateCMS lists this facility as a candidate for enhanced oversight.
- 2 fines totaling $87,032In 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 Hale Malamalama compares
This facility vs. the Hawaii and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Hawaii avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.49 | 4.71 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.32 | 1.63 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.05 | 2.73 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 48.5% | 36.5% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 6.0 | 10.4 | 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 January 31, 2025 inspection was corrected by March 26, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $87,032, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Hale Malamalama
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Actual 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 · Jan 31, 2025 · 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 · Jan 31, 2025 · 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 · Jan 31, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jan 31, 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 · Jan 31, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Sep 27, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · Sep 27, 2024 · 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 · Sep 27, 2024 · 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 · Sep 27, 2024 · 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 · Sep 27, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 27, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Sep 15, 2023
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
- 6163 Summer Street
Honolulu, HI 96821 - CMS certification #
- 125050
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 40
- Avg residents/day
- 35.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1999-09-16
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Hale Malamalama using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2019, 7 violations cited
- Emergency In FEMA's high-risk flood area (Zone AE)
Full public records, with dates and sources
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.
- Apr 24, 2019: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case closed Aug 20, 2019. 7 violations cited (6 serious, 1 other). Penalties: $37,134 proposed, $25,995 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Ono Enterprise LTD. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Personal protective equipment (general) (1910.132(d)(1)). Penalty $6,631 proposed, $4,642 now. To be fixed by Jul 22, 2019.
- Serious: Personal protective equipment (general) (1910.132(d)(1)(i)). Penalty $3,979 proposed, $2,785 now. To be fixed by Jul 22, 2019.
- Serious: Hand protection (1910.138(a)). Penalty $6,631 proposed, $4,642 now. To be fixed by Jul 25, 2019.
- Serious: Machine guarding (1910.212(a)(3)(ii)). Penalty $6,631 proposed, $4,642 now. To be fixed by Jul 25, 2019.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(g)(2)(iv)). Penalty $6,631 proposed, $4,642 now. To be fixed by Aug 19, 2019.
- Serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(j)(1)). Penalty $6,631 proposed, $4,642 now. To be fixed by Aug 19, 2019.
- Other than serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jul 22, 2019.
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 Castle, Kailua. 7.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Hi'olani Care Center at Kahala Nui, Honolulu. 3.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Adventist Health Home Care Services, Kaneohe. 7.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Longs Drugs. 0.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 96821 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Liberty Dialysis Hawaii - Hawaii Kai Dialysis, Honolulu, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Liberty Dialysis Hawaii - Kaimuki Dialysis, Honolulu, 5.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Usrc Kapahulu Dialysis Center, Honolulu, 6.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 6 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 96821.
St Francis Hospice, office in Honolulu, 8.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Islands Hospice, office in Honolulu, 9.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Bristol Hospice - Hawaii, LLC, office in Honolulu, 9.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Post Acute Care Hawaii, Honolulu. 4.1 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
- Zone AE: 1% annual chance flood area (high risk); base flood elevation set. This is inside FEMA's Special Flood Hazard Area, where flood insurance is required for federally backed mortgages. Base flood elevation 9 Feet LOCAL TIDAL DATUM. (FEMA flood map)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In East Honolulu, HI, risk to homes is greater than 89% of communities in Hawaii and 97% 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 high. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively high, coastal flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively high, tornado very 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 | 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 | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Hale Malamalama a good nursing home?
CMS gives Hale Malamalama an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Hale Malamalama staffed?
Hale Malamalama reports 4.49 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Hawaii average of 4.71.
Has Hale Malamalama had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies. This facility is on CMS's Special Focus list for enhanced oversight.
How many beds does Hale Malamalama have?
Hale Malamalama is certified for 40 beds.