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ALTA GARDENS CARE CENTER in Garden Grove, California provides compassionate skilled nursing and rehabilitation services for seniors recovering from illness or injury. Our experienced clinical team focuses on personalized care plans that support each resident's path to independence and wellness.
Capacity
129 residents
Location
Garden Grove, CA
Status
Listed in a public registry
13075 BLACKBIRD STREET, Garden Grove, California 92843
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on February 18, 2026, state inspectors cited 31 health deficiencies (the California average is 15.5).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 52 minutes with each resident a day, below the California average of 4 hours 31 minutes.
Medicare fined Alta Gardens Care Center once in the last three years, $8,278 in total.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 52 minutesBelow the California average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 30 minutesBelow the California average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 20%Below the California average |
1 administrator has left the home in the past year.
52 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
July 30, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 3 citations
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
June 1, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Ensure the facility is licensed under applicable State and local law and operates and provides services in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and codes, and with accepted professional standards.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
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.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides drinks consistent with resident needs and preferences and sufficient to maintain resident hydration.
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.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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.
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
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.
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.
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
1 fine totaling $8,278 in the last three years.
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State inspectors visited on February 18, 2026 and cited 31 health deficiencies, 6 of them from complaint investigations. The California average is 15.5.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 52 minutes with each resident per day, including 30 minutes from registered nurses. 20% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Yes. Medicare fined Alta Gardens Care Center once in the last three years, totaling $8,278.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.