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Professional Post Acute Center in San Rafael, California provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation care designed to help patients regain independence and return home. Our experienced team combines medical expertise with compassionate support, offering personalized treatment plans for recovery after surgery or serious illness.
Capacity
99 residents
Location
San Rafael, CA
Status
Listed in a public registry
81 PROFESSIONAL CENTER PARKWAY, San Rafael, California 94903
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 July 17, 2026, state inspectors cited 9 health deficiencies (the California average is 15.5).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 50 minutes with each resident a day, below the California average of 4 hours 31 minutes.
Medicare fined Professional Post Acute Center 2 times in the last three years, $140,764 in total.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 50 minutesBelow the California average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 33 minutesBelow the California average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 38% |
39 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
July 17, 2026 · Standard inspection · 5 citations
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.
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
May 8, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
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.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Provide timely, approved x-ray services, or have an agreement with an approved provider to obtain them.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
2 fines totaling $140,764 in the last three years.
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State inspectors visited on July 17, 2026 and cited 9 health deficiencies, 6 of them from complaint investigations. The California average is 15.5.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 50 minutes with each resident per day, including 33 minutes from registered nurses. 38% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Yes. Medicare fined Professional Post Acute Center 2 times in the last three years, totaling $140,764.
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.