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Valley View Care Center
729 Browning Road, Delano, CA 93215
Ratings are based on the most recent data available; a facility's ratings may have changed since the last update. The health inspection rating is based on the three most recent standard surveys and complaint investigations. CMS processed this record on 1 Aug 2026. View the Care Compare record.
Certified for 53 beds, Valley View Care Center serves Delano in Kern County, California and has taken Medicare and Medicaid residents since 1977.
CMS gives it 2 of 5 stars overall, below the California median of 3; the health inspection rating is 2, staffing 3 and quality measures 3.
Inspectors recorded 67 health deficiencies across the three most recent survey cycles (21, 31, 15 by cycle, most recent first), 1 of them at the actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy level. That is 126.4 per 100 beds, more than the state median of 51.1.
CMS lists 2 penalties in the period covered: no fines and 2 payment denials.
Reported nurse staffing is 4.6 hours per resident per day (0.3 RN), close to the California median of 4.2; nursing staff turnover is 35.4%.
CMS flags that the facility carries the CMS abuse icon.
Compared with county, state and nation
| Measure | This facility | Kern Co. median | California median | US average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall star rating | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Health citations, 3 cycles | 67 | 67 | 44 | 28.7 |
| Citations per 100 beds | 126.4 | 62.6 | 51.1 | 26.8 |
| Total nurse hours per resident day | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| RN hours per resident day | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Nursing staff turnover | 35.4% | 35.4% | 36.4% | 45.8% |
| Fines listed | $0 | $27,716 | $0 | — |
County and state figures are medians across facilities (17 in the county, 1165 in the state); the US column is the CMS national average where CMS publishes one.
Citations by survey cycle
Dark bar: this facility. Grey bar: California average per facility for the same cycle, as published by CMS. Standard health survey dates: 18 Dec 2025, 5 Dec 2024.
Severity mix: G ×1 D ×51 E ×14 F ×1
Health deficiencies
Every health citation in the current CMS record (three survey cycles), most recent first. Tag text is the CMS requirement summary, not the inspection narrative.
Scope and severity letters (A–L)
| Survey date | Tag | What the tag requires | Severity | Type | Corrected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jun 2026 | F0656 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D | Complaint investigation | 26 Jun 2026 |
| 20 May 2026 | F0656 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D | Complaint investigation | 18 Jun 2026 |
| 20 May 2026 | F0658 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D | Complaint investigation | 18 Jun 2026 |
| 20 Mar 2026 | F0730 | Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. | D | Complaint investigation | 17 Apr 2026 |
| 9 Feb 2026 | F0602 | Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money. | E | Complaint investigation | 17 Apr 2026 |
| 9 Feb 2026 | F0605 | Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function. | D | Complaint investigation | 17 Apr 2026 |
| 9 Feb 2026 | F0606 | Not hire anyone with a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or theft. | D | Complaint investigation | 17 Apr 2026 |
| 18 Dec 2025 | F0656 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | E | Standard survey | 30 Jan 2026 |
| 18 Dec 2025 | F0805 | Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs. | E | Standard survey | 15 Jan 2026 |
| 18 Dec 2025 | F0806 | Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options. | E | Standard survey | 2 Feb 2026 |
| 18 Dec 2025 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | E | Standard survey | 15 Jan 2026 |
| 18 Dec 2025 | F0883 | Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | E | Standard survey | 2 Feb 2026 |
| 18 Dec 2025 | F0887 | Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status. | E | Standard survey | 2 Feb 2026 |
| 18 Dec 2025 | F0580 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | D | Standard survey | 15 Jan 2026 |
| 18 Dec 2025 | F0584 | 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. | D | Standard survey | 28 Jan 2026 |
| 18 Dec 2025 | F0657 | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | D | Standard survey | 15 Jan 2026 |
| 18 Dec 2025 | F0679 | Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. | D | Standard survey | 2 Feb 2026 |
| 18 Dec 2025 | F0698 | Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | D | Standard survey | 2 Feb 2026 |
| 18 Dec 2025 | F0755 | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | D | Standard survey | 2 Feb 2026 |
| 18 Nov 2025 | F0557 | Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. | D | Complaint investigation | 16 Dec 2025 |
| 7 Aug 2025 | F0656 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D | Complaint investigation | 3 Sep 2025 |
| 18 Jun 2025 | F0607 | Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. | D | Complaint investigation | 15 Aug 2025 |
| 21 May 2025 | F0656 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D | Complaint investigation | 19 Jun 2025 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | F0585 | Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. | D | Complaint investigation | 15 Apr 2025 |
| 29 Jan 2025 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | G | Complaint investigation | 21 Mar 2025 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0880 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | F | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0574 | The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands. | E | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0578 | 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. | E | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0847 | Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse. | E | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0552 | Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | D | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0554 | Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. | D | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0623 | Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. | D | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0655 | Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | D | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0656 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0684 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0687 | Provide appropriate foot care. | D | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0690 | Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | D | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0695 | Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | D | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0730 | Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. | D | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0745 | Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life. | D | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0761 | 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. | D | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0803 | 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. | D | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0810 | Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance. | D | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0881 | Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | D | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0883 | Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | D | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0887 | Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status. | D | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | F0921 | Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | D | Standard survey | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 19 Sep 2024 | F0600 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | D | Complaint investigation | 18 Nov 2024 |
| 18 Sep 2024 | F0684 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | E | Complaint investigation | 25 Oct 2024 |
| 14 Aug 2024 | F0550 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | D | Complaint investigation | 3 Oct 2024 |
| 1 Aug 2024 | F0557 | Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. | D | Complaint investigation | 6 Sep 2024 |
| 1 Aug 2024 | F0607 | Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. | D | Complaint investigation | 6 Sep 2024 |
| 23 May 2024 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D | Complaint investigation | 29 Jun 2024 |
| 8 Mar 2024 | F0557 | Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. | D | Complaint investigation | 4 Apr 2024 |
| 13 Dec 2023 | F0624 | Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home. | D | Complaint investigation | 27 Dec 2023 |
| 7 Dec 2023 | F0578 | 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. | E | Standard survey | 30 Dec 2023 |
| 7 Dec 2023 | F0584 | 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. | E | Standard survey | 30 Dec 2023 |
| 7 Dec 2023 | F0679 | Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. | E | Standard survey | 30 Dec 2023 |
| 7 Dec 2023 | F0645 | PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities | D | Standard survey | 30 Dec 2023 |
| 7 Dec 2023 | F0656 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D | Standard survey | 30 Dec 2023 |
| 7 Dec 2023 | F0658 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D | Standard survey | 30 Dec 2023 |
| 7 Dec 2023 | F0687 | Provide appropriate foot care. | D | Standard survey | 30 Dec 2023 |
| 7 Dec 2023 | F0790 | Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident. | D | Standard survey | 30 Dec 2023 |
| 7 Dec 2023 | F0801 | Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician. | D | Standard survey | 30 Dec 2023 |
| 7 Dec 2023 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | D | Standard survey | 30 Dec 2023 |
| 7 Dec 2023 | F0880 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D | Standard survey | 30 Dec 2023 |
| 7 Dec 2023 | F0912 | Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. | D | Standard survey | 30 Dec 2023 |
Penalties
| Date | Type | Amount | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2025 | Payment denial | — | 13 days |
| 1 Aug 2024 | Payment denial | — | 17 days |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported through the Payroll-Based Journal; grey bars are the California average. Turnover: nursing staff 35.4%, RNs —; 2 administrators left in the reporting year.
Quality measures
| Measure | Residents | This facility | California median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased | Long Stay | 10.5% | 8.9% | 12.6% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder | Long Stay | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection | Long Stay | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.9% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury | Long Stay | 1.8% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication | Short Stay | 3.8% | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened | Long Stay | 13.9% | 8.6% | 12.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers | Long Stay | 0.6% | 3.6% | 4.2% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication | Long Stay | 8.4% | 9.1% | 13.4% |
Four-quarter averages for the measures CMS uses in the quality-measure star rating (2025Q2-2026Q1). Lower is better for every measure listed. Medians are computed across facilities on this site.
Ownership
Ownership type: for-profit, corporation. Legal business name: Valley View Care Center Llc. Chain: Ajc Healthcare (14 facilities).
| Organisation | Role in the CMS record | Interest | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Hills Care Center Holdings LLC | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | 100% | 05/17/2019 |
| Swc Ca Opco, LLC | 5% or greater indirect ownership interest | NO PERCENTAGE PROVIDED | 02/01/2021 |
| Rolling Hills Care Center Holdings LLC | Operational/managerial control | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/17/2019 |
Only organisations are shown. CMS also records individual owners, officers and managing employees; this site does not publish people's names.
Other nursing homes in Kern County
| Facility | City | Beds | Overall | Health | Staffing | Citations | Per 100 beds | Fines | Last survey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosewood Health Facility | Bakersfield | 79 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 59.5 | $8K | 12 Feb 2026 |
| Ridgecrest Regional Transitional Care and Rehabili | Ridgecrest | 124 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 36.3 | $28K | 19 May 2026 |
| San Joaquin Nursing Center and Rehabilitation Cent | Bakersfield | 99 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 62.6 | $47K | 12 Mar 2026 |
| Shafter Nursing Care | Shafter | 99 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 38.4 | $27K | 1 Jul 2026 |
| Adventist Health Delano | Delano | 51 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 115.7 | $123K | 3 Jun 2026 |
| Kern Valley Healthcare District Dp SNF | Lake Isabella | 74 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 43.2 | $32K | 23 Apr 2026 |
| The Orchards Post-Acute | Bakersfield | 150 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 86 | 57.3 | $24K | 18 Jun 2026 |
| Arvin Post Acute | Arvin | 81 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 65.4 | $63K | 30 Jun 2026 |
All 17 facilities in Kern County
Questions and answers
How many deficiencies has Valley View Care Center been cited for?
67 health deficiencies across the three most recent survey cycles, 1 at the actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy level. The California median is 44 per facility.
Has Valley View Care Center been fined?
CMS lists no fines against the facility in the period covered.
How does staffing at Valley View Care Center compare?
Reported total nurse staffing is 4.6 hours per resident per day against a California median of 4.2 and a national average of 3.9.
Who operates Valley View Care Center?
It is part of the Ajc Healthcare chain. Ownership type is for-profit, corporation. Organisations in the CMS ownership record include Rolling Hills Care Center Holdings LLC, Swc Ca Opco, LLC and Rolling Hills Care Center Holdings LLC. Individual owners and managers are not listed on this site.
When was Valley View Care Center last inspected?
The most recent survey or investigation in the CMS record is dated 1 Jun 2026; the most recent standard health survey was 18 Dec 2025.
Where does this data come from?
All figures are from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Care Compare datasets (provider information, health deficiencies, penalties, ownership and quality measures), processed 1 Aug 2026. Ratings and citations may change; the Care Compare record is authoritative.
Provenance
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Care Compare nursing home datasets (provider information, health deficiencies, penalties, ownership, MDS quality measures, state and national averages), public domain, processed by CMS on 1 Aug 2026. Facility record: Care Compare. Errors in processing are corrected at the next daily build; see corrections.