Nursing homes in Kern County, California
Kern County, California has 17 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes with 1,755 certified beds in total. Their average CMS overall rating is 1.9 of 5 (the California average is 3.2), and 2 homes have 4 or 5 stars. The median home reports 4.24 nurse staffing hours per resident per day. CMS lists fines in the past three years for 16 of the 17.
- Nursing homes
- 17
- Certified beds
- 1,755
- Average overall rating
- 1.9
- Certified beds in use
- 87.6%
All 17 homes
- 4 of 5 Rosewood Health Facility 79beds 82.5%in use 4.82nurse hours a day
- 4 of 5 Shafter Nursing Care 99beds 83.6%in use 3.99nurse hours a day
- 3 of 5 Ridgecrest Regional Transitional Care and Rehabili 124beds 63.1%in use 4.41nurse hours a day
- 3 of 5 San Joaquin Nursing Center and Rehabilitation Cent 99beds 93.4%in use 4.28nurse hours a day
- 2 of 5 Adventist Health Delano 51beds 91.2%in use 6.42nurse hours a day
- 2 of 5 Height Street Skilled Care 99beds 89.9%in use 4.24nurse hours a day
- 2 of 5 Kern Valley Healthcare District Dp SNF 74beds 75.3%in use 3.38nurse hours a day
- 2 of 5 The Orchards Post-Acute 150beds 95.1%in use 3.92nurse hours a day
- 2 of 5 Valley View Care Center 53beds 96.8%in use 4.60nurse hours a day
- 1 of 5 Arvin Post Acute 81beds 94.4%in use 3.73nurse hours a day
- 1 of 5 Bakersfield Post Acute 99beds 92.3%in use 4.01nurse hours a day
- 1 of 5 Bayshire Riverwalk Post-Acute 120beds 82.8%in use 4.51nurse hours a day
- 1 of 5 Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility 141beds 90.6%in use 4.24nurse hours a day
- 1 of 5 Kern River Transitional Care 140beds 97.1%in use 4.52nurse hours a day
- 1 of 5 Parkview Julian Healthcare Center 99beds 81.6%in use 3.90nurse hours a day
- 1 of 5 The Rehabilitation Center of Bakersfield 160beds 88.8%in use 4.07nurse hours a day
- 1 of 5 Valley Healthcare Center 87beds 90.1%in use 3.78nurse hours a day
The circle and stars show the CMS overall rating from 1 to 5. Sorting is a convenience, not a recommendation; ratings do not include price or openings. Medicaid participation comes from CMS; ask each home whether a Medicaid bed is open.
Common questions
How many nursing homes are in Kern County, California?
CMS lists 17 certified nursing homes in Kern County, with 1,755 certified beds in total.
Which nursing homes in Kern County have a 5-star overall rating?
None of the homes in Kern County has a 5-star overall rating from CMS in the current data.
How full are nursing homes in Kern County?
On an average day about 87.6% of certified beds are in use across homes in Kern County. This is an average, so ask each home about current openings.
Where does this data come from?
All figures come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Provider Data Catalog. CMS does not publish prices, so costs are not shown.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, nursing home datasets processed Sep 1, 2026. All counties in California