Best Nursing Homes in Oakland, California — 2026 Rankings

Oakland, California has 18 CMS-certified skilled nursing facilities. 0 facilities currently report zero CMS deficiency citations, while 3 have Immediate Jeopardy-level events on record. Rankings are based on official CMS Health Deficiency data.

Facility Rankings

1. Bay Area Healthcare Center — 7 deficiencies
2. Excell Health Care Center — 11 deficiencies
3. Piedmont Gardens Health Facility — 13 deficiencies
4. Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center — 16 deficiencies
5. Garfield Neurobehavioral Center — 17 deficiencies (IJ history)
6. Lake Park Healthcare Center — 18 deficiencies (IJ history)
7. St Paul's Towers — 20 deficiencies
8. Oakland Heights Nursing And Rehabilitation — 21 deficiencies
9. Medical Hill Healthcare Center — 22 deficiencies
10. Mcclure Post Acute — 23 deficiencies
11. Fruitvale Healthcare Center — 25 deficiencies
12. Redwood Healthcare Center LLC — 25 deficiencies
13. Mercy Retirement & Care Center — 28 deficiencies
14. Oakland Healthcare & Wellness Center — 30 deficiencies
15. Princeton Manor Healthcare Center, LLC — 35 deficiencies
16. Lake Merritt Healthcare Center LLC — 38 deficiencies
17. The Rehabilitation Center Of Oakland — 38 deficiencies (IJ history)
18. Bay Marina Post Acute — 53 deficiencies

View all nursing homes in California

Explore POCDesk — Free Nursing Home Compliance Tools

• SNF Scorecard — look up any facility's inspection record
• Nursing Home Compare Tool — side-by-side comparisons
• Skilled Nursing Near Me — find facilities by city & state
• Best Nursing Homes by State — ranked by inspection results
• Survey Tracker — recent CMS survey activity
• F-Tag Reference Guide — every CMS deficiency tag
• Plan of Correction (POC) Complete Guide
• Free AI POC Generator
• Plan of Correction Examples
• CMS Survey Preparation Guide
• SNF Compliance Guides
• What Is Skilled Nursing Care?

Official Sources

POCDesk analyzes official government data. Verify any facility's record or read the underlying regulations at these primary sources:

• Medicare.gov Care Compare — CMS's official nursing home comparison tool
• CMS Provider Data Catalog — the raw nursing home inspection & deficiency datasets
• CMS Nursing Home Certification & Compliance — enforcement policy and the Special Focus Facility program
• 42 CFR Part 483 (eCFR) — the federal requirements of participation behind every F-Tag
• National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center — free advocacy help for residents and families