Kern River Transitional Care

5151 Knudsen Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93308 · (661) 325-9900
For profit - Limited Liability company · 140 certified beds

Kern River Transitional Care has a 1-star overall rating from Medicare, out of 5. Its last standard inspection, in April 2025, found 22 citations (the California average is 15.6). It was fined 1 time in the last three years, $77,720 in all.

Medicare ratings

Overall ratingStarts from the health inspection rating, then goes up or down a star for a 5-star or 1-star staffing or quality rating.	1 out of 5 stars · Much below average
Health inspectionsFrom the two most recent standard inspections and three years of complaint inspections, compared with other homes in the same state.	1 out of 5 stars · Much below average
Quality measuresFrom 15 measures of how residents do, such as falls with major injury, pressure ulcers, hospital stays and getting home after a short stay.	4 out of 5 stars · Above average
StaffingFrom payroll records of nurse hours per resident, adjusted for how much care residents need, and staff turnover.	2 out of 5 stars · Below average

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Most recent health inspection

The standard health inspection on April 24, 2025 found 22 citations. What an inspection citation means

Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.April 24, 2025 · F0552 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.April 24, 2025 · F0726 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.April 24, 2025 · F0880 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.April 24, 2025 · F0947 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admittedApril 24, 2025 · F0655 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
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.April 24, 2025 · F0761 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
Hire a qualified full-time social worker in a facility with more than 120 beds.April 24, 2025 · F0850 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.April 24, 2025 · F0867 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterlyApril 24, 2025 · F0868 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
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.April 24, 2025 · F0584 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.April 24, 2025 · F0623 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.April 24, 2025 · F0644 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.April 24, 2025 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.April 24, 2025 · F0658 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.April 24, 2025 · F0677 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.April 24, 2025 · F0679 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Provide appropriate foot care.April 24, 2025 · F0687 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.April 24, 2025 · F0690 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.April 24, 2025 · F0698 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.April 24, 2025 · F0790 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.April 24, 2025 · F0842 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.April 24, 2025 · F0847 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few

Complaint inspections, last three years

Inspections after complaints found 58 citations.

Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.April 29, 2026 · F0580 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.April 29, 2026 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.July 28, 2025 · F0552 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.July 28, 2025 · F0658 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.July 28, 2025 · F0690 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.July 28, 2025 · F0726 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.May 16, 2025 · F0684 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.May 15, 2025 · F0552 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.May 15, 2025 · F0849 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.February 25, 2025 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.February 25, 2025 · F0658 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.December 31, 2024 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.December 9, 2024 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.December 5, 2024 · F0609 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.September 5, 2024 · F0609 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.August 22, 2024 · F0580 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.August 22, 2024 · F0657 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.August 22, 2024 · F0658 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility.August 22, 2024 · F0837 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
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.August 2, 2024 · F0585 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.July 31, 2024 · F0658 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.July 23, 2024 · F0580 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.July 23, 2024 · F0684 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.July 23, 2024 · F0698 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.July 16, 2024 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.July 9, 2024 · F0558 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.June 28, 2024 · F0742 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.June 25, 2024 · F0842 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.May 16, 2024 · F0550 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.May 16, 2024 · F0554 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.May 16, 2024 · F0580 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
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.May 16, 2024 · F0584 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.May 16, 2024 · F0636 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.May 16, 2024 · F0644 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual DisabilitiesMay 16, 2024 · F0645 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.May 16, 2024 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.May 16, 2024 · F0658 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.May 16, 2024 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.May 16, 2024 · F0690 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
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.May 16, 2024 · F0761 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.May 16, 2024 · F0812 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.May 16, 2024 · F0842 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.May 16, 2024 · F0880 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.April 16, 2024 · F0658 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
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.April 9, 2024 · F0625 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.March 17, 2024 · F0686 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.February 26, 2024 · F0580 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.February 8, 2024 · F0558 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.February 8, 2024 · F0658 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.February 8, 2024 · F0725 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.February 8, 2024 · F0842 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.January 10, 2024 · F0684 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Employ staff that are licensed, certified, or registered in accordance with state laws.January 5, 2024 · F0839 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.December 7, 2023 · F0600 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.December 7, 2023 · F0607 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.December 7, 2023 · F0609 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.December 7, 2023 · F0610 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.December 7, 2023 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few

Fines and payment denials

Fine of $77,720December 7, 2023

Nurse staffing

Hours of nursing care per resident per day, as the home reports them to Medicare through payroll records.

Hours per resident per day	This home	California average	U.S. average
Total nurse staffing	4.52	4.52	3.86
Registered nurses (RN)	0.54	0.67	0.69
Licensed practical nurses (LPN)	1.17	1.20	0.86
Nurse aides	2.80	2.65	2.32
Total nursing staff turnover	48.3%	36.7%	45.8%

About this home

Ownership	For profit - Limited Liability company
Certified beds	140
Average residents per day	136
Inside a hospital	No
Continuing care retirement community	No

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