University Care Center
Nursing home in San Diego, CA
Medicare & Medicaid certified5★ overall (CMS)
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Public-record details
- Address
- 5602 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92105
- Phone
- (619) 583-1993
- Listed under
- For-profit, 4–5 star overall rating, No fines or payment denials in 3 years
- Medicare CCN
- 055328
- Overall star rating
- 5 of 5 ★★★★★
- Health inspection rating
- 4 of 5
- Staffing rating
- 3 of 5
- Quality measures rating
- 5 of 5
- Certified beds
- 87
- Average residents per day
- 81
- Ownership
- For-profit, corporation
- Legal business name
- Birch Holdings LLC
- Chain
- Pacs Group (277 facilities)
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
- Jan 10, 1967
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Located inside a hospital
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident council
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes
Inspection record
Most recent standard health inspection: May 7, 2025. CMS lists 40 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Aug 23, 2019 to Aug 4, 2025): 12 from complaint inspections, 0 at the “actual harm” level or higher.
| Inspection | Citation | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2025 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D |
| May 7, 2025 | Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. | B |
| May 7, 2025 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D |
| May 7, 2025 | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | D |
| May 7, 2025 | Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. | D |
| May 7, 2025 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | E |
| May 7, 2025 | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | E |
| May 7, 2025 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | D |
| Nov 13, 2024 | 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. | D |
| Nov 13, 2024 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
Fines and payment denials
CMS records no fines or payment denials for this facility in the last three years.
Staffing
- Total nurse staffing per resident per day
- 4.15 hours
- Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
- 0.43 hours
- Nurse aide time per resident per day
- 2.61 hours
- Total nurse staffing on weekends
- 3.76 hours
- Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
- 36%
- RN turnover (yearly)
- 11%
- Administrators who left in the past year
- 1
A citation is what inspectors found on one date; most are corrected within weeks. Look for patterns — the same problem cited in several inspections — and for anything at the G–L level (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full inspection narrative (Form CMS-2567) is linked from Medicare Care Compare, and your state long-term care ombudsman can tell you about complaints.
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