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Kyakameena Care Center

Nursing home in Berkeley, CA

Medicare & Medicaid certified3★ overall (CMS)

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Public-record details

Address
2131 Carleton Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone
(510) 843-2131
Listed under
For-profit
Medicare CCN
055715
Overall star rating
3 of 5 ★★★☆☆
Health inspection rating
3 of 5
Staffing rating
4 of 5
Quality measures rating
4 of 5
Certified beds
60
Average residents per day
56
Ownership
For-profit, corporation
Legal business name
Sanhyd INC
Chain
Pratap Poddatoori (6 facilities)
Certified for
Medicare and Medicaid
First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
Mar 20, 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

CMS certification number 055715. Source: CMS Nursing Home Provider Information, Health Deficiencies and Penalties (record). Data as of 2026-09-30.

Inspection record

Most recent standard health inspection: Nov 21, 2025. CMS lists 40 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Jun 10, 2021 to May 20, 2026): 9 from complaint inspections, 1 at the “actual harm” level or higher.

InspectionCitationSeverity
May 20, 2026Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning · complaint inspection
D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
May 20, 2026Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care · complaint inspection
D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Dec 17, 2025Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made.
Resident Rights · complaint inspection
D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Nov 21, 2025Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care
B
Potential for minimal harm, pattern
Nov 21, 2025Ensure resident rooms hold no more than 4 residents; for new construction after November 28, 2016, rooms hold no more than 2 residents.
Environmental
B
Potential for minimal harm, pattern
Nov 21, 2025Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
Environmental
B
Potential for minimal harm, pattern
Nov 21, 2025Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation
D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Nov 21, 2025PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning
D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Nov 21, 2025Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care
D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Nov 21, 2025Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
Quality of Life and Care
D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Nov 21, 2025Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning
E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Nov 21, 2025Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning
E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern

Showing the 12 most recent of 40. Full inspection reports are on Medicare Care Compare.

Severity letters follow CMS's scope-and-severity grid: A–C potential for minimal harm, D–F potential for more than minimal harm, G–I actual harm, J–L immediate jeopardy. Most citations are corrected; a citation is what inspectors found on that date. Source: CMS Health Deficiencies file, processed Aug 1, 2026.

Fines and payment denials

CMS records 8 fines totalling $38,848 in the last three years.

Oct 17, 2023Fine: $4,587
Oct 10, 2023Fine: $4,587
Oct 2, 2023Fine: $4,235
Sep 25, 2023Fine: $3,882
Sep 21, 2023Fine: $7,443
Sep 18, 2023Fine: $3,529
Sep 11, 2023Fine: $3,176
Aug 21, 2023Fine: $7,409

Source: CMS Penalties file, processed Aug 1, 2026. Amounts are as CMS reports them and may reflect later reductions or appeals.

Staffing

Total nurse staffing per resident per day
3.93 hours
Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
0.55 hours
Nurse aide time per resident per day
2.58 hours
Total nurse staffing on weekends
3.61 hours
Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
57%
RN turnover (yearly)
54%
Administrators who left in the past year
0

From payroll-based staffing data the facility submits to CMS. Hours are per resident per day.

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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