Nursing HomeInspections

Atherton Park Post-Acute

Nursing home in Menlo Park, CA

Medicare & Medicaid certified4★ overall (CMS)

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Public-record details

Address
1275 Crane Street, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone
(650) 325-8600
Listed under
For-profit, 4–5 star overall rating, No fines in 3 years
Medicare CCN
555827
Overall star rating
4 of 5 ★★★★☆
Health inspection rating
3 of 5
Staffing rating
3 of 5
Quality measures rating
5 of 5
Certified beds
160
Average residents per day
158
Ownership
For-profit, limited Liability company
Legal business name
Carpinteria LLC
Chain
Kalesta Healthcare Group (19 facilities)
Certified for
Medicare and Medicaid
First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
Jun 2, 2005
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 555827. Source: CMS Nursing Home Provider Information, Health Deficiencies and Penalties (record). Data as of 2026-09-30.

Inspection record

Most recent standard health inspection: Feb 14, 2025. CMS lists 49 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Jun 8, 2021 to Apr 16, 2026): 17 from complaint inspections, 0 at the “actual harm” level or higher.

InspectionCitationSeverity
Apr 16, 2026Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control · complaint inspection		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Aug 11, 2025Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care · complaint inspection		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
May 23, 2025Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care · complaint inspection		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
May 9, 2025Develop 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
Feb 14, 2025Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Feb 14, 2025Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
Administration		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Feb 14, 2025Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Feb 14, 2025Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance…
Resident Rights		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Feb 14, 2025Develop 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		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Feb 14, 2025Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Jun 27, 2024Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights · complaint inspection		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jun 27, 2024Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Resident Rights · complaint inspection		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated

Showing the 12 most recent of 49. 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 no fines or payment denials for this facility in the last three years.

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
3.90 hours
Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
0.45 hours
Nurse aide time per resident per day
2.50 hours
Total nurse staffing on weekends
3.46 hours
Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
33%
RN turnover (yearly)
12%
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.