COLONIAL CARE CENTER — Nursing Home in LONG BEACH, CA
CMS Five-Star Rating
Based on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures
Facility Overview
| Certified Beds | 196 |
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| Average Residents/Day | 188.5 |
| CMS Certification Number | 056043 |
Staffing Levels
Hours Per Resident Day (HPRD)
| Total Nurse Staffing | 4.22 HPRD |
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| RN Staffing | 0.42 HPRD |
Health Inspection Findings & Deficiencies
COLONIAL CARE CENTER had 20 health inspection deficiencies on its most recent inspection (February 12, 2026).
Inspection Findings — February 12, 2026
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Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (Level D)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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Honor 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 directive. (Level D)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (Level D)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (Level D)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Level D)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (Level D)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Level D)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. (Level D)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (Level E)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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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. (Level D)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. (Level E)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent. (Level E)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail. (Level E)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Level E)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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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. (Level D)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (Level E)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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Dispose of garbage and refuse properly. (Level F)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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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. (Level D)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Level E)Corrected — March 5, 2026
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Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (Level D)Corrected — March 5, 2026
Colonial Care Center is a 196-bed nursing home in Long Beach, California. It holds a 1-star CMS overall rating. Total nurse staffing is 4.2 hours per resident day, below the California average of 4.5. Its most recent inspection, in February 2026, cited 20 deficiencies, none of them severe. It is on CMS's Special Focus Facility list, a designation for persistently poor-performing nursing homes.
The facility’s Special Focus Facility designation and the range of recent deficiencies point to ongoing quality and oversight concerns rather than clear strengths. It would be reasonable to ask what specific, measurable steps the facility has taken to improve care planning, staff competency and supervision, family and physician communication, and how staffing will be brought up to state expectations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is COLONIAL CARE CENTER Medicare and Medicaid certified?
COLONIAL CARE CENTER is Medicare certified and Medicaid certified according to CMS data.
What is COLONIAL CARE CENTER's CMS star rating?
COLONIAL CARE CENTER has an overall CMS rating of 1 out of 5 stars.
How is staffing at COLONIAL CARE CENTER?
COLONIAL CARE CENTER reports 4.21518 total nurse hours per resident day.
Has COLONIAL CARE CENTER had health inspection deficiencies?
On its most recent inspection, COLONIAL CARE CENTER had 20 total deficiencies, including 0 classified as severe.
How many beds does COLONIAL CARE CENTER have?
COLONIAL CARE CENTER has 196 certified beds.
Nearby Nursing Homes
- EDGEWATER SKILLED NURSING CENTER — 1/5 — 0.6 mi
- LONG BEACH POST ACUTE — 5/5 — 0.6 mi
- VILLA SERENA HEALTHCARE CENTER — 4/5 — 0.7 mi
- BROADWAY BY THE SEA — 1/5 — 0.8 mi
- ALAMITOS BELMONT HEALTH AND REHABILITATION — 4/5 — 1.2 mi
- COURTYARD CARE CENTER — 3/5 — 1.3 mi
Data Source
This information is sourced from official CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) public datasets.
CMS Provider Information updated May 1, 2026.
CMS Survey Summary updated May 1, 2026.
CMS Health Deficiencies updated May 1, 2026.
CareQED last updated June 21, 2026.