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BRIGHTON CARE CENTER

An independent review of Brighton Care Center's safety record, its Medicare rating, health-inspection citations, staffing, fines and complaints, drawn from public federal data (not user star-ratings).

1836 N. FAIR OAKS AVE · PASADENA, CA 91103 · 99 beds
Phone: 6267989125
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Open Care Data Safety Grade

This facility raises serious safety concerns and ranks well below its peers.

Starts from the Medicare rating, then weighs below-average staffing; high RN turnover (60%). How we grade · See how it compares
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Recent News August 2026 federal update

As of the August 2026 federal update, there were no changes to this facility's Medicare ratings, Special Focus watch-list status, fines, or complaints since the prior release.

Medicare Five-Star Rating · as of the latest federal update

Overall
★★
2 / 5
Staffing
★★
2 / 5
Health Inspection
★★
2 / 5
Quality Measures
★★
2 / 5

Top concerns What stands out in the record

  • Below-average overall Medicare rating (2 of 5 stars).
  • Staffing rating is in the bottom tier, often the strongest predictor of care quality.
  • High registered-nurse turnover (60%), care continuity may suffer.
  • 20 deficiency citations on record in the last three years.

How it compares vs. 1165 CA nursing homes

Overall Medicare rating
2of 5 stars
Better than 17% of CA homes
Staffing rating
2of 5 stars
Better than 7% of CA homes
Health-inspection rating
2of 5 stars
Better than 19% of CA homes
Total nurse hours / resident / day
4.18261hrs
Better than 45% of CA homes
RN hours / resident / day
0.41775hrs
Better than 33% of CA homes
RN turnover
60%
Better than 14% of CA homes

Percentiles rank this facility against every other Medicare-rated nursing home in California, using the latest federal data.

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Safety & Enforcement Federal inspection record

Safety indicators

Abuse indicator None on record
Substantiated complaints 0

Financial penalties

0
Fines
$0
Total fines
0
Payment denials
0
Total penalties

Staffing Hours per resident / day

0.41775
RN hours per resident / day
Benchmark ≥ 0.75
4.18261
Total nursing hours / day
Benchmark ≈ 4.1
3.38845
Weekend nursing hours / day
Look for parity with weekdays

Higher staffing, especially RN time, correlates with better outcomes and higher Medicare star ratings.

Recent Deficiency Citations Last 36 months · federal inspections

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Quality Measures Medicare quality data · lower is better

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