Veterans Home Of California – Chula Vista is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2002-07-18. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (619) 482-6010 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Veterans Home Of California – Chula Vista holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 84.5/100, placing it #1852 of 14703 facilities nationally and #264 of 1162 in California. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Veterans Home Of California – Chula Vista receives a reported average of 4 hours 46 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 7 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 34 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 5 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 12 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 15.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $8,018. 9 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $8,018, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 48.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Veterans Home Of California – Chula Vista ranks 1852nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 84.5/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 264th out of 1,162 nursing homes. In Chula Vista, it ranks 1st out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,663 nationally and RN hours rank #1,440 nationally (#112 in CA). Our composite quality score of 84.5/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Chula Vista, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/california/chula-vista/