Sunset Park Healthcare is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1967-05-25. 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 (310) 450-7694 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Sunset Park Healthcare holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 66.5/100, placing it #9776 of 14703 facilities nationally and #930 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 Sunset Park Healthcare receives a reported average of 4 hours 53 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 15 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 30 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 8 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 49 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 30.8%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 3 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $1,950. 39 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 132.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Sunset Park Healthcare ranks 9776th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 66.5/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 930th out of 1,162 nursing homes. In Santa Monica, it ranks 9th out of 12 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,428 nationally and RN hours rank #13,379 nationally (#1063 in CA). Our composite quality score of 66.5/100 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 Santa Monica, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/california/santa-monica/