Helen Bernardy Center D/P Snf is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1977-03-01. 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 (858) 966-5833 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Helen Bernardy Center D/P Snf 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 (5★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (N/A★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 84.4/100, placing it #1906 of 14703 facilities nationally and #270 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 Helen Bernardy Center D/P Snf receives a reported average of 8 hours 3 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 3 hours 12 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 14 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 37 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 7 hours 48 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. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Helen Bernardy Center D/P Snf has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. 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 30.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Helen Bernardy Center D/P Snf ranks 1906th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 84.4/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 270th out of 1,162 nursing homes. In San Diego, it ranks 5th out of 21 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #87 nationally and RN hours rank #81 nationally (#14 in CA). Our composite quality score of 84.4/100 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 San Diego, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/california/san-diego/