Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2001-01-18. 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 (510) 536-1838 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center 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 (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 85.2/100, placing it #1618 of 14703 facilities nationally and #231 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 Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 7 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 34 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 42 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 51 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 45 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 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.

The facility has received 2 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $1,300. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. 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 14.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Bellaken Skilled Nursing Center ranks 1618th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 85.2/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 231st out of 1,162 nursing homes. In Oakland, it ranks 6th out of 18 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,090 nationally and RN hours rank #7,252 nationally (#428 in CA). Our composite quality score of 85.2/100 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 Oakland, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/california/oakland/