Colonial Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1969-02-27. 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 (562) 432-5751 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Colonial Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (2★), 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 50.9/100, placing it #13921 of 14703 facilities nationally and #1134 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 Colonial Care Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 14 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 24 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 23 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 26 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 1 minute 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. Total nursing staff turnover is 35.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $158,227. 60 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 2 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $158,227, and 2 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 5. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 599.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Colonial Care Center ranks 13921st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 50.9/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 1134th out of 1,162 nursing homes. In Long Beach, it ranks 25th out of 25 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #3,502 nationally and RN hours rank #10,765 nationally (#720 in CA). Our composite quality score of 50.9/100 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 Long Beach, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/california/long-beach/