Jerold Phelps Comm Hosp Snf is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1992-08-25. 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 (707) 923-3921 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Jerold Phelps Comm Hosp Snf 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 (3★), Staffing (1★), 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 80.8/100, placing it #3330 of 14703 facilities nationally and #412 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 Jerold Phelps Comm Hosp Snf receives a reported average of 9 hours 27 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 56 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 5 hours 22 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 10 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 7 hours 24 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 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 1 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $9,952. 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 83.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Jerold Phelps Comm Hosp Snf ranks 3330th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 80.8/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 412th out of 1,162 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #33 nationally and RN hours rank #2,448 nationally (#158 in CA). Our composite quality score of 80.8/100 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 Garberville, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/california/garberville/