Kuakini Geriatric Care, Inc is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1976-07-01. 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 (808) 547-9357 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Kuakini Geriatric Care, Inc 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 (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 70.2/100, placing it #8182 of 14703 facilities nationally and #39 of 42 in Hawaii. 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 Kuakini Geriatric Care, Inc receives a reported average of 3 hours 26 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 20 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 20 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 47 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 7 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 20.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $83,236. 8 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 2 fine(s) totaling $83,236, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 228.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Kuakini Geriatric Care, Inc ranks 8182nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 70.2/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within HI, it ranks 39th out of 42 nursing homes. In Honolulu, it ranks 17th out of 18 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 7th of 7. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #9,735 nationally and RN hours rank #813 nationally (#28 in HI). Our composite quality score of 70.2/100 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 Honolulu, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/hawaii/honolulu/