Method & sources

Research California nursing homes and assisted living facilities through public citations, licensing and enforcement data.

Source snapshot captured 2026-10-29. Publication 9f3ec0b666945cf606e1.

Inspection findings and facility data support research. They do not establish abuse, current conditions or an individual legal claim.

Coverage

• CMS covers certified nursing homes; assisted living is a separate CDSS facility population.
• CMS current provider roster and rolling inspection cycles are not a complete historical census.
• CDSS report narratives and CDPH investigation documents require separate retrieval and review; directory records do not mean no complaints.
• APS county statistics are contextual and are not joined to identifiable facilities or people.

Primary sources

• citations, 418682 rows.
• ownership, 252468 rows.
• penalties, 15007 rows.
• providers, 14686 rows.
• cdph_facilities, 14921 rows.
• cdss_facilities, 8618 rows.