Elmwood Care Center
Nursing home in Berkeley, California, CMS certification number 555819
2829 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 · Alameda County
- CMS overall rating
- 4 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 74
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- July 18, 2024
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 16
- Fines in 3 years
- No fines
Does Elmwood Care Center take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Elmwood Care Center is certified for Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare can pay for a short skilled stay after a qualifying hospital stay; Medicaid can pay for long-term care once you qualify.
Certification isn't a promise of an open bed. Ask how many Medicaid beds it has free and whether it keeps residents who move from Medicare to Medicaid. Our guide explains what Medicare pays for.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every certified nursing home from 1 to 5 stars. The overall rating starts from health inspections, then moves up or down for staffing and quality. These come from the CMS Provider Information, October 2026 release.
| Measure | CMS stars |
|---|---|
| Overall | 4 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 |
| Staffing | 5 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 3 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 3 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 2 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Elmwood Care Center reported to CMS, split across residents and days. More hours per resident usually means more hands at the bedside.
- Total nurse hours per resident per day
- 4.48
- Registered nurse hours
- 1.20
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 0.68
- Nurse aide hours
- 2.60
- Weekend total hours
- 4.15
- Nursing staff turnover
- 59.6%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 28.6%
- Administrators who left
- 0
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on July 18, 2024 and cited 16 deficiencies, plus 6 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on July 28, 2022, found 12.
The last standard inspection was more than two years ago.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines for Elmwood Care Center in the past 3 years.
It also had 1 payment denial, when Medicare stopped paying for new admissions for a time.
Beds and residents
On an average day 66.9 residents live here, about 90% of its 74 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 74
- Average residents per day
- 66.9
- Certified since
- April 19, 2005
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns Elmwood Care Center
- Legal business name
- Shattuck Healthcare Inc
- Ownership type
- For profit - Individual
- Chain
- 6 homes nationally under Pratap Poddatoori, 3.7-star chain average
Other nursing homes near Elmwood Care Center
- Ashby Care Center2270 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley 94705
- Kyakameena Care Center2131 Carleton Street, Berkeley 94704
- Berkeley Pines Skilled Nursing Center2223 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley 94705
- Chaparral House1309 Allston Way, Berkeley 94702
- The Rehabilitation Center of Oakland210 40th Street Way, Oakland 94611
See also all nursing homes in Berkeley.
Who inspects nursing homes in California
California's state survey agency licenses nursing homes and carries out the federal inspections for CMS. A home must keep its state licence and meet the federal rules to take Medicare or Medicaid.
Compare all nursing homes in California, the 5 in Berkeley, or see how assisted living and nursing homes differ.
Is this your facility?
If you run Elmwood Care Center, email contact@assistedlivingaccess.com from your work address. We can add your own rates, photos and contact details next to the state record, or take the listing down.
Questions about Elmwood Care Center
What is the CMS star rating of Elmwood Care Center?
4 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Elmwood Care Center accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Elmwood Care Center?
16 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Elmwood Care Center?
Shattuck Healthcare Inc, for profit - individual.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.