CCN 056316 · Los Angeles County, California
Camellia Gardens Care Center
1920 N. Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91103
Camellia Gardens Care Center is a 80-bed for-profit nursing home in Pasadena, California, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1974. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 73.0 residents a day, about 91% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 80
- Average residents per day
- 73.0 (91.2% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Highland Healthcare Camellia Gardens, LLC
- Certified since
- Jul 1, 1974
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | California median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 | State spread: 186 at 1, 213 at 2, 244 at 3, 240 at 4, 270 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 1 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 5.14 | 4.24 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.76 | 0.50 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 4.77 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | not reported | 36.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 91.2% | 92.0% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $1,747 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 14 (Apr 23, 2026) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Camellia Gardens Care Center meets that part today: 2 stars overall, 3 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellavid Healthcare LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 34% | 09/18/2019 |
| Highland Healthcare Management LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 67% | 09/18/2019 |
| Optimist Healthcare LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/18/2019 |
| Wellspring Healthcare Solutions LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/18/2019 |
| Chazanow, SamuelIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/18/2019 |
| Friedman, BernardIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/18/2019 |
| R'bibo, SarahIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/18/2019 |
| Tanya Administrative Services, LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/12/2020 |
| Balacuit, DonaldIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/10/2000 |
| Chazanow, SamuelIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/18/2019 |
| Friedman, BernardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/18/2019 |
| Hechanova, RicoIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/01/2022 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2019 | Highland Healthcare Camellia Gardens, LLC | Arpom, Inc |
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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