CCN 555364 · Contra Costa County, California
Shields Nursing Center
3230 Carlson Boulevard, El Cerrito, CA 94530
Shields Nursing Center is a 45-bed for-profit nursing home in El Cerrito, California, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1989. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 36.2 residents a day, about 80% 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
- 45
- Average residents per day
- 36.2 (80.4% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Shields Nursing Centers Inc
- Certified since
- May 17, 1989
- 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 | 4 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 | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.47 | 4.24 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 1.04 | 0.50 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.66 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 22.2% | 36.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 80.4% | 92.0% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 11 (Jun 5, 2025) | ||
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). Shields Nursing Center meets that part today: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shields, MoniqueIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 49% | 06/01/2001 |
| Shields, WillieIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 51% | 11/29/1978 |
| Avery, KarenIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/19/2015 |
| Booker, WhitneyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/10/2008 |
| Carter, BrazellIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/01/2003 |
| Goward, AngelinaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/23/2003 |
| Jose, DavidIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/16/2001 |
| Lal, ArvindIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/03/2017 |
| Lindsey, RobinIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/23/2015 |
| Mphenyeke, CarolIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/10/2023 |
| Nkwuo, RoselineIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/28/2008 |
| Shields, MoniqueIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/01/2001 |
| Shields, WillieIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/29/1978 |
| Yabut, NeriIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2019 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
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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