CCN 555429 · Los Angeles County, California
Villa Gardens Health Care Unit
842 East Villa Street, Pasadena, CA 91101
Villa Gardens Health Care Unit is a 54-bed nonprofit nursing home in Pasadena, California, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1990. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 43.5 residents a day, about 81% 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
- 54
- Average residents per day
- 43.5 (80.6% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Front Porch Communities and Services
- Certified since
- Jul 31, 1990
- Chain or affiliated group
- Front Porch (9 facilities, chain average 4.8 stars)
- Location
- Urban, part of a continuing care retirement community
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 | 5 of 5 | State spread: 186 at 1, 213 at 2, 244 at 3, 240 at 4, 270 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 5.06 | 4.24 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.55 | 0.50 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 4.48 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 21.8% | 36.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 80.6% | 92.0% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 9 (Dec 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). Villa Gardens Health Care Unit meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Porch Communities and ServicesOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 10/01/2006 |
| Akopyan, GevorkIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/12/2022 |
| Dudley, LeslieIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2022 |
| Jackson, KarlisaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/29/2023 |
| Kelly, SeanIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/06/2023 |
| Macango, SusanIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/04/2026 |
| McMullin, MaryIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/2025 |
| Niblett, JoelIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/17/2026 |
| Olson, KariIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/01/2001 |
| Rushforth, ShaunIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/06/2022 |
| Salvador, EduardoIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/03/2017 |
| Sumner, CraigIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/27/2026 |
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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