Chaparral House — Berkeley, CA

This page sets out what the federal inspection record says about Chaparral House, a 49-bed nursing home at 1309 Allston Way, Berkeley, California. Every figure below is copied from data the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes about nursing homes that take Medicare or Medicaid. We have not added our own judgment to it.

The record at a glance

Federal ID (CCN)	555872
Legal business name	Chaparral Foundation
Address	1309 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94702
Phone listed with CMS	(510) 848-8774
Ownership type	Non profit – Corporation
Certified beds	49
Average residents per day	47.1
Certified since	July 14, 2011
Overall CMS rating	5 out of 5
Health inspection rating	4 out of 5
Staffing rating	4 out of 5
Quality measures rating	5 out of 5
Total nursing staff turnover	48.0%
Most recent standard inspection	September 27, 2024

CMS scores nursing homes from one to five stars. The health inspection rating is set relative to other nursing homes in the same state, so a one-star home is in the bottom fifth in California, not the bottom fifth nationally. Staffing and quality measure ratings are scored against national thresholds.

Inspectors have cited this home 14 times since January 2024

None reached severity level G, the level CMS calls actual harm. 4 came from complaints rather than routine inspections. Every one of them is listed below, with its date and what the rule required.

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Inspection citations since January 2024

CMS records 14 health citations at this facility from inspections between September 27, 2024 and June 30, 2026.

Inspected	Tag	What the rule requires	Scope and severity	Status
Jun 30, 2026	F0627	Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident’s needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge. (complaint)	D — Isolated, Potential for more than minimal harm	Correction date Jul 10, 2026
Jun 2, 2026	F0609	Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (complaint)	D — Isolated, Potential for more than minimal harm	No plan of correction on file
Dec 26, 2025	F0760	Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (complaint)	D — Isolated, Potential for more than minimal harm	Correction date Dec 29, 2025
Dec 26, 2025	F0584	Honor the resident’s right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (complaint)	D — Isolated, Potential for more than minimal harm	Correction date Dec 29, 2025
Sep 27, 2024	F0812	Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.	E — Pattern, Potential for more than minimal harm	Correction date Oct 24, 2024
Sep 27, 2024	F0919	Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident’s bathroom and bathing area.	D — Isolated, Potential for more than minimal harm	Correction date Oct 24, 2024

The wording in the third column is CMS’s own plain-language summary of the federal rule that was cited, not a description of what happened. This table shows the 6 most recent citations. The other 8 are in the CMS file linked below.

How to read scope and severity

Every citation gets a letter from A to L. The letter carries two things at once: how serious the problem was, and how many residents it reached.

Severity	Isolated	Pattern	Widespread
Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety	J	K	L
Actual harm	G	H	I
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm	D	E	F
No actual harm, potential for minimal harm	A	B	C

“Immediate jeopardy” is CMS’s term for a situation that has caused, or is likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death. It requires the home to act at once.

What this page does not tell you

• A citation is an inspector’s finding against a federal rule. It is not a court judgment, and the facility may be disputing it. Citations marked “under dispute” above are in CMS’s formal review process.
• Citation counts partly reflect how often a home was inspected and how many complaints were filed about it. A home with more citations has not automatically given worse care than one with fewer.
• Bigger homes have more residents, more staff and more inspections, so they tend to accumulate more citations.
• None of this says anything about the care any one resident received. A home with a clean record can still fail somebody, and a home with a bad record can be caring for your mother well.
• This is a snapshot. CMS updates these files monthly, and the figures here are from the file dated August 1, 2026.

Where this comes from

• Ratings, ownership, beds and penalties: CMS Provider Information dataset (4pq5-n9py), file dated August 1, 2026.
• Citations: CMS Health Deficiencies dataset (r5ix-sfxw), file dated August 1, 2026, filtered to inspections on or after January 1, 2024.
• This facility on the government’s own site: Medicare Care Compare.
• Retrieved August 29, 2026. Our method is set out in Editorial policy and How we count.

For the facility

If anything on this page is wrong, out of date or missing context, we will correct it. Chaparral House and anyone acting for it can reach the watchdog team through our corrections and right of reply page. We publish the response alongside the record.