Ashby Care Center
Nursing Home Facility
2270 Ashby Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705
Ashby Care Center is a senior care community located in Berkeley, CA. It provides nursing home care and senior living for older adults in the Berkeley area. To learn more or schedule a tour, call (510) 841-9494.
Ashby Care Center is licensed for 31 beds, about typical for the area, where senior care communities in Berkeley average about 43 beds.
Federal reporting puts occupancy at about 72% of its licensed beds. That is below the Berkeley average of roughly 90%.
Medicare rates this community 2 out of 5 stars overall, a score based on health inspections, staffing levels and quality measures. Communities in Berkeley average about 3.0 stars. Its most recent standard health inspection was in May 2025 and recorded 13 deficiencies.
The community is located in Alameda County, CA.
Inspection record
In its last three standard inspections and any complaint visits, federal inspectors cited 39 problems at Ashby Care Center. 2 findings involved harm to a resident. 7 came from investigating complaints by residents or families.
In the last three years Medicare fined this home once, a total of $66,134. Medicare also stopped paying for new admissions once in that period.
Findings from the most recent inspection cycle
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Quality of Life and Care
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Resident Rights
Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Quality of Life and Care
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, widespread
Pharmacy Service
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Resident Rights
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Resident Assessment and Care Planning
Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Nursing and Physician Services
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Nutrition and Dietary
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Nutrition and Dietary
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Infection Control
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Infection Control
Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
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Minimal harm or the potential for it, a pattern
Environmental
Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
A citation on its own does not mean poor care, and most are corrected within weeks. What matters most is how serious the findings were and whether the same problems keep coming back. When you visit, it is fair to ask the administrator what inspectors found and what has changed since.
Ashby Care Center offers nursing home care and senior living.
Facility details
- Organization type for-profit corporation
- Beds / units 31
- Occupancy 72%
- Annual staff turnover 22%
- Last health inspection May 2025
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