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Golden Merced Care Center

3170 M STREET, MERCED, CA, 95340

(209) 723-1056

121 licensed beds

CMS rates Golden Merced Care Center 3 out of 5 overall. Federal inspectors issued 52 citations across 21 inspections in the last three years, with no federal fines. Listing last updated 2026-11-06.

★★★★★3/5CMS Five-Star overall3/5 health inspections3/5 staffing2/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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3170 M Street

Merced, CA 95340

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Bed capacity

121

CMS facility ID

055988

Care type

Nursing home

County

Merced

Facility name

Golden Merced Care Center

Street address

3170 M STREET

City / state / ZIP

Merced, CA 95340

Phone

(209) 723-1056

About this facility — Golden Merced Care Center

Golden Merced Care Center is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Merced, California. It is licensed for 121 beds — above the median for skilled nursing facilities in California (98 beds).

It is one of 27 senior care facilities in Merced and 1,165 skilled nursing facilities across California. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Golden Merced Care Center 52 times across 21 inspections in the last three years, including 3 food-safety citations; no federal fines are on record. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on November 6, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company

Golden Snf Operations

Ownership type

For profit - Limited Liability company

Registered owners & officers

Cafive Operations Holdings Llc

Direct owner — 100% stake — since 2023

Ch Cafive Holdings Llc

Indirect owner · Additional disclosable party — 61% stake — since 2023

Barias, Karen

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2025

Booth, Jeanette

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Cafive Opco Manager Llc

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Cafive Snf Consulting Llc

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Couve Healthcare Consulting Llc

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Earl, Steven

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2025

Herzka, Yisroel

Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Meador, Daniel

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Merced Snf Operations Llc

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Merced Snf Realty Llc

Security-interest holder · Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Noyes, Deborah

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Spielman, Shimon

Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Veritas Healthcare Solutions, Llc

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2025

Witzcorp Llc

Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Yenowitz, Yitzchok

Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Regulatory standing

Licensed / certified since

1968-10-21

CMS overall rating

3 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

16 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

None on record

Last standard inspection

2025-03-21

Nurse staffing

4.0 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges

$394 per day (≈ $11,980/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

65% Medicaid · 12% Medicare · 23% private/other

Occupancy

86% (fiscal year 2023)

Vs. state median

23% below the CA median of $514/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

121

Medicare

Accepted

Medicaid

Accepted

Wheelchair accessible

entrance and parking

Visiting hours

Daily Open 24 hours

Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report; hours/accessibility via Google · last verified 2026-11-06. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 3 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.

2026-08-20Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations

F-0687

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Provide appropriate foot care.

Corrected 2026-09-14

F-0689

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2026-09-14

2026-05-19Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0600

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Corrected 2026-06-10

18 earlier / fire-safety inspections (49 citations)

2026-05-01Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0656

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2026-05-19

2026-04-09Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0689

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2026-04-10

2025-11-19Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0641

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

Corrected 2025-11-20

2025-07-16Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0689

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2025-07-21

2025-07-11Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0689

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

2025-06-11Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0689

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2025-06-13

2025-04-02Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0689

E · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2025-04-22

2025-03-21Health inspectionComplaint-triggered10 citations

F-0550

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

Corrected 2025-04-14

F-0558

E · No harm found

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

Corrected 2025-04-14

F-0637

D · No harm found

Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition

Corrected 2025-04-14

F-0655

E · No harm found

Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

Corrected 2025-04-14

F-0656

E · No harm found

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2025-04-14

F-0658

E · No harm found

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Corrected 2025-04-14

F-0694

D · No harm found

Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.

Corrected 2025-04-14

F-0761

E · No harm found

Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

Corrected 2025-04-14

F-0812

E · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2025-04-14

F-0880

E · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2025-04-14

2025-02-10Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0583

E · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

Corrected 2025-02-28

2024-11-22Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0656

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2024-12-06

2024-11-07Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0689

E · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2024-11-25

2024-05-02Health inspection2 citations

F-0800

D · No harm foundFood safety

Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs.

Corrected 2024-06-06

F-0849

D · No harm found

Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.

Corrected 2024-06-06

2023-10-17Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0550

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

Corrected 2023-11-09

2023-10-04Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0880

F · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2023-11-01

2019-04-12Health inspection7 citations

F-0658

D · No harm found

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Corrected 2019-07-03

F-0689

G · Actual harm

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2019-07-03

F-0726

D · No harm found

Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.

Corrected 2019-07-03

F-0812

E · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2019-07-03

F-0838

F · No harm found

Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.

Corrected 2019-07-03

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2019-07-03

F-0881

F · No harm found

Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

Corrected 2019-07-03

2025-03-21Fire-safety inspection10 citations

E-0030

C · No harm found

List the names and contact information of those in the facility.

Corrected 2025-03-26

K-0161

D · No harm found

Use approved construction type or materials.

Corrected 2025-03-26

K-0321

D · No harm found

Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.

Corrected 2025-03-31

K-0343

F · No harm found

Have a fire alarm with audible and visual signals that transmits the alarm automatically to notify emergency forces in event of fire.

Corrected 2025-03-26

K-0353

F · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2025-03-28

K-0355

D · No harm found

Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.

Corrected 2025-03-26

K-0363

D · No harm found

Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.

Corrected 2025-03-26

K-0918

D · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2025-04-01

K-0919

D · No harm found

Meet requirements for the use of electrical equipment.

Corrected 2025-03-31

K-0920

D · No harm found

Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

Corrected 2025-04-01

2024-05-02Fire-safety inspection5 citations

K-0161

D · No harm found

Use approved construction type or materials.

Corrected 2024-05-28

K-0363

D · No harm found

Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.

Corrected 2024-05-28

K-0711

D · No harm found

Provide a written emergency evacuation plan.

Corrected 2024-05-28

K-0920

D · No harm found

Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

Corrected 2024-05-28

K-0926

E · No harm found

Ensure that personnel concerned with handling of medical gases and cylinders are trained on the risk.

Corrected 2024-05-28

2019-04-12Fire-safety inspection3 citations

K-0222

D · No harm found

Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.

Corrected 2019-06-11

K-0741

D · No harm found

Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.

Corrected 2019-06-11

K-0920

D · No harm found

Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

Corrected 2019-06-11

Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 055988.

Quality of care & staffing

How it compares in California.

Inspection citations, 3 years

More than 31% of nursing homes in the state

State median: 65

Federal fines, 3 years

No federal fines on record

State median: $0

Nurse staffing, hours per resident per day

4.0

Higher than 26% of nursing homes in the state

State median: 4.3

Nursing staff turnover, annual

54%

Higher than 93% of nursing homes in the state

State median: 36%

Resident outcomes

On 21 federal quality measures, this facility does better than the California average on 7 and worse on 13. Differences within 10% of the average are shown as near average.

Long-stay residents	This facility	State	US	Compared with state
Need for help with daily activities has increased	16.2%	10.2%	13.5%	Worse than state
Lose too much weight	3.0%	4.1%	5.1%	Better than state
With a catheter inserted and left in their bladder	0.0%	0.7%	0.7%	Better than state
With a urinary tract infection	0.0%	1.2%	1.5%	Better than state
Have depressive symptoms	0.6%	7.6%	13.5%	Better than state
Were physically restrained	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%	Better than state
Experiencing one or more falls with major injury	1.1%	1.6%	3.2%	Better than state
Assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	88.2%	98.7%	93.7%	Worse than state
Ability to walk independently worsened	13.1%	8.9%	12.7%	Worse than state
Received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication	18.4%	13.7%	19.5%	Worse than state
Assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	97.0%	97.9%	95.3%	Near state average
With pressure ulcers	5.9%	4.3%	4.5%	Worse than state
With new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence	22.2%	9.8%	18.3%	Worse than state
Received an antipsychotic medication	20.3%	12.3%	15.4%	Worse than state
Hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days	2.56	2.21	1.81	Worse than state
Outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days	4.84	1.50	1.69	Worse than state

Short-stay residents	This facility	State	US	Compared with state
Assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	69.5%	94.6%	82.3%	Worse than state
Newly received an antipsychotic medication	0.6%	1.3%	1.5%	Better than state
Were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	71.9%	93.1%	80.1%	Worse than state
Were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission	27.9%	22.6%	23.4%	Worse than state
Had an outpatient emergency department visit	24.5%	11.1%	11.8%	Worse than state

Source: CMS MDS and Medicare claims quality measures, measure period 2025Q3-2026Q2. Averages are computed from all nursing homes reporting each measure.

Cited more than once

The same rule cited at separate inspections can point to a problem that wasn't fully fixed.

F-0689 8 inspections. Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
F-0656 3 inspections. Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
F-0880 3 inspections. Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
K-0920 3 inspections. Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
F-0550 2 inspections. Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
F-0658 2 inspections. Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

What its owners also hold

Ch Cafive Holdings Llc has an ownership stake on file at 4 nursing homes, averaging 2 of 5 on CMS's overall rating.
Cafive Operations Holdings Llc has an ownership stake on file at 3 nursing homes, averaging 2.3 of 5 on CMS's overall rating.

Source: CMS ownership filings. Shows organizations with an ownership stake; people are left out.

Verify & compare

Where to check, and what's nearby.

Who to contact in California

Licensing: California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality, Licensing and Certification
File a complaint: 844-538-8766 · Online
Long-Term Care Ombudsman: 800-231-4024. A free advocate for residents and families.
Adult Protective Services: 833-401-0832. Some states send facility cases to licensing instead. In an emergency, call 911.
Eldercare Locator: 800-677-1116, a federal service for local aging help.

Nearest emergency hospitals

Mercy Medical Center, about 2.0 miles. CMS rating 3 of 5.
Emanuel Medical Center, about 24 miles. CMS rating 2 of 5.
Memorial Hospital Los Banos, about 27 miles. CMS rating 3 of 5.

Source: CMS Hospital General Information. Straight-line distance.

Nearby facilities with inspection records

Merced Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr, Merced, about 0.2 miles. CMS rating 3 of 5.
Retirement Homes, Merced, about 0.2 miles. 6 state visits on record.
La Sierra Care Center, Merced, about 0.3 miles. CMS rating 3 of 5.
Park Merced, Merced, about 0.4 miles. 8 state visits on record.
Franciscan Post-acute Care Center, Merced, about 0.5 miles. CMS rating 4 of 5.

Visitor reviews

What people say on Google.

4.2126 ratings on Google

★David Dupertuis · 2026-06-11 · via Google
“Not impressed with Golden Merced Care Center. My grandmother has been in the hospital and was discharged . She has to be at this place for a couple weeks. We were told that everything would be ready for her. But once we got her there . There was no bed the room was very dirty and so was the bathroom . We had to wait a hour for them to figure out how to get a bed in the room . Once they got a bed …”

★★★★★Shirley Hale · 2025-10-03 · via Google
“It was a great a Experian activities, physical therapy was fantastic. Therapy got to go home when I got here I couldn't walk and now I am running out this door with the walker, and I LOVE BINGO..”

★CaliLiving209 · 2026-05-24 · via Google
“My father has been in care at this facility for about a month now, and I dont think they have the manpower for there patient, or there nurses. It seems that most the nurses are young, and just either here for a paycheck or working on the career. It upsets me that they seem not to have enough assist to help there patients, and doing rounds to keep an eye on them during there recovery. My dad just f…”

Ratings and reviews are from Google and reflect visitor opinions, not our verification. See all reviews on Google

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