Honolulu Senior AdvisorThe Care Center of Honolulu is a 182-bed Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home at 1900 Bachelot Street in Honolulu, Oahu (CMS certification number 125019). CMS gives The Care Center of Honolulu an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, based on CMS Care Compare data as of October 1, 2026.
What star ratings does CMS give The Care Center of Honolulu in Honolulu?
CMS gives The Care Center of Honolulu an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars; its health inspection rating is 3, staffing 4 and quality measures 4, each out of 5.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Overall rating (CMS) | 3 of 5 |
| Health inspection rating (CMS) | 3 of 5 |
| Staffing rating (CMS) | 4 of 5 |
| Quality measures rating (CMS) | 4 of 5 |
| Certified beds / average residents per day | 182 / 165.3 |
| Ownership type (CMS) | For profit - Corporation |
| Operator chain (CMS) | Not part of a listed chain |
| First certified for Medicare/Medicaid | April 15, 1969 |
| Located inside a hospital (CMS) | No |
On an average day it cares for about 165 residents, roughly 91% of its certified beds (above the 88% median across Oahu's certified nursing homes).
How did The Care Center of Honolulu do on its latest inspections?
November 19, 2025 is the date of The Care Center of Honolulu's latest standard health inspection in CMS's data, and that cycle produced 9 cited deficiencies: 5 standard-survey and 4 complaint-related.
One cycle earlier (standard survey August 15, 2024), CMS logged 20 deficiencies; 0 citations came from infection-control inspections. With an island median of 9 deficiencies per latest cycle, this result is no worse than the typical Oahu home.
CMS reports 1 fine totaling $8,018 and 0 payment denials in its three-year penalty window.
What do staffing and turnover look like at The Care Center of Honolulu?
Each resident at The Care Center of Honolulu receives about 4.70 hours of nursing staff time per day in CMS's payroll-based data (about the same as the Oahu median of 4.65), of which 1.58 hours come from registered nurses (lower than the Oahu median of 1.69).
Weekend total nurse staffing runs 4.24 hours per resident per day. Total nursing-staff turnover is 37.6% (higher than the Oahu median of 32.8%), and registered-nurse turnover is 40.6%. 0 administrators have left in the CMS measurement period.
What are the alternatives to The Care Center of Honolulu nearby?
With 182 certified beds it is larger than the Oahu median of 96 beds; the closest other certified nursing home is 15 Craigside in Honolulu, in the same ZIP code, rated 5 of 5 by CMS.
| Facility | Miles away | Certified beds | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Craigside 15 Craigside Place, 96817 | 0.0 | 45 | 5 of 5 | June 23, 2025 | 1 |
| The Ching Villas 2230 Liliha Street, 96817 | 0.4 | 163 | 4 of 5 | January 16, 2026 | 13 |
| Liliha Healthcare Center 1814 Liliha Street, 96817 | 0.6 | 92 | 4 of 5 | January 31, 2025 | 11 |
| Kuakini Geriatric Care, Inc 347 North Kuakini Street, 96817 | 0.6 | 187 | 2 of 5 | January 8, 2025 | 11 |
| Maluhia 1027 Hala Drive, 96817 | 0.8 | 158 | 5 of 5 | July 10, 2025 | 2 |
Which hospitals are near The Care Center of Honolulu?
The Care Center of Honolulu sits in the Downtown, Nuuanu & Liliha part of Honolulu; the nearest hospital in CMS's hospital list is The Queen's Medical Center, about 0.6 miles away by straight line.
The next closest is Straub Clinic and Hospital at about 0.6 miles; distances use CMS coordinates and ZIP centroids, not drive times.
Within about 2.5 miles there are 28 licensed expanded adult residential care homes, the Hawaii setting where a resident at nursing-facility level of care can live in a small home with a registered nurse case manager. For long-term care that is often the alternative families weigh against a nursing home bed.
What questions does The Care Center of Honolulu's record raise?
Its public data points to specific questions: ask how The Care Center of Honolulu kept its latest inspection at 9 deficiencies, and request the full statement of deficiencies anyway.
- Nursing turnover of 37.6% is above the Oahu median; ask how many aides on each shift are agency or travel staff.
- Ask what the $8,018 in CMS fines were for and whether the issue has been resolved.
- At about 91% occupancy, ask about waiting lists and whether short-stay rehab beds are separate from long-term beds.
- CMS records a resident council here; ask when it meets and whether families can attend.
- If Med-QUEST will pay eventually, confirm The Care Center of Honolulu accepts QUEST Integration members for long-term stays and which health plans it contracts with.
