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Merced · 1 mi from Merced Behavioral Center · Small care home
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Merced Behavioral Center
1255 B Street, Merced, CA 95341 ·
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Monthly costPrice on requestMedicare or Medi-Cal often pays
Medicare rating5of 5 starsFrom Medicare
Safety, 5 years1serious citationAll corrections confirmed3 inspections
Size96residentsMid-size community
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Also listed on their website
- Special Treatment Program for residents with a diagnosis of…
- Post-acute rehabilitation
- Post-acute orthopedic care
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Rooms, prices and how families pay
Medicare or Medi-Cal often pays
Merced Behavioral Center is a nursing home. Short stays after a hospital visit are often covered by Medicare; long stays often by Medi-Cal. Daily rates for private pay aren’t published.
Rating & safety How to read thisMedicare’s inspection categories. Serious problems put residents at risk of harm; lower-severity problems are about care quality or records. Both must be corrected.
Medicare’s rating, and what inspectors found
Medicare rating
5of 5 stars
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Medicare inspections, last 5 years
1Seriousmost serious categoryAll corrected
45Lower severityless serious categoryAll corrected
1 serious finding in five years. All recorded as corrected.
Serious and lower severity are federal inspection categories.
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Visits, newest first
2026
- 21 Aug 2026Annual surveyLower severity
13 findings, including: Meet requirements for the use of electrical equipment.
Corrected by 18 Sep 2026, per MedicareCorrection confirmed
2025
- 26 Feb 2025Annual surveyLower severity
9 findings, including: Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
Corrected by 24 Mar 2025, per MedicareCorrection confirmed
2023
- 5 Jun 2023Annual surveySerious
24 findings, including: Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Corrected by 7 Jul 2023, per MedicareCorrection confirmed
Daily life Where this comes fromFrom the community’s own website. Not checked by the state.
From the community’s own website
- DiningDietary program designed to meet the dietary and physician-ordered needs of each resident.
- ActivitiesGentle, structured daily activities customized to meet resident's unique individual needs, including socialization and supervised outings.
- TransportTransportation services
Location
Where it is, and how far it is from home
1255 B Street, Merced, CA 95341From the state license record.Get directions
Reviews
What families say. Separate from the state’s safety record.
Checked 4 Nov 2026
3.4★★★★★
9 Google reviews · as of 4 Nov 2026
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- ★★★★★
Wonderful staff I work down the street and here stories about how many people they help I love how understanding and compassionate these wonderful people are thank you it’s not a easy job
Jul 2025 · Google - ★★★★★
Too many homeless people shouting at civilians. They need to get rid of these people and relocate.
Nov 2024 · Google - ★★★★★
It's a great place
Jun 2023 · Google - ★★★★★
Watch out with staff having other intentions than to help the clients to have a full recovery from drug and alcohol treatment. My wife fully took advantage of my physical illness and mental syndrome with the help of my counselor and they only kept me caught up there even longer with my wife attempts to kill me or have me hurt myself.
Apr 2019 · Google - ★★★★★
The staff was really kind to me but my goodness, they basically take advantage of the patients! I did not want to go there but I had no choice and after I arrived I was put in a room with another problematic person, then on the 2nd day they put me in a bigger facility where I had to share my room with a lunatic, shower in the weirdest bathroom in history, and never received ANY psychiatric…
Sep 2017 · Google
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License
From Medicare’s provider record
- Medicare ID
- CCN 05A147
- Type
- Skilled nursing facility (Medicare certified)
- Capacity
- 96 beds