8100 Westwold Drive
Bakersfield, CA 93311
146 beds • Est. 2019 (6 years) • Get directions
Magnolia Place recorded 28 state citations (18 serious, 10 minor) and 20 verified complaints since 2021 across 43 inspections. The most serious substantiated findings include a 2022 incident in which insufficient staffing left a resident unsupervised during a known ongoing conflict with another resident, resulting in fractured ribs and a collapsed lung requiring a chest tube, for which a civil penalty was assessed. A 2023 investigation confirmed that a staff member struck residents to get their attention, spoke inappropriately to multiple residents, and pulled a resident's hair. As recently as July 2025, investigators found that after a resident sustained a fracture in an unwitnessed fall on May 5, staff documented complaints of pain for 8 days before calling emergency services on May 13, a delay that resulted in a citation with additional civil penalties pending. Repeated findings across the record also include insufficient staffing levels and failures to seek timely emergency medical treatment for residents experiencing changes in condition.
Magnolia Place is a 146-bed assisted living community in Bakersfield, the largest city in California's southern Central Valley. Bakersfield generally offers some of the most affordable assisted living pricing in the state.
However, this community's safety record is among the worst we track, and families should investigate thoroughly before considering it.
Large community resources
At 146 beds, the community can support a wider range of activities, dining programs, and staffing levels than smaller Central Valley facilities.
Central Valley affordability
Bakersfield's lower cost of living generally translates to more accessible assisted living pricing compared to coastal California.
Alarming safety record
Carries an FYI Safety Score of 2.3 out of 9.9, one of the lowest scores in our system. This reflects a severe and sustained pattern of state licensing violations. Families should request recent inspection reports, ask management about specific corrective measures, and consider whether other options in the area may be safer.
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8100 Westwold Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93311
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