Honolulu · 96826
Oahu Care Facility
1808 South Beretania Street
Honolulu, HI 96826
Kalakaua Gardens
⌖ Honolulu, HI · Honolulu County
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Medicare overall rating 2 of 5 stars
Certified beds49
Medicare / MedicaidMedicare & Medicaid
OwnershipFor-profit (partnership)
About Kalakaua Gardens
Kalakaua Gardens is a 49-bed for-profit nursing home in Honolulu, HI. Medicare rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (below average); the average in Hawaii is 3.7. At its last full inspection (Feb 2026), inspectors found 11 problems, close to the Hawaii average of 9.5. None of the problems in its recent inspections were found to have harmed residents. Nurses and aides spend about 5 hr 47 min a day with each resident, more than the Hawaii average of 4 hr 58 min. About 100% of its nursing staff left in the past year. Medicare fined it $55,692 in the last three years. Its quality ratings are stronger for long-term care than for short-term rehab.
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Key details
Facility nameKalakaua Gardens
LocationHonolulu County, Hawaii
Phone(808) 518-2273
Address1723 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96826 · Honolulu County
CMS provider number125066
Ownership typeFor-profit (partnership)
Official inspection reportsRead them on Medicare.gov ↗
Medicare enrolled sinceJune 27, 2017 (9 years)
✓ Medicare✓ Medicaid
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Quality & inspections
Explore this facility's official CMS inspection history, staffing levels and quality measures below — sourced directly from Medicare's public records.
Ratings and inspection data on this page come directly from CMS's public records and are never altered for any paid listing. Medicare data as of September 2026.
What Medicare found
3 strengths and 2 things to ask about in Medicare's inspection, fine and staffing records for this home. 4 care-quality measures are worse than the state average in the rehab and long-term care section below.
Strengths
- Serious health citationsNone on recordNo citations for actual harm or immediate jeopardy since Dec 2025.Strength
- Nurse staffing per resident5 hr 47 min a dayHawaii average: 4 hr 58 minStrength
- Registered nurse time per resident2 hr 02 min a dayHawaii average: 1 hr 45 minStrength
About average
- Health citations at last inspection11 (Feb 2026)Hawaii average: 9.5. Most citations are minor and corrected within weeks.About average
Things to ask about
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- Fines and penalties1 fine totaling $55,692Federal penalties from the last three years, most recently in Jan 2025 (about 1 year ago). The national average is $30,972 per home.Ask about this
- Nursing staff turnover100% a yearHawaii average: 36%Worse than state average
Source: Medicare (CMS) inspection, penalty and staffing records, compared with the Hawaii average. Problems may have been corrected since; ask the home about anything listed here. How we choose these
Short-term rehab or long-term care?
Medicare rates these separately, and many homes are better at one than the other.
Short-term rehab
For a stay of a few weeks after a hospital visit, such as after surgery or a stroke.
- Sent back to the hospital33.2%State average: 19.4%Worse than average
- Needed an emergency room visit8.3%State average: 10.3%About average
- Newly given antipsychotic drugs1.9%State average: 1.4%Worse than average
Physical therapist time: about 5 minutes per resident a day. That is about the same as the state average of 5 minutes. If rehab is the goal, ask how many therapy sessions a week to expect.
Long-term care
For residents who live at the home for months or years.
- Falls with a major injury4.6%State average: 1.9%Worse than average
- Pressure sores (bedsores)5.6%State average: 3.4%Worse than average
- Given antipsychotic drugs1.9%State average: 11.9%Better than average
- Hospital stays per 1,000 resident days0.5State average: 1.1Better than average
Source: Medicare (CMS) quality measures, compared with the Hawaii average. Lower is better for every rate shown.
Who pays, and how full it is
Many residents here pay privately or through insurance. In Hawaii, Medicaid pays for 62% of resident days at a typical home.
- 2% Medicaid
- 4% Medicare
- 94% Private pay, insurance and other
Beds in use, on average71%Hawaii typical: 82%
Cost of care per resident day$381Hawaii typical: $564
Shares of resident days, from the home’s Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. The cost per day is what care costs the home to provide, not the price you would pay; ask the home for its private-pay rate. A busy home may have fewer open beds, so ask about availability.
Ratings over time
Its overall Medicare rating is 2 stars now, down from 5 stars in April 2019. It has ranged from 2 to 5 stars and changed 17 times.
Overall rating2★
Health inspections2★
Staffing4★
Quality of care4★
Nurse hours per resident per day5.8
20192020202120222023202420252026
Show the values by year
| Month | Overall | Inspections | Staffing | Quality | Nurse hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2019 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6.1 |
| Jan 2020 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.4 |
| Jan 2021 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4.8 |
| Jan 2022 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4.6 |
| Jan 2023 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4.3 |
| Jan 2024 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4.9 |
| Feb 2025 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4.9 |
| Feb 2026 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4.7 |
| Sep 2026 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5.8 |
Source: Medicare (CMS) monthly Care Compare releases since 2019. Medicare has changed how some ratings are calculated over the years and paused most inspections in 2020, so some jumps reflect rule changes rather than changes at the home. Our methodology
See the full inspection reportEvery citation, fine, staffing figure and quality measure Medicare publishes for this home
From Medicare’s September 2026 data. Each inspection is dated below; staffing comes from payroll records for a recent quarter, and resident outcomes cover the latest period Medicare reports.
Inspection summary
How this facility compares to state and national averages on CMS-reported problems.
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Three-survey history
Citation counts across this facility's three most recent inspection cycles, so you can see whether problems are trending up, down, or holding steady.
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