Carmel Hills Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Carmel Hills Care Center is a 99-bed for-profit nursing home in Monterey, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.85 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 7% above the California average of 2.65, and 31.6% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Carmel Hills Care Center
23795 W. R. Holman HighwayMonterey, CA 93940
Monterey County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Carmel Hills Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.85 hours per resident per day, 7% above the California average. With about 96 residents a day, that works out to roughly 273 aide hours a day, or about 34 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.85 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.87 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.32 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.84 | 4.09 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
31.6% of nursing staff at Carmel Hills Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 25.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 17, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 19 health deficiencies (California average 15.7). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Carmel Hills Care Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Carmel Hills Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Pater Dignitas Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 31, 1971
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Carmel Hills Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Westland House Monterey · many days without an RN | 2.3 | 28 | 2.51 | 5.17 | 44.4% | 3 | None |
| Monterey Post Acute Monterey | 3.9 | 78 | 2.54 | 3.82 | 50.5% | 4 | None |
| Cypress Ridge Care Center Monterey | 3.9 | 99 | 2.64 | 4.42 | 45.4% | 4 | None |
| Oceanview Post Acute Pacific Grove | 4.0 | 51 | 2.60 | 4.04 | 38.5% | 5 | None |
| Canterbury Woods Pacific Grove | 4.3 | 24 | 3.77 | 6.71 | 19.2% | 5 | None |
| Forest Hill Manor Health Center Pacific Grove | 4.3 | 26 | 2.79 | 5.04 | 44.4% | 4 | $8,278 |
| Katherine Healthcare Salinas | 12.2 | 51 | 2.54 | 4.14 | 29.2% | 2 | None |
| Pacific Coast Post Acute Salinas | 12.6 | 149 | 2.31 | 3.63 | 36.3% | 4 | $13,065 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.