Carmel Mountain Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Carmel Mountain Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in San Diego, California, part of The Ensign Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.49 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 6% below the California average of 2.65, and 40.0% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Carmel Mountain Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
11895 Avenue of IndustrySan Diego, CA 92128
San Diego 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 Mountain Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.49 hours per resident per day, 6% below the California average. With about 115 residents a day, that works out to roughly 286 aide hours a day, or about 36 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.49 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.57 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.96 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.02 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.61 | 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
40.0% of nursing staff at Carmel Mountain Rehabilitation & Healthcare 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 37.9%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 24, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 23 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 Mountain Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Carmel Mountain Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: The Ensign Group, 342 homes
- Legal name: Bernardo Heights Healthcare, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 12, 1988
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Carmel Mountain Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Villa Rancho Bernardo Care Center San Diego | 1.1 | 299 | 2.57 | 4.05 | 33.3% | 5 | None |
| Poway Healthcare Center Poway | 1.2 | 99 | 2.32 | 3.97 | 42.5% | 4 | None |
| The Villas at Poway Poway | 1.3 | 129 | 3.29 | 6.90 | 11.8% | 5 | $57,124 |
| Boulder Creek Post Acute Poway | 1.8 | 149 | 2.55 | 3.83 | 26.4% | 4 | None |
| Casa de Las Campanas San Diego | 4.1 | 99 | 2.99 | 4.91 | 55.3% | 2 | None |
| Ocean View Post Acute Escondido | 7.4 | 120 | 2.49 | 4.13 | 33.6% | 4 | None |
| Redwood Terrace Health Center Escondido | 8.0 | 59 | 2.54 | 4.45 | 34.9% | 5 | None |
| Valley Vista Post Acute Escondido | 8.5 | 59 | 2.47 | 4.01 | 43.1% | 4 | None |
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.