Cottonwood Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Cottonwood Healthcare Center is a 98-bed for-profit nursing home in Woodland, California, part of Aspen Skilled Healthcare. 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 43.4% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Cottonwood Healthcare Center
625 Cottonwood StreetWoodland, CA 95695
Yolo 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 Cottonwood Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.49 hours per resident per day, 6% below the California average. With about 90 residents a day, that works out to roughly 225 aide hours a day, or about 28 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% 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 | 0.72 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.22 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.44 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.97 | 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
43.4% of nursing staff at Cottonwood 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 20.0%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 30, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 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. Cottonwood Healthcare Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Cottonwood Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Aspen Skilled Healthcare, 35 homes
- Legal name: Awcs, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 15, 1969
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Cottonwood Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| The Grove Post-Acute Woodland | 0.8 | 140 | 2.68 | 4.07 | 40.6% | 4 | None |
| Woodland Post-Acute Woodland | 1.1 | 91 | 2.58 | 4.08 | 50.0% | 2 | $14,302 |
| University Retirement Community at Davis Davis | 7.8 | 37 | 2.78 | 4.83 | 37.8% | 5 | None |
| Courtyard Health Care Center Davis · abuse citation | 8.9 | 112 | 2.65 | 4.28 | 39.2% | 3 | None |
| River Bend Nursing Center West Sacramento | 15.1 | 99 | 2.37 | 4.90 | 43.4% | 3 | $21,879 |
| Pioneer House Sacramento · abuse citation | 17.0 | 50 | 2.55 | 4.13 | 44.8% | 3 | None |
| Cedarwood Post Acute Sacramento · staffing data not validated | 17.5 | 51 | — | — | 37.5% | 3 | None |
| Greenhaven Healthcare Center Sacramento · abuse citation | 17.8 | 148 | 2.64 | 4.25 | 33.7% | 3 | 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.