Desert Mountain Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Desert Mountain Care Center is a 99-bed for-profit nursing home in Indio, California, part of The Ensign Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.38 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 10% below the California average of 2.65.
Desert Mountain Care Center
47-763 Monroe AvenueIndio, CA 92201
Riverside 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 Desert Mountain Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.38 hours per resident per day, 10% below the California average. With about 93 residents a day, that works out to roughly 220 aide hours a day, or about 28 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) | 2.38 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 2.23 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.21 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.82 | 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
CMS publishes no nursing staff turnover figure for Desert Mountain Care Center in this release.
CMS note: Staffing data did not meet the criteria to calculate turnover.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 26, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 15 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. Desert Mountain Care Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Desert Mountain Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: The Ensign Group, 342 homes
- Legal name: Stagecoach Healthcare, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 13, 1999
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Desert Mountain Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Desert Springs Healthcare & Wellness Centre Indio | 0.9 | 68 | 2.56 | 4.09 | — | 3 | $66,151 |
| The Springs Healthcare Center at the Carlotta Palm Desert | 6.4 | 59 | 2.53 | 4.60 | 45.0% | 5 | None |
| Monterey Palms Health Care Center Palm Desert | 9.2 | 99 | 2.71 | 4.21 | 41.0% | 3 | None |
| Rancho Mirage Health and Rehabilitation Center Rancho Mirage | 9.9 | 99 | 2.39 | 4.20 | 26.7% | 4 | None |
| Desert Springs Post Acute Palm Desert | 10.9 | 178 | 2.39 | 4.06 | 49.0% | 1 | $74,424 |
| Bayshire Rancho Mirage Rancho Mirage | 12.2 | 45 | 2.24 | 4.35 | 42.3% | 4 | None |
| Premier Care Center for Palm Springs Palm Springs | 17.0 | 99 | 2.40 | 4.09 | 45.2% | 1 | $66,463 |
| Palm Springs Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Palm Springs | 18.2 | 99 | 2.65 | 5.10 | 41.2% | 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.