Manresa Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Manresa Healthcare Center is a 59-bed for-profit nursing home in Watsonville, California, part of Abraham Bak & Menachem Gastwirth. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.46 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 7% below the California average of 2.65, and 35.6% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Manresa Healthcare Center
919 Freedom BlvdWatsonville, CA 95076
Santa Cruz 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 Manresa Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.46 hours per resident per day, 7% below the California average. With about 57 residents a day, that works out to roughly 140 aide hours a day, or about 17 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 4% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.46 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.95 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.44 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.86 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.71 | 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
35.6% of nursing staff at Manresa 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 33.3%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Nov 18, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 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. Manresa Healthcare Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Manresa Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Abraham Bak & Menachem Gastwirth, 18 homes
- Legal name: Lazer Holdings LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 24, 1970
- Changed ownership in the last 12 months
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Manresa Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Watsonville Nursing Center Watsonville | 0.6 | 87 | 2.51 | 3.97 | 27.1% | 3 | $44,488 |
| Watsonville Post Acute Center Watsonville | 0.6 | 95 | 2.61 | 4.11 | 41.3% | 5 | $8,018 |
| Pacific Coast Manor Capitola | 11.7 | 99 | 2.36 | 4.39 | 49.6% | 5 | None |
| Gilroy Healthcare Center Gilroy | 12.5 | 134 | 2.52 | 3.95 | 52.2% | 2 | $69,735 |
| Driftwood Healthcare Center - Santa Cruz Santa Cruz | 12.5 | 92 | 2.67 | 3.98 | 46.2% | 4 | None |
| Redwood Grove Post Acute Santa Cruz | 13.0 | 144 | 3.15 | 4.70 | 56.0% | 3 | None |
| Santa Cruz Post Acute Santa Cruz | 13.3 | 149 | 2.52 | 3.86 | 46.7% | 2 | $161,912 |
| Morgan Hill Healthcare Center Morgan Hill | 15.1 | 52 | 2.46 | 3.81 | 28.6% | 4 | $17,261 |
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.