Palomar Vista Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Palomar Vista Healthcare Center is a 74-bed for-profit nursing home in Escondido, California, part of The Ensign Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.61 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average of 2.65.
Palomar Vista Healthcare Center
201 N Fig StreetEscondido, CA 92025
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 Palomar Vista Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.61 hours per resident per day, about the same as the California average. With about 70 residents a day, that works out to roughly 184 aide hours a day, or about 23 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.61 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.31 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.61 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.52 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.88 | 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 Palomar Vista Healthcare 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 Sep 12, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 22 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. Palomar Vista Healthcare Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Palomar Vista Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: The Ensign Group, 342 homes
- Legal name: West Escondido Healthcare LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Palomar Vista Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Palomar Heights Post Acute Escondido | 0.6 | 98 | 2.36 | 4.00 | 42.3% | 3 | $8,176 |
| Escondido Post Acute Escondido | 0.7 | 180 | 2.45 | 3.78 | 37.9% | 5 | None |
| Redwood Terrace Health Center Escondido | 1.4 | 59 | 2.54 | 4.45 | 34.9% | 5 | None |
| Valley Vista Post Acute Escondido | 1.5 | 59 | 2.47 | 4.01 | 43.1% | 4 | None |
| Ocean View Post Acute Escondido | 2.0 | 120 | 2.49 | 4.13 | 33.6% | 4 | None |
| Meadowbrook Village Christian Retirement Community Escondido | 2.4 | 19 | 4.45 | 7.48 | 30.0% | 5 | None |
| Casa de Las Campanas San Diego | 5.3 | 99 | 2.99 | 4.91 | 55.3% | 2 | None |
| Village Square Healthcare Center San Marcos | 7.5 | 118 | 2.74 | 4.10 | 37.6% | 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.