Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center is a 112-bed for-profit nursing home in Tucson, Arizona, part of The Ensign Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.83 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 18% below the Arizona average of 2.23, and 46.3% nursing staff turnover (Arizona average 45.1%).
Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center
5830 East Pima StreetTucson, AZ 85712
Pima 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 Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center, nurse aides logged 1.83 hours per resident per day, 18% below the Arizona average. With about 100 residents a day, that works out to roughly 183 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 | Arizona avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.83 | 2.23 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.76 | 1.04 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.55 | 0.70 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.15 | 3.97 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.71 | 3.50 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
46.3% of nursing staff at Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Arizona average of 45.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 38.9%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 25, 2023. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (Arizona average 6.4). 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. Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Arizona average is 3.3.
About Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: The Ensign Group, 342 homes
- Legal name: Ensign Sabino LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 7, 1987
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Pueblo Springs Rehabilitation Center Tucson | 0.1 | 129 | 1.89 | 3.03 | 58.3% | 2 | None |
| Handmaker Home for the Aging Tucson · abuse citation | 0.7 | 94 | 2.17 | 3.90 | 68.0% | 3 | None |
| Sandstone Estates Rehab Centre Tucson | 0.7 | 103 | 2.54 | 4.26 | 48.6% | 1 | None |
| Foothills Rehabilitation Center Tucson | 0.7 | 149 | 2.59 | 4.07 | 22.8% | 2 | None |
| Devon Gables Rehabilitation Center Tucson · abuse citation | 0.8 | 312 | 2.26 | 3.64 | 28.2% | 2 | None |
| Santa Rosa Care Center Tucson · abuse citation | 1.2 | 144 | 2.08 | 3.35 | 58.2% | 3 | None |
| The Center at Tucson Tucson | 1.5 | 96 | 2.17 | 4.22 | 34.0% | 5 | None |
| Haven of Saguaro Valley Tucson | 1.7 | 112 | 1.41 | 2.85 | 38.8% | 5 | 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.