Santa Fe Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Santa Fe Care Center is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 0.30 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 86% below the New Mexico average of 2.21.
Santa Fe Care Center
635 Harkle RoadSanta Fe, NM 87505
Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe Care Center, nurse aides logged 0.30 hours per resident per day, 86% below the New Mexico average. With about 88 residents a day, that works out to roughly 26 aide hours a day, or about 3 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night.
CMS note: The facility reported a high number of days without a registered nurse on site.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New Mexico avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 0.30 | 2.21 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.00 | 0.70 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.00 | 0.63 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 0.30 | 3.53 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 0.30 | 3.10 | 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 Santa Fe Care Center in this release.
CMS note: Staffing data not submitted or not valid for calculating turnover.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 11, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 17 health deficiencies (New Mexico average 17.8). CMS lists 2 fines totaling $25,562 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2024 | Fine | $12,255 |
| Nov 21, 2023 | Fine | $13,307 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Santa Fe Care Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the New Mexico average is 2.9.
About Santa Fe Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Diamond Care Santa Fe LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 4, 1980
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Santa Fe Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Casa Real Santa Fe · Special Focus Facility | 0.2 | 118 | 2.23 | 3.63 | 61.9% | — | $153,051 |
| Los Alamos Wellness & Rehabilitation Los Alamos · abuse citation | 24.5 | 64 | 2.06 | 3.09 | 54.2% | 2 | $91,403 |
| The NM Behavioral Health Institute at Las Vegas Las Vegas | 40.1 | 162 | 2.78 | 4.08 | 25.4% | 5 | $18,353 |
| La Vida Buena Healthcare Las Vegas | 41.1 | 102 | 1.75 | 2.78 | 40.7% | 2 | $105,374 |
| Las Palomas Center Albuquerque · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 48.1 | 120 | 1.79 | 3.51 | 67.9% | 1 | $294,513 |
| The Neighborhood in Rio Rancho Rio Rancho · abuse citation | 48.1 | 48 | 3.24 | 4.83 | 82.3% | 2 | $8,278 |
| Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center Albuquerque | 48.2 | 178 | 2.12 | 3.69 | 70.3% | 3 | $167,434 |
| La Vida Llena Albuquerque | 48.6 | 58 | 2.59 | 4.15 | 64.2% | 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.