Saratoga Retirement Community Health Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Saratoga Retirement Community Health Center is a 94-bed nonprofit nursing home in Saratoga, California, part of Pacific Retirement Services. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.75 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% above the California average of 2.65, and 23.9% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Saratoga Retirement Community Health Center
14500 Fruitvale AvenueSaratoga, CA 95070
Santa Clara 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 Saratoga Retirement Community Health Center, nurse aides logged 2.75 hours per resident per day, 4% above the California average. With about 74 residents a day, that works out to roughly 204 aide hours a day, or about 26 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 7% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.75 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.97 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.32 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.01 | 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
23.9% of nursing staff at Saratoga Retirement Community Health 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 30.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 8, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (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. Saratoga Retirement Community Health Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Saratoga Retirement Community Health Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Pacific Retirement Services, 10 homes
- Legal name: Odd Fellows Home of California
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 1, 1988
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Saratoga Retirement Community Health Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| The Villas at Saratoga Skilled Nsg & Assisted Lvg Saratoga | 1.2 | 86 | 2.64 | 4.39 | 21.5% | 1 | $40,323 |
| Childrens HC Org No Ca Saratoga Pediatric Subacute Saratoga | 1.5 | 37 | — | — | — | 5 | None |
| Vasona Creek Healthcare Center Los Gatos | 2.7 | 148 | 2.20 | 3.71 | 54.0% | 2 | None |
| The Terraces of Los Gatos Los Gatos | 3.0 | 59 | 2.61 | 4.73 | 30.4% | 5 | $32,487 |
| Westwood Post Acute San Jose | 3.0 | 258 | 2.42 | 4.44 | 45.8% | 2 | $31,936 |
| Woodlands Healthcare Center Los Gatos | 3.3 | 65 | 2.45 | 4.14 | 46.5% | 5 | None |
| Plum Tree Care Center San Jose | 3.3 | 76 | 2.44 | 4.53 | 42.6% | 5 | $8,018 |
| Stonebrook Health and Rehabilitation Los Gatos | 3.3 | 73 | 2.37 | 4.40 | 21.4% | 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.