Nursing Homes in Santa Cruz, CA: Staffing and Turnover Compared
Santa Cruz has 3 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes with 385 beds. The median home logs 2.67 nurse aide hours per resident per day (California average 2.65). 1 of 3 has at least one CMS fine in the last three years.
Every nursing home in Santa Cruz
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
| Driftwood Healthcare Center - Santa Cruz | 92 | 2.67 | 3.98 | 46.2% | 4 | None |
| Redwood Grove Post Acute | 144 | 3.15 | 4.70 | 56.0% | 3 | None |
| Santa Cruz Post Acute | 149 | 2.52 | 3.86 | 46.7% | 2 | $161,912 |
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.
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release · California averages: aide hrs 2.65, turnover 36.7%
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