Ridgecrest Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center

Location & what’s nearby

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

41.9% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — which CMS reads as no different from the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 127 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 51.7% of this home’s Medicare short-stay residents left it at or above the ability to care for themselves and move around that CMS predicted for them, across 145 stays in Oct 2024–Sep 2025. The median of the 11,061 homes CMS publishes this for is 56.6%. Read it beside the getting-home figure, not instead of it: unlike the two measures above, CMS makes no better-or-worse call on this one and publishes no confidence interval for it, so this is a comparison and not a verdict — but it is the short-stay measure that separates homes most, and the one to ask about.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.45 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 75% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 11% of this home’s weekday level — it runs some therapy at the weekend, at a lower level than on weekdays. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 146 beds and averages 124.9 residents a day — about 86% occupied, or roughly 21 beds typically open. It runs fairly full. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 3.61 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.43 is below the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.25 is below the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 3.35 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.72 on weekdays — 10% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.49 to 0.29 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 48% is about the same as the national median of 45%.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are more than at the previous inspection — worsening. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

• Potential for harm · D2026-01-28 · tag F0684 — failed to provide proper treatment and quality of care — isolated
  Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure adequate monitoring and assessment of Resident #102's skin integrity to prevent further deterioration. There were two residents reviewed for skin condition from a total survey sample of 44 residents.The findings include:During a facility tour on 01/25/26 at 2:29 PM, Resident #102 was observed with her right hand wrapped with gauze (Kerlix wrap). Her right middle and ring fingers were smeared with blood. The blood penetrated through the gauze and an open area was observed on her lateral ring finger. The nail beds of the fingers of the left hand had red debris that appeared to be blood.In an interview on 01/25/26 at 2:31 PM, Resident #102 confirmed that her right-hand ring finger was bleeding. She could not state what happened or whether or not a dressing change was being done. She stated she had been bleeding for a while.During an observation on 01/26/26 at 12:55 PM, Resident #102 was observed in bed. Her right hand was uncovered;…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-01-28 · tag F0689 — failed to keep residents free of avoidable accidents; supervise adequately — isolated
  Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, interviews and record review, the facility failed to ensure that each resident received adequate supervision to prevent accidents, by failing to ensure that one (Resident #73) of two residents reviewed for smoking, was assessed for safe smoking to prevent accidents prior to smoking on the facility premises. There were 14 residents in the facility who were active smokers.The findings include:On 1/25/26 at 3:30 PM, Resident #73 was observed in the smoking area in the company of three other residents. She was smoking cigarettes and there was no staff member providing supervision.During an interview on 1/26/26 at 11:09 AM, Resident #73 stated she was permitted to smoke between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM. She mentioned that they (smoking residents) were not normally supervised by facility staff. She stated smoking supplies were to be given to the receptionist after smoking. On 1/26/26 at 3:00 PM, Resident #73 was observed outside smoking. No staff member was supervising.During another observation on…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-01-28 · tag F0880 — failed to prevent and control infections — isolated
  Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, interviews, medical record reviews, and a review of facility policies and procedures, the facility failed to maintain an infection prevention and control program designed to provide a safe, sanitary and comfortable environment and to help prevent the development and transmission of communicable diseases and infections by failing to 1) Remove visible soil from one (room [ROOM NUMBER]) of 23 enhanced barrier precautions (EBC)-designated resident rooms for two consecutive days, and 2) Follow hand hygiene practices consistent with accepted standards of practice during residents' lunch meal service.The findings include:1.On 1/25/26 at 11:26 AM, resident room [ROOM NUMBER] was observed with multiple areas of a brown-colored substance, resembling feces, on the floor in the center of the room that were visible from the hallway.On 1/26/26 at 10:00 AM, another observation of resident room [ROOM NUMBER] was made. The floor remained soiled with the same multiple areas of brown-colored substance in the…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Infection Control Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · F2025-06-16 · tag F0867 — failed to act on quality-improvement findings — widespread
  Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, interviews and record review, the facility failed to ensure actions documented in a performance improvement plan (PIP) for pest control were implemented, measured for success, and tracked performance to ensure that improvements were realized and sustained, based on failure to maintain a sanitary, orderly, and comfortable interior free of pest for two (room [ROOM NUMBER] and #230) of four rooms sampled. There were 121 residents residing in the facility at the time of this survey. The findings include: On 06/12/25 at 11:03 AM, a live roach was observed in Resident #1's room (room [ROOM NUMBER]B), near the corner of the room. (Photographic evidence obtained) On 06/12/25 at 12:13 PM, a fly was observed on Resident #5's bed (room [ROOM NUMBER]B) along with live and dead roaches observed behind the resident's oxygen concentrator located in the corner of the resident's room. (Photographic evidence obtained) On 06/12/25 at 12:17 PM, the same fly was observed, unmoved and in the same location on…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Administration Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2025-06-16 · tag F0925 — failed to control pests — pattern
  Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, interviews, record review, and facility policy and procedure review, the facility failed to maintain an effective pest control program to ensure the facility is free of pests for two (room [ROOM NUMBER] and #230) of four rooms sampled. The findings include: On 06/12/25 at 11:03 AM, a live roach was observed in Resident #1's room (room [ROOM NUMBER]B), near the corner of the room. (Photographic evidence obtained) On 06/12/25 at 12:13 PM, a fly was observed on Resident #5's bed (room [ROOM NUMBER]B) along with live and dead roaches observed behind the resident's oxygen concentrator located in the corner of the resident's room. (Photographic evidence obtained) On 06/12/25 at 12:17 PM, the same fly was observed, unmoved and in the same location on the resident's bed. The resident and his roommate said that they informed the facility staff of insects in the room. (Photographic evidence obtained) On 06/12/25 at 2:18 PM, eight small ants were observed on the wall adjacent to Resident #1's bed…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Environmental Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · F2022-03-10 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — widespread
  Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, interviews, record reviews, and facility policy and procedure review, the facility failed to store, prepare, distribute, and serve food in accordance with professional standards for food service safety. The facility failed to ensure the dishwashing machine was operating at the required temperatures, sanitizer was at correct levels, and thermometer was in tray line refrigerator. The findings include: On 03/07/22 at 3:00 PM, Employee I, Dietary Aide, was observed running the dishwashing machine. Employee I was asked what temperature the machine should be at for washing dishes, he stated, I have no idea. On 03/07/22 at 3:05 PM, the Certified Dietary Manager (CDM) entered the kitchen and was asked about the dishwashing machine. The CDM stated, it was a low temperature machine. The CDM was asked to check the sanitizer level and dish machine temperatures at this time. The sanitizer strip was observed at 10 PPM, wash temperature read 140 F, the rinse read 150° F, and final rinse gauge was at 190 °F. During this time, the dishwashing machines manufacturer's sticker…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2022-03-10 · tag F0695 — failed to provide proper breathing / tracheostomy care — pattern
  Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, interviews, record reviews, and facility policy and procedure review, the facility failed to ensure that five (Residents #15, #75, #39, #94, and #121) of five residents receiving continuous oxygen therapy, received the correct number of liters of oxygen ordered by the physician, from a total sample of 37 residents. This could result in the resident not receiving appropriate care and/or clinical complications. The findings include: 1. On 03/07/22 at 1:00 PM, Resident #15 was observed lying in bed with oxygen (O2) via nasal cannula (n/c). Her oxygen concentrator was set at 3 liters per minute (LPM). A review of Resident #15's medical record revealed an admit date of 12/02/20 and re-admission date of 12/12/21. Her diagnoses included pneumonia (PNA), acute respiratory distress, chronic respiratory failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A review of the physician's order dated 12/21/21 revealed, Oxygen at 6 LPM via n/c, may use humidification. A review of the Annual Minimum…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2022-03-10 · tag F0728 — failed to protect against nurse-aide misconduct — pattern
  Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on personnel record reviews and interviews, the facility failed to ensure appropriate certification for Personal Care Assistants (PCAs) within 4 months of the date of hire for 3 of 13 PCAs reviewed (Employees C, D, and E). The findings include: A review of the personnel records revealed that 3 PCAs had been working at the facility for over 4 months without obtaining certified nursing assistant certification: Employee C, hired as Personal Care Assistants (PCA) on 07/28/2021 Employee D, hired as Personal Care Assistants (PCA) on 09/29/2021 Employee E, hired as Personal Care Assistants (PCA) on 04/28/2021 On 03/09/2022 at 1:15 PM, an interview was conducted with the Director of Human Resources. She confirmed Employee's C, D, and E were not certified and were employed as PCAs. On 03/09/2022 at 1:20 PM, an interview was conducted with the Director of Nurses (DON) concerning the PCAs. She stated that their corporate human resources department indicated since the PCAs had attempted the exam prior to their 4 months, they were excluded from the rule. The DON explained that the…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Part of a chain

This home belongs to GOLD FL TRUST II — 36 facilities. Here is how its ratings compare with the chain’s average across all its homes: See the whole chain — ratings, flags, fines and finances →

A home rated well below its chain’s average can signal local problems; a chain with a low average across the board is a bigger pattern worth researching. CMS chain data under-reports private-equity and REIT ownership, so treat this as a floor, not the full picture.

Who owns this facility

2 organizational owners listed — a facility can be part of a larger chain. CMS ownership data is known to under-report private-equity and REIT ties; treat as a starting point.

Follow the money — this home’s finances

Where a nursing home’s revenue comes from and where it goes — including money paid to companies under the same ownership. Most consumer sites never show this; we reproduce it straight from the Medicare cost report.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2023. Facilities self-file these reports; figures are unaudited and a year or two behind. A home with no Medicare cost report on file shows no figures here.

Cost & finances

Straight from this home’s Medicare cost report (CMS, FY2023). These are its operating economics — what it costs to run per resident-day and what it collects on average across Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay — not a private-pay quote. Your out-of-pocket cost depends on payer and room type, so ask the facility directly; a higher operating cost can reflect richer staffing or a sicker population. The cost-of-care planner shows regional benchmarks by care type.

What families pay in FL