Nursing home report
PHOENIX, AZ · Medicare-certified · 192 beds
Ahwatukee Post Acute in Phoenix has an overall 2-star rating, with a 2-star health inspection rating, 1-star staffing, and 5-star quality measures. Reported nurse staffing is 2.92 hours per resident per day versus the 4.1-hour federal benchmark, with $0 in fines over the last 24 months; recent inspection citations included documentation/notification, pharmaceutical services, and resident abuse protection.
Health inspections
Staffing
2.9153 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 2.9153.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The nursing home failed to provide the required notice or documentation about a resident’s needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policy. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 628 — 42 CFR §483.15(c)(2) — S/S: E
The home failed to provide pharmacy services and a licensed pharmacist needed to meet each resident’s medication needs. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 755 — 42 CFR §483.45 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect by others. Cited February 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 600 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide services that met professional standards of quality. Cited August 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 658 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(3) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide proper pressure ulcer care and failed to prevent new pressure sores from developing. Cited August 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 686 — 42 CFR §483.25(b) — S/S: E
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 6 health deficiencies.
Now operated by Ahwatukee Post Acute, previously La Estancia Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
