The home failed to provide pharmacy services and a licensed pharmacist needed to meet each resident’s medication needs. Cited June 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 755 — 42 CFR §483.45 — S/S: E
Nursing home report
DESERT MOUNTAIN CARE CENTER
INDIO, CA · Medicare-certified · 99 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
4 of 5 overall
DESERT MOUNTAIN CARE CENTER has an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, with strong health inspection and quality measures ratings but a low staffing rating of 1 out of 5 stars. It had no fines in the last 24 months, and recent inspection areas cited included pharmacy services, food handling, and sufficient staffing for residents’ behavioral health needs.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
Quality measures
Last inspection: February 18, 2026Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports not reported.
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
1.5%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
0%Steady
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
8.3%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0%Steady
Residents who lost too much weight
0.4%Worsening
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
5.1%Steady
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
14.3%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
27.2%Steady
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0.4%Improving
Residents with a long-term catheter
2%Improving
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
7.3%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
3.7%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
98.6%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
92.4%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
95.2%Worsening
What the inspectors found
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited June 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
The home failed to have enough qualified staff to meet residents’ behavioral health needs. Cited April 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 741 — 42 CFR §483.40 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited January 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents had a safe, clean, comfortable, homelike environment and daily care supports were provided safely. Cited July 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 584 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: E
Recent history
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
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Health inspection found 8 health deficiencies.
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Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- Part of THE ENSIGN GROUP · 338 homes · 3.2 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 89.9 residents on an average day (91% of 99 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 26 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.