The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited January 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
Nursing home report
SARATOGA RETIREMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
SARATOGA, CA · Medicare-certified · 94 beds
In good standing
Non-profitChain member
5 of 5 overall
Saratoga Retirement Community Health Center has a 5 out of 5 overall rating, with 5-star health inspection and quality measures ratings and 4-star staffing. It reported 4.17 nurse staffing hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, with $0 in fines in the last 24 months, though recent inspection citations included food service, menu, and staffing-posting issues.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.173 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: April 25, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.173.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.50
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.92
- Nurse aides
- 2.75
- Weekend nursing
- 3.87
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 26%
Registered nurse turnover: 46%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
12%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
0%Steady
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
0.7%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0.5%Steady
Residents who lost too much weight
3.6%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
9.5%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
11.5%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
4.7%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
2.4%Worsening
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
11.8%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
0%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
98.1%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
99.5%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
97.9%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
98.4%Steady
What the inspectors found
The home failed to ensure meals and menus were planned, updated, and followed to meet residents’ nutritional needs. Cited October 2022 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 803 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to post its nurse staffing information every day, so families could not easily see daily staffing levels. Cited April 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 732 — 42 CFR §483.35(i) — S/S: D
The home failed to provide safe and appropriate breathing care when a resident needed it. Cited January 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 695 — 42 CFR §483.25(i) — S/S: D
The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited October 2022 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Chain
- Part of PACIFIC RETIREMENT SERVICES · 10 homes · 4.4 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 71.9 residents on an average day (76% of 94 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 37 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.