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Caring House

A nursing home in Sacaton, Arizona 85147

510 South Ocotillo Road, Sacaton, Arizona 85147. (520) 562-7400.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 14 citations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J). Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean8
Star ratings
CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Scope and severity (A to L)
CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
Nurse staffing hours
The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
Fines and payment denials
A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
Immediate jeopardy
CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

6 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The Arizona average is 6.4.

Last standard inspection Sep 4, 2026.

Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J), at a complaint inspection on Sep 18, 2025

Source:

CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

When those citations happened

14 citations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

14 citations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

All 14 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 3 came from complaint inspections.

Source:

CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Sep 4, 2026: standard inspection6 citations

  • Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.

    Rule F0607. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Oct 31, 2026.

  • Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

    Rule F0610. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Oct 31, 2026.

  • Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident’s needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.

    Rule F0628. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Oct 31, 2026.

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Rule F0812. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 23, 2026.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Oct 31, 2026.

  • Post nurse staffing information every day.

    Rule F0732. C: no actual harm, potential for minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Oct 31, 2026.

Sep 18, 2025: complaint inspection2 citations

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. J: immediate jeopardy to health or safety. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 20, 2025.

  • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

    Rule F0600. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 19, 2025.

Jul 25, 2025: standard inspection5 citations

  • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

    Rule F0558. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 4, 2025.

  • Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.

    Rule F0582. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 4, 2025.

  • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

    Rule F0641. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 4, 2025.

  • Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.

    Rule F0644. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 4, 2025.

  • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

    Rule F0755. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 4, 2025.

Jul 29, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 20, 2024.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Jun 19, 1993.
  • Not on CMS’s special focus list.
  • No abuse icon from CMS.
  • No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
  • CMS lists its ownership as government, federal.
  • 100 certified beds.
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Has it been fined or penalized?

  • 2 fines in the last three years, $28,695 in all.
  • 1 Medicare payment denial in the last three years.
  • 3 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
Source:

CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Fines and payment denials, newest first
DateKindAmount
Sep 18, 2025Fine$13,260
Nov 8, 2024Medicare payment denialNot given
Nov 8, 2024Fine$15,435

Who does the caring?

7.67 nurse hours per resident per day

The Arizona average is 4.08.

CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Staffing measures
MeasureThis homeArizona average
Nurse hours per resident per day7.674.08
Of which registered nurses1.550.74
At weekends6.663.59
Nursing staff turnoverNot given44.8%
Registered nurse turnoverNot given44.2%
Administrators who leftNot givenNot given

Who owns it?

  • Gila River Health Care Corporation owns 100% directly since Aug 5, 2015; Gila River Health Care Corporation owns 100% directly since Aug 5, 2015.
  • 11 owners or officers are people: Linda P Soto (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Linda P Soto (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Darcy Kramer (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Robert Horton (corporate director, 0%); Max Haake (corporate officer, 0%); Kimberly Mcfarland (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Kimberly Mcfarland (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Russell G Goddard (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Russell G Goddard (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Sai L Chandran (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Sai L Chandran (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Organisations CMS lists
OrganisationRoleShareSince
Gila River Health Care CorporationOwns 5% or more directly100%Aug 5, 2015
Gila River Health Care CorporationOwns a share directly100%Aug 5, 2015

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 4 of 5 (Arizona average 4.5).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS’s star ratings, from 1 to 5
MeasureRating
Overall rating2 of 5
Health inspections2 of 5
Staffing4 of 5
Quality measures4 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 22.8 miles, this one had the 3rd most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (6; the middle value was 4).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

The 12 nearest, by straight-line distance
PlaceMiles awayCitations, latest cycle
Caring House This nursing home6
Oasis Pavilion Nursing & Rehabilitation Center12.53
The Center at Val Vista, LLC14.33
Wellsprings of Gilbert15.00
Archstone Care Center16.84
Sante of Chandler16.82
Desert Cove Nursing Center17.015
Chandler Post Acute and Rehabilitation17.215
River Park Post Acute20.35
Ahwatukee Post Acute21.14
Sante of Mesa21.21
Tempe Post Acute22.86

What the record doesn’t say

  • Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
  • Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
  • CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
  • Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.

Sources

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).

    Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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