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Desert Cove Nursing Center

1750 West Frye Road, Chandler, AZ 852244808990641Ownership: For profit - PartnershipCertified beds: 120Avg. daily residents: 69Chain: Life Care Centers Of America (194 facilities)County: Maricopa
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The complete public record on Desert Cove Nursing Center, a Medicare & Medicaid–certified nursing home in Chandler, Arizona, from the CMS Care Compare database (August 2026 release). Every figure below is published by federal regulators; ClearPath adds the state comparisons and the plain-English reading.

CMS Star Ratings

Overall rating
★★☆☆☆
CMS’s composite of the three ratings below. Arizona average: 3.3 stars.
Health inspection
★☆☆☆☆
Based on the last three years of on-site inspections and complaint investigations — the rating CMS weights most heavily.
Staffing
★★★☆☆
Nurse and aide hours per resident per day, adjusted for how much care residents need, plus staff turnover.
Quality measures
★★★★★
Clinical outcomes CMS tracks, such as falls with injury, pressure ulcers and hospital readmissions.
Desert Cove Nursing Center holds a 2-star overall rating, in the bottom two tiers CMS assigns. Its health-inspection rating is lower than its overall rating — the overall score is being lifted by staffing or quality-measure ratings, which draw partly on facility-reported data. None of this tells you whether a bed is open, whether your insurance is in network, or whether the facility will accept a given level of care — confirm those three directly with the facility before you commit.

Staffing

3.81 total nurse staff hours per resident per day
about the state average (3.97)
0.69 RN hours per resident per day
about the state average (0.70)
3.16 weekend nurse staff hours per resident per day
50.0% total nursing staff turnover
above the state average (45.2)
75.0% RN turnover
1 administrator left in the reporting period

Hours are per resident per day, from payroll-based journal data facilities submit to CMS. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over the past year.

Inspections & Penalties

November 19, 2025 most recent standard health inspection
16 health deficiencies cited in the most recent inspection cycle
above the state average (6.3)
13 health deficiencies in the two prior cycles combined
$0 in federal fines across 0 penalties (last 3 years)
0 payment denials
CMS withholding Medicare/Medicaid payment for new admissions until problems were fixed

Recent Inspection Citations

35 citations on record across recent inspections. Showing the most recent inspection. Severity uses CMS’s A–L scope-and-severity scale; G and above means residents were actually harmed.

InspectionTagWhat was citedSeverity
June 29, 20260600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
April 15, 20260842Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted… ComplaintE · Potential for more than minimal harm
December 18, 20250658Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
December 18, 20250689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
December 18, 20250880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
November 19, 20250880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.E · Potential for more than minimal harm
November 19, 20250578Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental…D · Potential for more than minimal harm
November 19, 20250600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
November 19, 20250726Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's…D · Potential for more than minimal harm
November 19, 20250732Post nurse staffing information every day.D · Potential for more than minimal harm

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Source: CMS Care Compare (data.cms.gov), August 2026 monthly release. Figures are as published by CMS and change monthly; ClearPath refreshes automatically. ClearPath Senior Guide is an independent information service, accepts no referral fees or placement incentives from any facility, and does not recommend facilities. Verify current details with the facility.