Nursing home
Crystal Ridge Care Center
396 Dorsey Drive, Grass Valley, CA 95945 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Pacs Group (264 facilities) · 99 certified beds
Crystal Ridge Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Grass Valley, California. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.69 hours per resident per day, below the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on May 23, 2025 cited 17 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Crystal Ridge Care Center compares
This facility vs. the California and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | California avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.69 | 4.51 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.25 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.32 | 2.64 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 54.7% | 38.1% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 17.0 | 15.4 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
What inspectors found at Crystal Ridge Care Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 15, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · May 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · May 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Environmental Deficiencies · May 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · May 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · May 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · May 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · May 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate foot care.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 396 Dorsey Drive
Grass Valley, CA 95945 - CMS certification #
- 555283
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 99
- Avg residents/day
- 94.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1987-09-28
- Chain
- Pacs Group (264 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Pacs Group
Pacs Group operates 264 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Pacs Group facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, works with hospice, behavioral support
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Crystal Ridge Care Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Our skilled nursing services meet a wide range of healthcare needs, from 24-hour nursing and long-term care to short-term respite stays.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Our compassionate care services provide palliative care, subacute care, hospice care, and a comprehensive range of memory care and behavioral health services.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Offers behavioral support.
Crystal Ridge Care Center provides compassionate Alzheimer’s and dementia care alongside behavioral health services in a supportive and safe environment.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Grass Valley. 0.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Golden Empire, Grass Valley. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Sutter Auburn Faith Vna & Hospice, Auburn. 19.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 95945 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Grass Valley Dialysis, Grass Valley, 3.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 9 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 95945.
Hospice Of The Foothills, office in Grass Valley, 2.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Sutter Auburn Faith Vna & Hospice-Hospice, office in Auburn, 19.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Pic Comfort Care, office in Auburn, 22.0 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Dignity Health Medical Foundation, Folsom. 40.4 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Grass Valley, CA, risk to homes is greater than 83% of communities in California and 98% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: inland flooding relatively low, wildfire relatively high, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Crystal Ridge Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Crystal Ridge Care Center an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Crystal Ridge Care Center staffed?
Crystal Ridge Care Center reports 3.69 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Crystal Ridge Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 17 deficiencies.
How many beds does Crystal Ridge Care Center have?
Crystal Ridge Care Center is certified for 99 beds.