Nursing home
Indian Canyon Post Acute
57333 Joshua Ln, Yucca Valley, CA 92284 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Sweetwater Care (9 facilities) · 99 certified beds
Indian Canyon Post Acute is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Yucca Valley, California. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.79 hours per resident per day, below the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Dec 4, 2025 cited 10 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Indian Canyon Post Acute 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) | 3.79 | 4.51 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.33 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.43 | 2.64 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 48.0% | 38.1% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 10.0 | 15.4 | 9.5 | below 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.
- Every deficiency from the December 4, 2025 inspection was corrected by December 22, 2025
What inspectors found at Indian Canyon Post Acute
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
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 4, 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 · Dec 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 4, 2025 · 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 · Jan 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 14, 2024 · 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
- 57333 Joshua Ln
Yucca Valley, CA 92284 - CMS certification #
- 555773
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 99
- Avg residents/day
- 93.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2001-06-08
- Chain
- Sweetwater Care (9 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Sweetwater Care
Sweetwater Care operates 9 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Sweetwater Care 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 Nurse 24 hours a day, diabetes care
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2018, 6 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Indian Canyon Post Acute says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- May 8, 2018: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Sep 7, 2018. 4 violations cited (1 serious, 3 other). Penalties: $4,400 proposed, $4,400 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Braswells Medical Consultants, INC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 2340.21(a)(2). Penalty $300 proposed, $300 now.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 2473.1(b). Penalty $300 proposed, $300 now.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 5194(E)(1). Penalty $200 proposed, $200 now. To be fixed by Sep 17, 2018.
- Serious: Cited rule 5162(A). Penalty $3,600 proposed, $3,600 now.
- Feb 20, 2018: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jun 11, 2018. 2 violations cited (2 other). Penalties: $2,250 proposed, $2,250 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Sky Harbor Care Center LP. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 3395(H)(1). Penalty $1,125 proposed, $1,125 now. To be fixed by Jun 8, 2018.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 3395(I). Penalty $1,125 proposed, $1,125 now. To be fixed by Jun 4, 2018.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Hi-Desert Medical Center, Joshua Tree. 7.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Joshua Tree Post Acute, Yucca Valley. 1.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Hi Desert Home Health Services, Joshua Tree. 7.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 18.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 92284 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Hi-Desert Dialysis, Yucca Valley, 2.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 57 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 92284.
Family Hospice Care LLC, office in Palm Springs, 19.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Blue Horizon Hospice, office in Palm Springs, 20.5 miles away, straight line
Serenity Hospice LLC, office in Palm Springs, 20.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Rupinder Mann M D Inc, Rancho Mirage. 20.5 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 Yucca Valley, CA, risk to homes is greater than 47% of communities in California and 84% 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 moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively high. 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 | See above |
| 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 Indian Canyon Post Acute a good nursing home?
CMS gives Indian Canyon Post Acute an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Indian Canyon Post Acute staffed?
Indian Canyon Post Acute reports 3.79 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Indian Canyon Post Acute had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 10 deficiencies.
How many beds does Indian Canyon Post Acute have?
Indian Canyon Post Acute is certified for 99 beds.