Nursing home
Inspire Behavioral Health
401 Ridge Vista Avenue, San Jose, CA 95127 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · 116 certified beds
Inspire Behavioral Health is a Medicare-certified nursing home in San Jose, California. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 2.58 hours per resident per day, below the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Nov 5, 2025 cited 12 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Inspire Behavioral Health 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) | 2.58 | 4.51 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.49 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.76 | 2.64 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 30.9% | 38.1% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 12.0 | 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 November 5, 2025 inspection was corrected by November 26, 2025
What inspectors found at Inspire Behavioral Health
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 5, 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 · Nov 5, 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 · Nov 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways.
Environmental Deficiencies · Nov 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Nov 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · Nov 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Nov 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual 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 · Mar 21, 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
- 401 Ridge Vista Avenue
San Jose, CA 95127 - CMS certification #
- 05A277
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 116
- Avg residents/day
- 115.5
- Provider type
- Medicaid
- First certified
- 1976-04-08
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Kitchen 2 inspections by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health since 2025; latest Green (pass) (March 2026)
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2020, 5 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Kitchen inspections
The local health department inspects the kitchen that serves residents. Results are in the agency's own words.
County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health: Inspire Behavioral Health - San Jose
- Mar 17, 2026 (routine inspection): Green (pass).
4 violations
- Sewage and wastewater properly disposed (Major). Inspector’s note: The two compartment food preparation sink is not working. A gray water accumulation is observed below it, and a contractor is working on fixing the issue. [CA] Fix the plumbing issue immediately, and until the preparation sink is fixed, the facility MUST PURCHASE PREWASHED AND PRECUT fruits and ...
- Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean (Minor). Inspector’s note: There are multiple damaged and missing coving tiles below the sinks in the kitchen area. There cracks between the wall and floor by the upright fridge area as well. [CA] Repair the damaged floor patches and cracks. Please seal all the cracks and crevices immediately.
- Food separated and protected (Minor). Inspector’s note: Some open bag food products were stored on the shelf in the dry storage area. [CA] Store all open bag food products in properly labeled bulk containers.
- No rodents, insects, birds, or animals (Minor). Inspector’s note: Couple of dead cockroaches were observed on the trap located below the equipment stands and below the mechanical dishwasher. [CA] Eliminate all insects and rodents from the facility by a legal method. The PIC removed the trap and replace it with a new one (COS)
- May 14, 2025 (routine inspection): Green (pass).
3 violations
- No rodents, insects, birds, or animals (Major). Inspector’s note: One dying and one dead cockroaches were observed on the trap located below the mechanical dishwasher. [CA] Eliminate all insects and rodents from the facility by a legal method. The PIC removed the trap and replace it with a new one (COS)
- Food storage: food storage containers identified (Minor). Inspector’s note: Some food products on boxes were stored directly on the floor or on milk crate back in the kitchen area. [CA] To prevent insect hiding and breading and for easy cleaning of the floor area, please store all food products at least six inches off the floor on approved shelf or dunnage rack.
- Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean (Minor). Inspector’s note: There are multiple damaged patches on the floor in the kitchen area. There are cracks in between the floor tiles and there are some cracks of the coving tiles in the kitchen area's floor and walls. [CA] Repair the damaged floor patches and cracks.
Source: the agency's records, inspections since Oct 16, 2023, as of Oct 15, 2026. G (Green): Pass. Y (Yellow): Conditional pass; major violations found, follow-up inspection required. R (Red): Closed; an imminent health hazard was found. Major violation: The county's critical (major) violation flag.
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.
- Dec 15, 2020: unprogrammed, related to another inspection inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jun 12, 2023. 5 violations cited (3 serious, 2 other). Penalties: $48,600 proposed, $24,300 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Dycora Transitional Health- San Jose LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 5199(C)(1). Penalty $8,100 proposed, $0 now. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 5199(C)(4). Penalty $8,100 proposed, $0 now. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Cited rule 5199(C)(5)(C). Penalty $16,200 proposed, $8,100 now. To be fixed by Jul 15, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Cited rule 5199(C)(7). Penalty $8,100 proposed, $8,100 now. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Cited rule 5199(C)(3). Penalty $8,100 proposed, $8,100 now. Contested by the employer.
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
- Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose. 7.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Canyon Springs Post-acute, San Jose. 1.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Vn Home Health Care, San Jose. 3.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 95127 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Shc East San Jose, San Jose, 1.6 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Shc White Road, San Jose, 2.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Eastridge Dialysis, San Jose, 2.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 36 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 95127.
Heart Of Hope Asian American Hospice Care, A Nonprofit Corporation, office in San Jose, 3.5 miles away, straight line
Soleil Hospice, LLC, office in San Jose, 4.3 miles away, straight line
Sequoia Hospice, office in Milpitas, 5.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- North East Medical Services, San Jose. 3.5 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)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively moderate, 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 |
| County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Inspire Behavioral Health a good nursing home?
CMS gives Inspire Behavioral Health an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Inspire Behavioral Health staffed?
Inspire Behavioral Health reports 2.58 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Inspire Behavioral Health had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 12 deficiencies.
How many beds does Inspire Behavioral Health have?
Inspire Behavioral Health is certified for 116 beds.