Nursing home
The Redwoods Post-Acute
1267 Meridian Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Links Healthcare Group (31 facilities) · 152 certified beds
The Redwoods Post-Acute is a Medicare-certified nursing home in San Jose, California. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.17 hours per resident per day, below the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Jan 17, 2025 cited 9 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How The Redwoods 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) | 4.17 | 4.51 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.54 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.53 | 2.64 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 41.8% | 38.1% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 9.0 | 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.
What inspectors found at The Redwoods 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
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jan 17, 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 · Jan 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jan 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jan 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jan 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Jan 17, 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 · Jan 17, 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 · Jan 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 25, 2024 · 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 · Jun 25, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 25, 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
- 1267 Meridian Avenue
San Jose, CA 95125 - CMS certification #
- 056212
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 152
- Avg residents/day
- 145.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1970-05-06
- Chain
- Links Healthcare Group (31 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Links Healthcare Group
Links Healthcare Group operates 31 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Links Healthcare Group facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around The Redwoods Post-Acute using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, works with hospice
- Kitchen 1 inspection by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health since 2025; latest Green (pass) (August 2025)
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2016, 1 violation 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: The Redwoods Post Acute
- Aug 14, 2025 (routine inspection): Green (pass).
1 violation
- Food contact surfaces clean, sanitized (Minor). Inspector’s note: Measured the chlorine sanitizer level of the low temperature warewashing machine at 25 ppm. [CA] Maintain chlorine in mechanical warewash machine at 50 PPM. [COS] Chlorine sanitizer level increased to 50 ppm.
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.
Care and services
From the community’s website
What The Redwoods 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.
- Jan 26, 2016: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed May 24, 2016. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $560 proposed, $560 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Better Care INC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 5194(E)(1). Penalty $560 proposed, $560 now. To be fixed by May 18, 2016.
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. 1.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Empress Care Center, LLC, San Jose. 1.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- All Support At Home, LLC, San Jose. 0.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 95125 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Shc Wb San Jose, San Jose, 0.4 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Shc San Jose LLC, San Jose, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Santa Clara Valley Renal Care Center, San Jose, 1.6 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 33 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 95125.
Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care Of Northern C, office in San Jose, 1.3 miles away, straight line
Redwood Hospice, office in San Jose, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Sutter Care At Home, office in Saratoga, 5.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- County Of Santa Clara, San Jose. 1.6 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors 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 moderate, wildfire very low, 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 |
| 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: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| 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 The Redwoods Post-Acute a good nursing home?
CMS gives The Redwoods Post-Acute an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is The Redwoods Post-Acute staffed?
The Redwoods Post-Acute reports 4.17 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has The Redwoods Post-Acute had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 9 deficiencies.
How many beds does The Redwoods Post-Acute have?
The Redwoods Post-Acute is certified for 152 beds.