Nursing home
The Villas at Saratoga Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living
20400 Saratoga-Los Gatos Rd, Saratoga, CA 95070 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Kalesta Healthcare Group (13 facilities) · 86 certified beds
The Villas at Saratoga Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Saratoga, California. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.50 hours per resident per day, below the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Dec 20, 2024 cited 24 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $57,711In CMS records: 2 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How The Villas at Saratoga Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living 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) | 4.50 | 4.51 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.52 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.73 | 2.64 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 24.0% | 38.1% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 24.0 | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $57,711, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at The Villas at Saratoga Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living
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
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Mar 16, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 3, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 3, 2026 · 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 · Mar 3, 2026 · 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 · Mar 3, 2026 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 11, 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 · Nov 25, 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 · Nov 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 25, 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 · Aug 20, 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 · Aug 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Aug 12, 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
- 20400 Saratoga-Los Gatos Rd
Saratoga, CA 95070 - CMS certification #
- 055435
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 86
- Avg residents/day
- 80.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1967-01-01
- Chain
- Kalesta Healthcare Group (13 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Kalesta Healthcare Group
Kalesta Healthcare Group operates 13 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Kalesta Healthcare 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, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice, diabetes care, transportation
- Kitchen 2 inspections by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health since 2025; latest Green (pass) (August 2026)
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 Villas at Saratoga - Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living
- Aug 11, 2026 (routine inspection): Green (pass).
3 violations
- No rodents, insects, birds, or animals (Minor). Inspector’s note: Observed several flies within the facility. [CA] Ensure facility is kept free of flies to prevent possible contamination of food.
- Food contact surfaces clean, sanitized (Minor). Inspector’s note: Observed not currently in use cleaned cups were stored with debris and staining. [CA] Ensure all utensils an equipment are properly washed, rinsed, and sanitized using an applicable sanitizer. Ensure all utensils and equipment are properly cleaned and sanitized and free of food residual and debris.
- Premises clean, in good repair; Personal/chemical storage; Adequate vermin-proofing (Minor). Inspector’s note: By the warewash machine, observed large hole in a cracked cove base tile below the rinse station. On the left side above the warewash machine, observed cracks/crevices around installed bracket. [CA] Ensure all cracks, crevices, gaps, and holes are sealed to prevent possible harborage of vermin. ...
- Jul 17, 2025 (routine inspection): Green (pass).
2 violations
- Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean (Minor). Inspector’s note: At the warewash area, below the spray sink, observed a broken cove base tile with a small hole. [CA] Ensure all gaps, cracks, crevices, and holes are sealed to prevent harborage of vermin.
- Proper hot and cold holding temperatures (Minor). Inspector’s note: In the kitchen area, holding hot on the stove-top, measured a container of cooked meatballs between 131F and 134F. Per operator, stored on stove-top for 30 minutes. [CA] Ensure potentially hazardous foods are held cold at 41F and below or held hot at 135F and above to prevent bacterial growth. [SA] ...
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 Villas at Saratoga Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living 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.
Hospice/Respite/GIP Services
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
24-hour RNs and CNAs
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Hospice/Respite/GIP Services
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Offers diabetes care.
Diabetic Management
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Transportation services
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - 3 meals a day.
Three meals per day served in main dining or rehabilitative dining areas
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom.
Our studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom floor plans offer a full kitchen, appliances, a smoke detector, a 24-hour emergency system, and individual climate control.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Smoke-free.
For the safety and welfare of all residents and staff, we are a non-smoking facility.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Good Samaritan Hospital, San Jose. 4.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Saratoga Retirement Community Health Center, Saratoga. 1.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Sutter Care At Home, Saratoga. 2.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 95070 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Los Gatos Dialysis, Los Gatos, 3.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Care Los Gatos, Los Gatos, 4.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Shc Stevens Creek, San Jose, 5.4 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 31 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 95070.
Sutter Care At Home, office in Saratoga, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Redwood Hospice, office in San Jose, 5.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care Of Northern C, office in San Jose, 7.9 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Mike Gorenchtein, MD, Campbell. 4.2 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
- Zone X: 0.2% annual chance (500-year) flood area (moderate risk). (FEMA flood map)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Saratoga, CA, risk to homes is greater than 39% of communities in California and 79% 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 high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively high, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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 | 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 The Villas at Saratoga Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living a good nursing home?
CMS gives The Villas at Saratoga Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living 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 Villas at Saratoga Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living staffed?
The Villas at Saratoga Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living reports 4.50 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has The Villas at Saratoga Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 24 deficiencies.
How many beds does The Villas at Saratoga Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living have?
The Villas at Saratoga Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living is certified for 86 beds.