Nursing home
Cerenity Care Center on Humboldt
512 Humboldt Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55107 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 93 certified beds
Cerenity Care Center on Humboldt is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Saint Paul, Minnesota. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.85 hours per resident per day, below the Minnesota average of 4.23. Its most recent inspection on Jan 16, 2025 cited 18 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $105,767In CMS records: 3 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Cerenity Care Center on Humboldt compares
This facility vs. the Minnesota and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Minnesota avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.85 | 4.23 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.88 | 1.06 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.04 | 2.55 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 52.2% | 42.4% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 18.0 | 8.0 | 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.
- Every deficiency from the March 5, 2026 inspection was corrected by April 14, 2026
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $105,767, 3 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Cerenity Care Center on Humboldt
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 · Mar 5, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Mar 5, 2026 · 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 · Mar 5, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 5, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 5, 2026 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 5, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Mar 5, 2026 · 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 · Mar 5, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Nov 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · May 15, 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 · May 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · May 15, 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
- 512 Humboldt Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55107 - CMS certification #
- 245255
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 93
- Avg residents/day
- 74.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1982-09-13
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Cerenity Care Center on Humboldt using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice, transportation
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2014
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2016, 3 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Cerenity Care Center on Humboldt says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
The Care Center at Cerenity Humboldt offers Rehabilitation, Hospice, and 24/7 Skilled Nursing care.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Cerenity Humboldt offers Assisted Living, Memory Care, Skilled Nursing, Rehabilitation and Hospice care services.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
For individuals who need assistance with regular daily activities such as meals, housekeeping, transportation to appointments and personal care.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for May 3, 2014 to May 2, 2016. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $759 owed to 8 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Cerenity Senior Care - Humboldt (Cerenity Senior Care). Case 1790401.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
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 20, 2016: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Apr 7, 2017. 3 violations cited (2 serious, 1 other). Penalties: $3,150 proposed, $3,150 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 94406 - Cerenity Senior Care DBA Cerenity Care Center.
Details
- Serious: Medical services and first aid (including eyewash stations) (1910.151(c)). Penalty $1,750 proposed, $1,750 now. To be fixed by Mar 31, 2017.
- Serious: Cited rule 5205.860. Penalty $1,050 proposed, $1,050 now. To be fixed by Mar 31, 2017.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 1910.24(e). Penalty $350 proposed, $350 now. To be fixed by Mar 31, 2017.
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
- Allina United Hospital, Saint Paul. 1.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Little Sisters Of The Poor, Saint Paul. 1.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Care Plus Home Health Agency Inc, Saint Paul. 2.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 55107 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita St Paul Dialysis, Saint Paul, 2.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Davita St Paul Capitol Dialysis, Saint Paul, 2.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
St Paul Capitol At Home, Saint Paul, 2.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 17 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 55107.
Our Lady Of Peace Hospice, office in Saint Paul, 5.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Hospice Of The Midwest, office in Woodbury, 5.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Accentcare Fairview Hospice - West, LLC, office in Saint Paul, 6.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Fairview Health Services, Saint Paul. 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
- 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, wildfire very low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively high, earthquake very 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 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | 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 Cerenity Care Center on Humboldt a good nursing home?
CMS gives Cerenity Care Center on Humboldt an overall rating of 1 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 Cerenity Care Center on Humboldt staffed?
Cerenity Care Center on Humboldt reports 3.85 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Minnesota average of 4.23.
Has Cerenity Care Center on Humboldt had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 18 deficiencies.
How many beds does Cerenity Care Center on Humboldt have?
Cerenity Care Center on Humboldt is certified for 93 beds.