Nursing home
Santa Fe Care Center
635 Harkle Road, Santa Fe, NM 87505 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 120 certified beds
Santa Fe Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 0.33 hours per resident per day, below the New Mexico average of 3.56. Its most recent inspection on Jul 11, 2024 cited 16 deficiencies.
- 3 fines totaling $59,072In CMS records: 3 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Santa Fe Care Center compares
This facility vs. the New Mexico and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | New Mexico avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.33 | 3.56 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.00 | 0.62 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.31 | 2.23 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | —% | 53.0% | 46.4% | — |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 16.0 | 16.6 | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 3 fines totaling $59,072, 3 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Santa Fe Care Center
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
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 · 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 · Nov 25, 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 · Apr 8, 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 · Oct 25, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Oct 25, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Oct 25, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 25, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Oct 25, 2024 · 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 · Oct 25, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jul 11, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jul 11, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 11, 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
- 635 Harkle Road
Santa Fe, NM 87505 - CMS certification #
- 325030
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 120
- Avg residents/day
- 93.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1980-09-04
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Santa Fe Care Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2022, 9 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
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.
- Aug 16, 2022: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case open. 9 violations cited (7 serious, 2 other). Penalties: $25,600 proposed, $17,920 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Santa Fe Care Center.
Details
- Serious: Medical services and first aid (including eyewash stations) (1910.151(c)). Penalty $8,000 proposed, $5,600 now. To be fixed by Mar 8, 2023. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(1)(i)). Penalty $8,000 proposed, $5,600 now. To be fixed by Mar 8, 2023. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(d)(2)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 8, 2023. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(g)(1)(i)(a)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 8, 2023. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(g)(2)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 8, 2023. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(e)(1)). Penalty $8,000 proposed, $5,600 now. To be fixed by Mar 8, 2023. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(h)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 8, 2023. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(h)(5)(i)). Penalty $800 proposed, $560 now. To be fixed by Mar 8, 2023. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(c)(1)). Penalty $800 proposed, $560 now. To be fixed by Mar 8, 2023. 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
- Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center, Santa Fe. 5.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Casa Real, Santa Fe. 0.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Professional Home Health Care, Inc., Santa Fe. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Del Norte Pharmacy. 0.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 87505 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- 322501 Santa Fe Dialysis (Fmc), Santa Fe, 0.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
322538 Santa Fe Home (Fmc), Santa Fe, 0.3 miles away, straight line
322557-Home Dialysis Of Santa Fe,LLC, Santa Fe, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 13 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 87505.
Compassus- Santa Fe, office in Santa Fe, 0.1 miles away, straight line
Enchanted Sky Hospice LLC, office in Santa Fe, 0.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Del Corazon Hospice LLC, office in Santa Fe, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- St Vincent Hospital, Santa Fe. 5.4 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 Santa Fe, NM, risk to homes is greater than 66% of communities in New Mexico and 86% 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: very low. By hazard: inland flooding relatively low, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado very low, heat wave very low, earthquake relatively 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 | 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 | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Santa Fe Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Santa Fe Care Center an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Santa Fe Care Center staffed?
Santa Fe Care Center reports 0.33 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Mexico average of 3.56.
Has Santa Fe Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 16 deficiencies.
How many beds does Santa Fe Care Center have?
Santa Fe Care Center is certified for 120 beds.