Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Coral Desert Rehabilitation and Care
1490 East Foremaster Drive, St. George, UT 84790 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of The Ensign Group (329 facilities) · 60 certified beds
Coral Desert Rehabilitation and Care is a Medicare-certified nursing home in St. George, Utah. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 5.07 hours per resident per day, above the Utah average of 4.06. Its most recent inspection on Nov 21, 2024 cited 2 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Coral Desert Rehabilitation and Care compares
This facility vs. the Utah and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Utah avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 5.07 | 4.06 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.62 | 1.19 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.66 | 2.37 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 57.5% | 51.7% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 2.0 | 9.1 | 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 21, 2024 inspection was corrected by December 6, 2024
What inspectors found at Coral Desert Rehabilitation and Care
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 each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Nov 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 15, 2022 - 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 · Dec 15, 2022 - 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 · Dec 15, 2022
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 15, 2022 - Potential for harm
Keep complete, dated laboratory records in the resident's record.
Administration Deficiencies · Dec 15, 2022 - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 15, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 15, 2022 - 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 · Dec 15, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 15, 2022 - 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 · Dec 15, 2022
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
- 1490 East Foremaster Drive
St. George, UT 84790 - CMS certification #
- 465160
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 60
- Avg residents/day
- 44.7
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2005-02-03
- Chain
- The Ensign Group (329 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of The Ensign Group
The Ensign Group operates 329 nursing facilities across the United States. View all The Ensign 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 Nurse 24 hours a day
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Coral Desert Rehabilitation and Care 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.
We leave the critical decisions to those who know best: the Caregivers, Doctors, and Nurses who work with our patients 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room.
22 dedicated private room ventilator unit led by board-certified pulmonologist well known to the Southern Utah community
(page, checked Oct 15, 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.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Aug 20, 2008.
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.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- St. George Regional Hospital, St George. 3.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Advanced Health Care of St. George, St George. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Integrated Senior Care Home Health (Peak Home Health), St George. 0.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Pharmacy. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 84790 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Dixie Dialysis Center, Saint George, 0.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
462542 Liberty Dialysis - St George (Fmc), Saint George, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fkc Sunset, Ut, Santa Clara, 5.2 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 21 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 84790.
Applegate Hospice St. George, office in St. George, 0.4 miles away, straight line
Cns Community Hospice - St George, office in St George, 0.4 miles away, straight line
Integrated Senior Care Hospice (Peak Hospice), office in St George, 0.4 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Ihc Health Services Inc, St George. 0.4 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 St. George, UT, risk to homes is greater than 63% of communities in Utah and 92% 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 moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively high, tornado very low, heat wave relatively moderate, 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 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| 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 Coral Desert Rehabilitation and Care a good nursing home?
CMS gives Coral Desert Rehabilitation and Care an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Coral Desert Rehabilitation and Care staffed?
Coral Desert Rehabilitation and Care reports 5.07 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Utah average of 4.06.
Has Coral Desert Rehabilitation and Care had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 2 deficiencies.
How many beds does Coral Desert Rehabilitation and Care have?
Coral Desert Rehabilitation and Care is certified for 60 beds.