---
title: Nursing homes in Arizona — CMS safety record
source: CMS Nursing Home Care Compare
sourceUrl: https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/
state: AZ
facilities: 140
---

# Nursing homes in Arizona

All **140** Medicare-certified nursing homes in Arizona, with the safety record CMS publishes.

## Before the brochure: look at staffing

The best-evidenced predictor of safe care is **nurse hours per resident per day** — hands-on nursing time per resident, measured by CMS from payroll. About **4.1 total nurse hours/resident/day** is a staffing-adequacy reference (not a pass/fail line).

In Arizona, the median home reports **3.81 hours/resident/day**, and **50 of 135** meet the 4.1-hour reference. A high overall star does not guarantee high staffing.

## CMS Special Focus facilities (6)

CMS places its most seriously and persistently underperforming homes on the Special Focus Facility program (or names them candidates). This is CMS's own designation — recorded, not an Atlas verdict.

- **HANDMAKER HOME FOR THE AGING** (TUCSON) — SFF candidate
- **REHAB AT SCOTTSDALE VILLAGE SQUARE** (SCOTTSDALE) — SFF candidate
- **SANDSTONE OF TUCSON REHAB CENTRE** (TUCSON) — SFF candidate
- **DR GUY GORMAN SR CARE HOME** (CHINLE) — SFF candidate
- **WINSLOW CAMPUS OF CARE** (WINSLOW) — SFF candidate
- **Palm Valley Post Acute** (GOODYEAR) — Special Focus Facility

## What this is — and is not

This is published CMS Nursing Home Care Compare data — the same facts CMS shows the public, sorted to compare. It **informs and compares**; it does **not** rate, rank, or recommend a home for an individual's needs, and no figure is a guarantee. Shortlist a few, visit in person, ask about the most recent inspection, and call your state Long-Term Care Ombudsman (theconsumervoice.org/get_help).

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