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Medicare-certified16640 NORTH 38TH STREET, Phoenix, AZ 85032
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Life Care Center of Paradise Valley brings together compassionate clinical care and personalized rehabilitation services in Phoenix, Arizona. Our skilled nursing team focuses on recovery and healing, helping patients regain strength and independence through evidence-based therapies and attentive round-the-clock support.
Capacity
210 residents
Location
Phoenix, AZ
Status
Listed in a public registry
4065 EAST BELL ROAD, Phoenix, Arizona 85032
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on February 20, 2026, state inspectors cited 4 health deficiencies (the Arizona average is 6.3).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 45 minutes with each resident a day, below the Arizona average of 3 hours 59 minutes.
Medicare has not fined Life Care Center of Paradise Valley in the last three years.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 45 minutesBelow the Arizona average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 36 minutesBelow the Arizona average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 25%Below the Arizona average |
1 administrator has left the home in the past year.
25 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
June 24, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
June 5, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
4065 EAST BELL ROADPhoenix, AZ 85032
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State inspectors visited on February 20, 2026 and cited 4 health deficiencies, 2 of them from complaint investigations. The Arizona average is 6.3.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 45 minutes with each resident per day, including 36 minutes from registered nurses. 25% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Medicare's records show no fines against Life Care Center of Paradise Valley in the last three years.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.