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Plum Tree Care Center brings exceptional skilled nursing and rehabilitation to San Jose, California. Our compassionate team focuses on recovery and dignity, offering personalized care plans that support each resident's path to healing and independence.
Capacity
76 residents
Location
San Jose, CA
Status
Listed in a public registry
2580 SAMARITAN DRIVE, San Jose, California 95124
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 March 28, 2025, state inspectors cited 10 health deficiencies (the California average is 15.5).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 4 hours 32 minutes with each resident a day, about the same as the California average.
Medicare fined Plum Tree Care Center once in the last three years, $8,018 in total.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 4 hours 32 minutes |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 42 minutes |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 43%Above the California 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.
July 29, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
June 11, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.
Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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.
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home.
1 fine totaling $8,018 in the last three years.
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State inspectors visited on March 28, 2025 and cited 10 health deficiencies, 2 of them from complaint investigations. The California average is 15.5.
Nurses and aides spend 4 hours 32 minutes with each resident per day, including 42 minutes from registered nurses. 43% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Yes. Medicare fined Plum Tree Care Center once in the last three years, totaling $8,018.
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.