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WATSONVILLE POST ACUTE CENTER is a for profit - limited liability company nursing home in WATSONVILLE, CA with 95 certified beds.
Capacity
95 residents
Location
Watsonville, CA
Status
Listed in a public registry
525 AUTO CENTER DRIVE, Watsonville, California 95076
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 August 29, 2025, state inspectors cited 6 health deficiencies (the California average is 15.5).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 4 hours 7 minutes with each resident a day, below the California average of 4 hours 31 minutes.
Medicare fined Watsonville Post Acute Center once in the last three years, $8,018 in total.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 4 hours 7 minutesBelow the California average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 37 minutesBelow the California average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 41%Above the California average |
14 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
August 29, 2025 · Standard inspection · 6 citations
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
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.
March 8, 2024 · Standard inspection · 8 citations
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
1 fine totaling $8,018 in the last three years.
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State inspectors visited on August 29, 2025 and cited 6 health deficiencies. The California average is 15.5.
Nurses and aides spend 4 hours 7 minutes with each resident per day, including 37 minutes from registered nurses. 41% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Yes. Medicare fined Watsonville Post Acute 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.