Overview
Desert Terrace Healthcare Center has a Medicare overall rating of 3 out of 5, below the Arizona average of 3.4. It ranks 15th of 23 nursing homes in Phoenix. It scores best on quality of care (5 of 5) and lowest on health inspections (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.3 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 86% of nursing homes in Arizona (the state average is 4.1 hours). Of that, 0.5 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on September 26, 2025, found 8 health deficiencies, more than the Arizona average of 6.2. 7 of them came from complaint investigations. It has no fines on record for the past three years, while 28% of Arizona nursing homes have been fined.
Desert Terrace Healthcare Center is a for-profit facility with 108 certified beds, caring for about 89 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1972.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 66%
Top 63%
Top 59%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- September 26, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 8
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 7
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 0
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 0
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.29 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.49 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.98 hrs
- Nurse aides1.83 hrs
- Physical therapists0.06 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 108
- Average residents per day
- 89
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- August 1, 1972
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes