Overview
Kit Carson Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has a Medicare overall rating of 1 out of 5, below the California average of 3.2. It is the only Medicare-rated nursing home in Jackson. Its strongest area is quality of care (4 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 5.8 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 93% of nursing homes in California (the state average is 4.5 hours). Of that, 0.9 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on August 14, 2025, found 52 health deficiencies, more than the California average of 15.5. 32 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 3 fines totaling $28,327 in the past three years.
Kit Carson Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a for-profit facility with 199 certified beds, caring for about 59 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1970.
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 90%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- August 14, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 52
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 32
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 3 totaling $28,327
- Payment denials
- 1
- Total penalties
- 4
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff5.85 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.86 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)1.01 hrs
- Nurse aides3.98 hrs
- Physical therapists0.07 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 199
- Average residents per day
- 59
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- May 4, 1970
- 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