Overview
Desert Blossom Health & Rehab Center has a Medicare overall rating of 5 out of 5, above the Arizona average of 3.4. It ranks 5th of 11 nursing homes in Mesa. It scores best on quality of care (5 of 5) and lowest on staffing (3 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.6 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 66% of nursing homes in Arizona (the state average is 4.1 hours). Of that, 0.6 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on December 16, 2025, found 1 health deficiency, fewer than the Arizona average of 6.2. Medicare records 1 fine totaling $8,278 in the past three years.
Desert Blossom Health & Rehab Center is a for-profit facility with 106 certified beds, caring for about 90 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1988.
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 46%
Top 18%
Top 16%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- December 16, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 1
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 0
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 1 totaling $8,278
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 1
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.55 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.64 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.94 hrs
- Nurse aides1.97 hrs
- Physical therapists0.10 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 106
- Average residents per day
- 90
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- August 4, 1988
- 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