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Watsonville Nursing Center

535 AUTO CENTER DRIVE, WATSONVILLE, CA, 95076

(831) 724-7505

87 licensed beds

★★★★★3/5CMS Five-Star overall3/5 health inspections4/5 staffing4/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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535 Auto Center Drive

Watsonville, CA 95076

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Public record summary

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Bed capacity

CMS facility ID

055240

Care type

Nursing home

County

Santa Cruz

Facility name

Watsonville Nursing Center

Street address

535 AUTO CENTER DRIVE

City / state / ZIP

Watsonville, CA 95076

Phone

(831) 724-7505

About this facility — Watsonville Nursing Center

Watsonville Nursing Center is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Watsonville, California. It is licensed for 87 beds — close to the median for skilled nursing facilities in California (98 beds).

It is one of 10 senior care facilities in Watsonville and 1,165 skilled nursing facilities across California. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Watsonville Nursing Center 57 times across 8 inspections in the last three years, including 9 food-safety citations, and CMS has imposed $44,488 in fines. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company

Cambridge Healthcare Services

Ownership type

For profit - Limited Liability company

Registered owners & officers

Crescent Facilities Operations Llc

Direct owner — 100% stake — since 2006

Win Win Enterprises, Llc

Indirect owner · Additional disclosable party — 35% stake — since 2006

Jenmax Enterprises Llc

Indirect owner · Additional disclosable party — 23% stake — since 2006

Jk-csh Jv Llc

Indirect owner · Additional disclosable party — 12% stake — since 2006

Manhattan Five Partners Llc

Indirect owner — 7% stake — since 2006

Bering Properties Llc

Indirect owner — 6% stake — since 2007

535 Auto Center Llc

Additional disclosable party — since 2006

Bh Alliance

Indirect owner — since 2006

Bretsch, Gregory

Governing body · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2019

Butenko, Julie

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Cambridge Healthcare Services Llc

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2014

Capela, Heidi

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Hassell, Lance

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2022

Lutz, Linda

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2012

Mcdaniel, Clayton

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2014

Radford, Rae Ann

Governing body · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2020

Salazar, Paulina

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2020

Smedra, Ira

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2007

The Jacob Wintner Trust

Indirect owner — since 2006

The Wintner Living Trust Dated 7/08/1992

Indirect owner — since 2007

Thomas, Darryl

Operational control — since 2025

Wintner, Jacob

Indirect owner · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2007

Regulatory standing

Federal court records

2 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)

Licensed / certified since

1978-05-01

CMS overall rating

3 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

10 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

$44,488 total

Last standard inspection

2026-01-09

Nurse staffing

4.0 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges

$361 per day (≈ $10,970/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

80% Medicaid · 10% Medicare · 10% private/other

Occupancy

95% (fiscal year 2023)

Vs. state median

30% below the CA median of $514/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

Medicare

Accepted

Medicaid

Accepted

Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 9 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.

2026-01-09Health inspection10 citations

F-0645

D · No harm found

PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities

Corrected 2026-02-01

F-0656

D · No harm found

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2026-02-01

F-0658

D · No harm found

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Corrected 2026-02-01

F-0697

E · No harm found

Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

Corrected 2026-02-01

F-0698

D · No harm found

Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

Corrected 2026-02-01

F-0757

D · No harm found

Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

Corrected 2026-02-01

F-0804

E · No harm foundFood safety

Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.

Corrected 2026-02-01

F-0812

E · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2026-02-01

F-0880

E · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2026-02-01

F-0912

B · No harm found

Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.

2024-08-19Health inspectionComplaint-triggered17 citations

F-0550

D · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

Corrected 2024-09-10

F-0552

D · No harm found

Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.

Corrected 2024-09-10

F-0609

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

Corrected 2024-09-10

F-0655

D · No harm found

Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

Corrected 2024-09-10

F-0656

E · No harm found

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2024-09-10

F-0684

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Corrected 2024-09-10

F-0700

D · No harm found

Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.

Corrected 2024-09-10

F-0745

D · No harm found

Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.

Corrected 2024-09-10

F-0757

D · No harm found

Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

Corrected 2024-09-10

F-0759

D · No harm found

Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

Corrected 2024-09-10

F-0761

E · No harm found

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.

Corrected 2024-09-10

F-0802

D · No harm foundFood safety

Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.

Corrected 2024-09-10

F-0803

D · No harm foundFood safety

Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.

Corrected 2024-09-10

F-0804

E · No harm foundFood safety

Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.

Corrected 2024-09-10

F-0812

F · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2024-09-10

F-0880

E · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2024-09-10

F-0912

C · No harm found

Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.

Corrected 2024-09-10

5 earlier / fire-safety inspections (30 citations)

2023-08-22Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0689

G · Actual harmFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2023-09-19

2022-05-06Health inspection14 citations

F-0554

D · No harm found

Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.

Corrected 2022-06-03

F-0684

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Corrected 2022-06-03

F-0687

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate foot care.

Corrected 2022-06-03

F-0693

D · No harm found

Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.

Corrected 2022-06-03

F-0695

D · No harm found

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

Corrected 2022-06-03

F-0698

E · No harm found

Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

Corrected 2022-06-03

F-0756

D · No harm found

Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

Corrected 2022-06-03

F-0761

D · No harm found

Corrected 2022-06-03

F-0803

E · No harm foundFood safety

Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.

Corrected 2022-06-03

F-0805

D · No harm foundFood safety

Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.

Corrected 2022-06-03

F-0812

F · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2022-06-03

F-0881

D · No harm found

Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

Corrected 2022-06-03

F-0908

E · No harm found

Keep all essential equipment working safely.

Corrected 2022-06-03

F-0912

C · No harm found

Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.

Corrected 2022-06-03

2026-01-09Fire-safety inspection2 citations

K-0919

D · No harm found

Meet requirements for the use of electrical equipment.

Corrected 2026-01-23

K-0920

E · No harm found

Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

Corrected 2026-01-23

2024-08-19Fire-safety inspection5 citations

E-0030

F · No harm found

List the names and contact information of those in the facility.

Corrected 2024-08-27

K-0353

D · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2024-08-27

K-0363

D · No harm found

Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.

Corrected 2024-08-27

K-0919

E · No harm found

Meet requirements for the use of electrical equipment.

Corrected 2024-08-27

K-0920

D · No harm found

Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

Corrected 2024-08-27

2022-05-06Fire-safety inspection8 citations

K-0161

D · No harm found

Use approved construction type or materials.

Corrected 2022-05-27

K-0341

D · No harm found

Install a fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility.

Corrected 2022-05-27

K-0347

D · No harm found

Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors.

Corrected 2022-05-27

K-0353

D · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2022-05-27

K-0355

D · No harm found

Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.

Corrected 2022-05-27

K-0363

D · No harm found

Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.

Corrected 2022-05-27

K-0919

D · No harm found

Meet requirements for the use of electrical equipment.

Corrected 2022-05-27

K-0920

D · No harm found

Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

Corrected 2022-05-27

Federal penalties

2023-08-22Fine$44,488

Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 055240.

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Original records

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Source

CMS Nursing Home Compare

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Last verified 2026-08-31

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