CCN 035016 · Pima County, Arizona
Handmaker Home for the Aging
2221 North Rosemont Boulevard, Tucson, AZ 85712
Handmaker Home for the Aging is a 94-bed nonprofit nursing home in Tucson, Arizona, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1967. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 76.6 residents a day, about 82% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $13.7 million originally, at 4.15%, with $12.7 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in August 2052.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 94
- Average residents per day
- 76.6 (81.5% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Other
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging
- Certified since
- Jan 1, 1967
- Chain or affiliated group
- Pollak Holdings (6 facilities, chain average 1.4 stars)
- Location
- Urban, part of a continuing care retirement community
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Arizona median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 | State spread: 10 at 1, 33 at 2, 39 at 3, 19 at 4, 38 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.90 | 3.76 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.39 | 0.60 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.55 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 68.0% | 46.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 81.5% | 83.7% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 14 (Jan 23, 2026) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Handmaker Home for the Aging does not meet it today: health inspection rating 1, the abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handmaker Jewish Services for the AgingOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/18/2024 |
| Bastiampillai, NicholasIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/31/2021 |
| Dorf, RachelIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/19/2021 |
| Gooding, EmersonIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/30/2025 |
| Pollak, ElieIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/19/2021 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2022 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Handmaker Home for the Aging, 199 beds. Lender at endorsement: Merchants Capital Corp. | $13,680,000 | Active: 4.15%, $12,657,299 balanceMatures Aug 1, 2052. Servicer: Vium Capital Mortgage LLC | 12322110 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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