CCN 035095 · Maricopa County, Arizona
Desert Cove Nursing Center
1750 West Frye Road, Chandler, AZ 85224
Desert Cove Nursing Center is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Chandler, Arizona, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1984. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 68.7 residents a day, about 57% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $6.7 million originally, at 3.35%, with $5.1 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in July 2048.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 120
- Average residents per day
- 68.7 (57.2% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Partnership
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Chandler United Medical Investors Limited Partnership
- Certified since
- Dec 3, 1984
- Chain or affiliated group
- Life Care Centers of America (194 facilities, chain average 3.4 stars)
- Location
- Urban
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 | 3.81 | 3.76 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.69 | 0.60 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.16 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 50.0% | 46.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 57.2% | 83.7% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 16 (Nov 19, 2025) | ||
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). Desert Cove Nursing Center 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chandler United Medical Investors Limited PartnershipOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/1988 |
| Developers Investment Company IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/31/1992 |
| Life Care Affiliates IIOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/01/1993 |
| Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/1988 |
| Butner, NancyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/16/2018 |
| Fletcher, ToddIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/13/2024 |
| Johnson, BrandonIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/15/2025 |
| Kane, RonaldIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/14/2019 |
| Pina, JayeleenIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/21/2026 |
| Preston, AubreyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/13/2024 |
| Ziegler, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/13/2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2013 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: Life Care 29-Desert Cove Nursing Center, 120 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $6,731,700 | Active: 3.35%, $5,057,129 balanceMatures Jul 1, 2048. Servicer: Capital Funding LLC | 12322059 |
| Mar 28, 2003 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Desert Cove Nursing Center, 120 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding Group | $6,885,000 | Ended Jun 20, 2013Prepayment | 12322017 |
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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