CCN 035189 · Pima County, Arizona
La Canada Care Center
7970 North la Canada Drive, Tucson, AZ 85704
La Canada Care Center is a 128-bed for-profit nursing home in Tucson, Arizona, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1988. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 97.5 residents a day, about 76% of its certified beds. HUD's healthcare database shows an FHA-insured Section 232 loan for a project matching this facility, most recently $11.9 million in September 2005 (223(f) refinance or purchase), and none of them appears in HUD's active-loan file.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 128
- Average residents per day
- 97.5 (76.2% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Tortolita Healthcare, Inc.
- Certified since
- Nov 19, 1988
- Chain or affiliated group
- The Ensign Group (344 facilities, chain average 3.2 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 | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.26 | 3.76 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.41 | 0.60 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.83 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 47.0% | 46.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 76.2% | 83.7% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $8,278 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 7 (Apr 24, 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). La Canada Care Center does not meet it today: health inspection rating 1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invaserv LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2015 |
| Nursa IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2015 |
| Eagar, RobertIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2015 |
| Jatoi, MansoorIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/2020 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2005 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: La Colina Care Center, 231 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding Group | $11,921,600 | Ended Aug 17, 2018Prepayment | 12322028 |
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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