CCN 055109 · Santa Cruz County, California
Driftwood Healthcare Center - Santa Cruz
675 24th Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Driftwood Healthcare Center - Santa Cruz is a 92-bed for-profit nursing home in Santa Cruz, California, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1969. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 84.6 residents a day, about 92% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $8.8 million originally, at 3.46%, with $6.5 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in July 2045.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 92
- Average residents per day
- 84.6 (92.0% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Driftwood Santa Cruz Operating Company LP
- Certified since
- Jun 1, 1969
- Chain or affiliated group
- Mariner Health Care (17 facilities, chain average 3.5 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 | California median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 | State spread: 186 at 1, 213 at 2, 244 at 3, 240 at 4, 270 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.98 | 4.24 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.68 | 0.50 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.73 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 46.2% | 36.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 92.0% | 92.0% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 8 (Dec 12, 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). Driftwood Healthcare Center - Santa Cruz meets that part today: 3 stars overall, 2 on health inspections, no 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Funding LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | n/a | 06/01/2015 |
| Gc Operating Company LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 99% | 12/06/2011 |
| Grancare LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 11/17/2010 |
| Mariner Health Care, Inc.Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 11/17/2010 |
| MHC Holding CompanyOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 11/17/2010 |
| MHC West Holding CompanyOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 11/17/2010 |
| National Senior Care, Inc.Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 11/17/2010 |
| Grunstein, EmilyIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 02/06/2019 |
| Hadfield, KevinIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/17/2025 |
| Kaur, NavdeepIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/08/2025 |
| Sabounchi, SamanIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/15/2021 |
| Sarcauga, DennisIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/06/2025 |
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 30, 2015 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: GranCare Driftwood Healthcare Center - Santa Cruz, 92 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $8,828,600 | Active: 3.46%, $6,543,961 balanceMatures Jul 1, 2045. Servicer: Capital Funding LLC | 12122174 |
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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