SPLENDIDO AT RANCHO VISTOSO
13500 NORTH RANCHO VISTOSO BLVD, TUCSON, AZ, 85755 · 5208782600
Nursing HomeMedicare Certified
5.0
★★★★★
Overall Rating
Health Inspection
4.0
Staffing
5.0
Quality Measures
5.0
42
Licensed Beds
5.0
Staffing Rating
Splendido at Rancho Vistoso holds an overall 5-star rating from CMS, which is the highest possible score and puts it well above average compared to nursing homes nationwide. That overall rating is built from three separate scores, and this facility performs strongly across all of them. The health inspection rating comes in at 4 stars, meaning state inspectors found fewer and less serious citations than most facilities - not a perfect record, but solidly above average and a good sign that the home is operating responsibly. Staffing earns a full 5 stars, which means nurses are spending more time with residents than at the vast majority of facilities - something families often feel directly in the quality of day-to-day care their loved one receives. Quality Measures also hits 5 stars, reflecting top-tier outcomes across 15 clinical indicators like fall rates, pressure wounds, and pain management, which tells you that residents here are generally doing well physically under the care they're receiving.
When you put those three pieces together, the 5-star overall rating makes a lot of sense. No single area is dragging the score down, and two of the three categories are as high as they can go. For a family trying to make one of the hardest decisions they'll face, that kind of consistency across inspections, staffing, and real health outcomes is a meaningful signal that this is a facility worth taking seriously.
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Questions to ask when visiting
1. How many residents does each certified nursing assistant care for during the day shift, and how does that change at night and on weekends?
2. How long have your current nursing staff been working here, and what do you do to keep staff from leaving?
3. Can you walk me through exactly what happens if a resident falls or has a medical emergency in the middle of the night?
4. How do you handle a resident who refuses a meal, misses medications, or seems more withdrawn than usual?
5. When was your last state inspection, what did surveyors find, and what specific changes did you make afterward?
6. What does a typical Tuesday look like for a resident who is not interested in group activities and prefers to spend time on their own?
For more guidance on evaluating facilities, see our guide to [questions to ask when choosing a Florida nursing home](/blog/questions-to-ask-before-choosing-a-nursing-home-in-florida).
About CMS Star Ratings
CMS assigns 1–5 star ratings to Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing homes based on three domains: health inspections, staffing levels, and quality measures. The overall rating is a weighted composite.
A 5-star overall rating does not guarantee excellence in every domain — inspect each sub-rating independently. Data is updated quarterly.
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Data sourced from CMS Care Compare. Last updated via nightly pipeline.