Damas Hospital Snf is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1988-09-08. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (787) 840-8686 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Damas Hospital Snf holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (N/A★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 80.0/100, placing it #3689 of 14703 facilities nationally and #2 of 9 in Puerto Rico. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Damas Hospital Snf receives a reported average of 5 hours of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 4 hours 11 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 48 minutes; Nurse Aide — 0 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 8 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 13.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $10,839. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $10,839, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 129.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Damas Hospital Snf ranks 3689th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 80.0/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within PR, it ranks 2nd out of 9 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,234 nationally and RN hours rank #37 nationally (#2 in PR). Our composite quality score of 80.0/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Ponce, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/puerto_rico/ponce/