Dr Guy Gorman Sr Care Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1997-07-10. 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 (928) 674-5216 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Dr Guy Gorman Sr Care Home holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 66.4/100, placing it #9818 of 14703 facilities nationally and #134 of 140 in Arizona. 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 Dr Guy Gorman Sr Care Home receives a reported average of 4 hours 23 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 32 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 31 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 20 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 30 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $127,634. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. There were 2 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $127,634, and 2 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 212.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Dr Guy Gorman Sr Care Home ranks 9818th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 66.4/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within AZ, it ranks 134th out of 140 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,840 nationally and RN hours rank #7,891 nationally (#91 in AZ). Our composite quality score of 66.4/100 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 Chinle, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/arizona/chinle/