Aviata At Santa Barbara
216 Santa Barbara Blvd, Cape Coral, FL 339912397724600Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability companyCertified beds: 120Avg. daily residents: 116Chain: Aviata Health Group (50 facilities)County: Lee
Special Focus Facility candidate — CMS has identified this facility as one of the most poorly performing in the state and it is eligible for the Special Focus program, which brings inspections twice as often as normal.
The complete public record on Aviata At Santa Barbara, a Medicare & Medicaid–certified nursing home in Cape Coral, Florida, from the CMS Care Compare database (August 2026 release). Every figure below is published by federal regulators; ClearPath adds the state comparisons and the plain-English reading.
CMS Star Ratings
Overall rating
★★☆☆☆
CMS’s composite of the three ratings below. Florida average: 3.3 stars.
Health inspection
★☆☆☆☆
Based on the last three years of on-site inspections and complaint investigations — the rating CMS weights most heavily.
Staffing
★★★☆☆
Nurse and aide hours per resident per day, adjusted for how much care residents need, plus staff turnover.
Quality measures
★★★★★
Clinical outcomes CMS tracks, such as falls with injury, pressure ulcers and hospital readmissions.
Aviata At Santa Barbara holds a 2-star overall rating, in the bottom two tiers CMS assigns. Its health-inspection rating is lower than its overall rating — the overall score is being lifted by staffing or quality-measure ratings, which draw partly on facility-reported data. Federal regulators have fined this facility $111,543 in the last three years. None of this tells you whether a bed is open, whether your insurance is in network, or whether the facility will accept a given level of care — confirm those three directly with the facility before you commit.
Staffing
3.38 total nurse staff hours per resident per day
below the state average (3.82)
0.56 RN hours per resident per day
below the state average (0.73)
3.09 weekend nurse staff hours per resident per day
34.8% total nursing staff turnover
below the state average (41.4)
50.0% RN turnover
3 administrators left in the reporting period
Hours are per resident per day, from payroll-based journal data facilities submit to CMS. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over the past year.
Inspections & Penalties
August 29, 2025 most recent standard health inspection
21 health deficiencies cited in the most recent inspection cycle
above the state average (7.1)
5 health deficiencies in the two prior cycles combined
$111,543 in federal fines across 6 penalties (last 3 years)
above the state average ($25,043)
0 payment denials
CMS withholding Medicare/Medicaid payment for new admissions until problems were fixed
Recent Inspection Citations
27 citations on record across recent inspections, 6 at the actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy level. Showing the most recent inspection. Severity uses CMS’s A–L scope-and-severity scale; G and above means residents were actually harmed.
| Inspection | Tag | What was cited | Severity |
|---|
| April 16, 2026 | 0678 | Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the… Complaint | J · Immediate jeopardy |
| April 16, 2026 | 0726 | Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's… Complaint | J · Immediate jeopardy |
| April 16, 2026 | 0627 | Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge. Complaint | D · Potential for more than minimal harm |
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Source: CMS Care Compare (data.cms.gov), August 2026 monthly release. Figures are as published by CMS and change monthly; ClearPath refreshes automatically. ClearPath Senior Guide is an independent information service, accepts no referral fees or placement incentives from any facility, and does not recommend facilities. Verify current details with the facility.