Aviata At Santa Barbara is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1987-11-03. 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 (239) 772-4600 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Aviata At Santa Barbara holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 60.7/100, placing it #11862 of 14703 facilities nationally and #648 of 694 in Florida. 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 Aviata At Santa Barbara receives a reported average of 3 hours 32 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 33 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 48 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 12 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 16 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 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 12 fine(s) totaling $180,079. 16 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 12 fine(s) totaling $180,079, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 12. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 810.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Aviata At Santa Barbara ranks 11862nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 60.7/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 648th out of 694 nursing homes. In Cape Coral, it ranks 3rd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #8,720 nationally and RN hours rank #7,726 nationally (#437 in FL). Our composite quality score of 60.7/100 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 Cape Coral, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/cape-coral/