Gulf Coast Village is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1989-08-28. 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) 772-1333 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Gulf Coast Village holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of N/A out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (N/A★), Staffing (N/A★), 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 71.0/100, placing it #7857 of 14703 facilities nationally and #499 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 Gulf Coast Village receives a reported average of 5 hours 4 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 26 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 30 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 8 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 38 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is N/A out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 41.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $96,018. 14 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 3 fine(s) totaling $96,018, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 184.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Gulf Coast Village ranks 7857th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 71.0/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 499th out of 694 nursing homes. In Cape Coral, it ranks 1st out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,107 nationally and RN hours rank #661 nationally (#32 in FL). Our composite quality score of 71.0/100 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 Cape Coral, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/cape-coral/