Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
AVIATA AT SANTA BARBARA
Does AVIATA AT SANTA BARBARA have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), AVIATA AT SANTA BARBARA (CCN 105588), in CAPE CORAL, FL, has federal inspection findings on its record. CMS also lists the facility as a candidate for its Special Focus Facility program; a candidate is not on the active watch list.
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 18 deficiencies; the most serious carries scope/severity L on CMS's A–L scale, a level CMS classifies as Immediate Jeopardy. The latest standard health inspection on file is dated 2025-08-29. Citations from earlier inspection cycles appear in the dated timeline below as historical findings, not current ones. CMS has $122,094 in civil money penalties on file against the facility. This page restates the federal record as published by CMS and draws no conclusion of its own.
The Federal Record
At its most recent federal inspection, CMS cited this facility for an Immediate Jeopardy deficiency.
Below is this facility's federal survey record as on file with CMS.
A candidate for the federal Special Focus Facility watch list
CMS lists this facility as a candidate for the Special Focus Facility program. It is not on the active watch list.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
CMS's own A–L scope/severity grid. Plotted cells mark this facility's most recent (current-cycle) citations.
Civil money penalties on file
$122,094
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Overall CMS star rating
This facility: 2 · CMS state average: 3.3
Both figures as published by CMS.
Deficiency timeline
"Current cycle" is CMS's most recent inspection cycle; it can span several survey dates and is listed by scope/severity (most severe first), not chronologically. Older cycles are shown as historical.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Have policies on smoking.
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Have an agreement with at least one or more hospitals certified by Medicare or Medicaid to make sure residents can be moved quickly to the hospital when they need medical care.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
6 citations from earlier inspection cycles — historical (expand)
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Document what happened
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