Atterdag Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Atterdag Care Center is a 50-bed nonprofit nursing home in Solvang, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.48 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 31% above the California average of 2.65, and 19.6% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Atterdag Care Center
636 Atterdag RoadSolvang, CA 93463
Santa Barbara County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Atterdag Care Center, nurse aides logged 3.48 hours per resident per day, 31% above the California average. With about 48 residents a day, that works out to roughly 167 aide hours a day, or about 21 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
CMS note: The facility reported a high number of days without a registered nurse on site.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.48 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.93 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.44 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.85 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.29 | 4.09 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
19.6% of nursing staff at Atterdag Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 9, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 14 health deficiencies (California average 15.7). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Atterdag Care Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Atterdag Care Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Other
- Legal name: Solvang Lutheran Home, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 4, 1973
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Atterdag Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Lompoc Valley Medical Center Comprehensive Care Ce Lompoc | 17.9 | 110 | 2.42 | 4.57 | — | 5 | None |
| Lompoc Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Lompoc | 19.1 | 120 | 2.31 | 4.11 | 32.4% | 4 | $4,893 |
| Buena Vista Care Center Santa Barbara | 21.9 | 150 | 2.36 | 3.91 | 47.6% | 2 | None |
| Channel Islands Post Acute Santa Barbara | 24.7 | 156 | 2.29 | 4.10 | — | 3 | None |
| Valle Verde Health Facility Santa Barbara | 25.3 | 80 | 2.60 | 4.79 | 25.7% | 5 | None |
| Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility Santa Barbara | 26.1 | 63 | 2.62 | 4.38 | 34.8% | 5 | None |
| Mission Park Healthcare Center Santa Barbara | 26.2 | 138 | 3.10 | 4.77 | 42.5% | 5 | None |
| The Californian Santa Barbara | 26.6 | 68 | 2.71 | 4.36 | 60.0% | 5 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.