Aviara Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Aviara Healthcare Center is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Encinitas, California, part of Pacs Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.49 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 6% below the California average of 2.65, and 62.4% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Aviara Healthcare Center
944 Regal RoadEncinitas, CA 92024
San Diego 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 Aviara Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.49 hours per resident per day, 6% below the California average. With about 115 residents a day, that works out to roughly 287 aide hours a day, or about 36 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 7% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.49 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.01 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.15 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.85 | 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
62.4% of nursing staff at Aviara Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 39.1%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 18, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 17 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. Aviara Healthcare Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Aviara Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Pacs Group, 274 homes
- Legal name: Olive Holdings LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 28, 1988
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Aviara Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Encinitas Post-Acute Encinitas | 0.6 | 99 | 2.22 | 3.90 | 44.4% | 4 | None |
| The Dorothy & Joseph Goldberg Healthcare Center Encinitas | 0.9 | 58 | 3.31 | 5.59 | 23.3% | 5 | None |
| Glenbrook Carlsbad | 2.5 | 94 | 3.10 | 5.23 | 30.9% | 5 | $9,311 |
| Bayshire Torrey Pines Post-Acute San Diego | 6.5 | 45 | 2.74 | 4.84 | 44.4% | 5 | $87,153 |
| Village Square Healthcare Center San Marcos | 7.8 | 118 | 2.74 | 4.10 | 37.6% | 4 | None |
| Carlsbad by the Sea Carlsbad | 9.2 | 33 | 2.93 | 5.37 | 25.0% | 5 | None |
| Bayshire Carlsbad Carlsbad | 9.5 | 45 | 3.11 | 5.34 | 45.1% | 4 | None |
| La Paloma Healthcare Center Oceanside | 10.2 | 93 | 2.37 | 3.95 | 40.2% | 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.