Channel Islands Post Acute: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Channel Islands Post Acute is a 156-bed for-profit nursing home in Santa Barbara, California, part of The Ensign Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.29 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 14% below the California average of 2.65.
Channel Islands Post Acute
3880 Via LuceroSanta Barbara, CA 93110
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 Channel Islands Post Acute, nurse aides logged 2.29 hours per resident per day, 14% below the California average. With about 144 residents a day, that works out to roughly 330 aide hours a day, or about 41 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 21% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.29 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.10 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.71 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.10 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.23 | 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
CMS publishes no nursing staff turnover figure for Channel Islands Post Acute in this release.
CMS note: Staffing data did not meet the criteria to calculate turnover.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 9, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 10 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. Channel Islands Post Acute holds 3 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Channel Islands Post Acute
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: The Ensign Group, 342 homes
- Legal name: Powers Park Healthcare Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 25, 2012
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Channel Islands Post Acute
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Valle Verde Health Facility Santa Barbara | 1.2 | 80 | 2.60 | 4.79 | 25.7% | 5 | None |
| Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility Santa Barbara | 1.4 | 63 | 2.62 | 4.38 | 34.8% | 5 | None |
| Mission Park Healthcare Center Santa Barbara | 1.5 | 138 | 3.10 | 4.77 | 42.5% | 5 | None |
| The Californian Santa Barbara | 1.9 | 68 | 2.71 | 4.36 | 60.0% | 5 | None |
| Buena Vista Care Center Santa Barbara | 3.4 | 150 | 2.36 | 3.91 | 47.6% | 2 | None |
| Casa Dorinda Santa Barbara | 6.3 | 52 | 0.00 | 2.15 | — | 4 | $8,278 |
| Atterdag Care Center Solvang · many days without an RN | 24.7 | 50 | 3.48 | 4.85 | 19.6% | 3 | None |
| Community Memorial Continuing Care Center Ojai | 27.9 | 75 | 3.01 | 5.23 | 26.7% | 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.