Pacific Coast Manor: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Pacific Coast Manor is a 99-bed for-profit nursing home in Capitola, California, part of Covenant Care. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.36 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 11% below the California average of 2.65, and 49.6% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Pacific Coast Manor
1935 Wharf RoadCapitola, CA 95010
Santa Cruz 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 Pacific Coast Manor, nurse aides logged 2.36 hours per resident per day, 11% below the California average. With about 96 residents a day, that works out to roughly 227 aide hours a day, or about 28 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.36 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.86 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.17 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.39 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.88 | 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
49.6% of nursing staff at Pacific Coast Manor left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 63.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 20, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 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. Pacific Coast Manor holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Pacific Coast Manor
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Covenant Care, 12 homes
- Legal name: Covenant Care Capitola, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 1, 1969
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Pacific Coast Manor
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Redwood Grove Post Acute Santa Cruz | 1.3 | 144 | 3.15 | 4.70 | 56.0% | 3 | None |
| Driftwood Healthcare Center - Santa Cruz Santa Cruz | 1.4 | 92 | 2.67 | 3.98 | 46.2% | 4 | None |
| Santa Cruz Post Acute Santa Cruz | 1.7 | 149 | 2.52 | 3.86 | 46.7% | 2 | $161,912 |
| Watsonville Nursing Center Watsonville | 11.2 | 87 | 2.51 | 3.97 | 27.1% | 3 | $44,488 |
| Watsonville Post Acute Center Watsonville | 11.2 | 95 | 2.61 | 4.11 | 41.3% | 5 | $8,018 |
| Manresa Healthcare Center Watsonville | 11.7 | 59 | 2.46 | 3.86 | 35.6% | 4 | None |
| Vasona Creek Healthcare Center Los Gatos | 17.4 | 148 | 2.20 | 3.71 | 54.0% | 2 | None |
| The Terraces of Los Gatos Los Gatos | 17.8 | 59 | 2.61 | 4.73 | 30.4% | 5 | $32,487 |
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.