Vista Knoll Specialized Care Facility: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Vista Knoll Specialized Care Facility is a 119-bed for-profit nursing home in Vista, California, part of The Ensign Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.22 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 16% below the California average of 2.65, and 39.8% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Vista Knoll Specialized Care Facility
2000 Westwood RoadVista, CA 92083
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 Vista Knoll Specialized Care Facility, nurse aides logged 2.22 hours per resident per day, 16% below the California average. With about 153 residents a day, that works out to roughly 340 aide hours a day, or about 43 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.22 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.90 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.66 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.79 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.30 | 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
39.8% of nursing staff at Vista Knoll Specialized Care Facility left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 47.6%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 26, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 13 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. Vista Knoll Specialized Care Facility holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Vista Knoll Specialized Care Facility
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: The Ensign Group, 342 homes
- Legal name: Vista Woods Health Associates, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 30, 1990
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Vista Knoll Specialized Care Facility
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Pacific Villas Post Acute Oceanside | 0.7 | — | — | — | — | — | None |
| La Paloma Healthcare Center Oceanside | 0.7 | 93 | 2.37 | 3.95 | 40.2% | 5 | None |
| Vista View Post Acute Vista | 1.3 | 176 | 2.47 | 3.92 | 31.4% | 4 | None |
| Bayshire Carlsbad Carlsbad | 2.6 | 45 | 3.11 | 5.34 | 45.1% | 4 | None |
| Santa Fe Post-Acute Vista | 3.1 | 187 | 2.46 | 3.78 | — | 2 | $64,269 |
| Carlsbad by the Sea Carlsbad | 4.6 | 33 | 2.93 | 5.37 | 25.0% | 5 | None |
| Village Square Healthcare Center San Marcos | 6.2 | 118 | 2.74 | 4.10 | 37.6% | 4 | None |
| Glenbrook Carlsbad | 8.3 | 94 | 3.10 | 5.23 | 30.9% | 5 | $9,311 |
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.