All 3 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Cape Coral,
side by side on the things that separate them: how many nursing hours each resident gets, how much of the
staff leaves each year, and what inspectors found on their last visit.
If you're weighing Rehab & Healthcare Center of Cape Coral, the numbers put two different pictures side by side. The clinical quality measures that track things like pain and mobility come in well above average, and there's no record of a deficiency causing actual harm to a resident. But the people delivering that care are stretched thin, 3.25 nurse hours per resident each day runs about 16% under the national average, weekend coverage dips a further 6%, and half the staff turned over in the past year, a bit above the national rate. That combination usually shows up as inconsistency, not catastrophe. A single abuse-related deficiency and roughly $32,000 in fines across three citations round out a record that's more uneven than alarming.
Aviata At Santa Barbara is a 120-bed for-profit home in Cape Coral, and the number that should stop you is this: 27 deficiencies on its current record, six of them serious enough to put residents in harm's way, two tied to abuse. That's why CMS has placed it in the Special Focus Facility program, a designation reserved for the homes with the worst inspection histories in the country. The 1-out-of-5 inspection rating reflects that, and the six fines totaling $111,543 tell the same story. Staffing sits at 3.38 hours per resident day, roughly 12% under the national average, with weekends running about 9% thinner than weekdays. Turnover, at 34.8%, is actually better than the 45.8% national figure, the one genuine bright spot.
Gulf Coast Village runs a nonprofit shop with 85 beds in Cape Coral, and the raw nursing hours look good, 4.93 per resident per day, about 28% above the national average. Weekend staffing dips roughly 7% below its own weekday level, so coverage thins out when families tend to visit. Staff turnover sits at 53.6%, well past the 45.8% national figure, and that churn shows up in a record with 21 deficiencies, five at harm or jeopardy level and one tied to abuse. CMS has placed it in the Special Focus Facility program and fined it three times, totaling $37,092. Its most recent inspection was 2026-05-07, so the picture is current rather than stale.