2324 CHAPALA STREET,, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Assisted Living
Assisted living & personal care24-hour supervisionMedication management
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About The Californian
The Californian is a for profit - corporation nursing home in Santa Barbara, CA with 68 certified beds.
Community at a glance
Capacity
68 residents
Location
Santa Barbara, CA
Status
Listed in a public registry
Care & services offered
Skilled Nursing
Contact & location
2225 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, California 93105
Medicare inspection record
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on March 28, 2025, state inspectors cited 4 health deficiencies (the California average is 15.5).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 4 hours 22 minutes with each resident a day, about the same as the California average.
Medicare has not fined The Californian in the last three years.
Staffing
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 4 hours 22 minutes |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 30 minutesBelow the California average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 60%Above the California average |
Inspections
12 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
March 28, 2025 · Standard inspection · 4 citations
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Resident Assessment and Care PlanningCorrected Apr 1, 2025Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Nutrition and DietaryCorrected Mar 28, 2025Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Resident Assessment and Care PlanningCorrected Mar 28, 2025Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Quality of Life and CareCorrected Mar 28, 2025
January 12, 2024 · Standard inspection · 8 citations
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Resident Assessment and Care PlanningCorrected Jan 19, 2024Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Nutrition and DietaryCorrected Jan 19, 2024Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Resident Assessment and Care PlanningCorrected Jan 19, 2024Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Pharmacy ServiceCorrected Jan 19, 2024Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Pharmacy ServiceCorrected Jan 19, 2024Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Pharmacy ServiceCorrected Jan 19, 2024Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Resident Assessment and Care PlanningCorrected Jan 19, 2024Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Pharmacy ServiceCorrected Jan 19, 2024
Fines and payment denials
No fines or Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
About the home, per Medicare
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Legal business name
- California Convalescent Hospital of Santa Barbara, Inc.
- Medicare-certified beds
- 68
- Average residents per day
- 48
- Accepts
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- March 8, 1967
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes
- CMS Certification Number
- 055684
Location
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2225 De La Vina StreetSanta Barbara, CA 93105
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Questions about The Californian
How did The Californian do on its last inspection?+
State inspectors visited on March 28, 2025 and cited 4 health deficiencies. The California average is 15.5.
How much nursing care does each resident get at The Californian?+
Nurses and aides spend 4 hours 22 minutes with each resident per day, including 30 minutes from registered nurses. 60% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Has The Californian been fined by Medicare?+
Medicare's records show no fines against The Californian in the last three years.
Does Medicare cover skilled nursing?+
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
How much does a nursing home cost?+
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
What is the CMS star rating?+
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.