Nursing homes in Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara, California has 7 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes with 707 certified beds in total. Their average CMS overall rating is 4.1 of 5 (the California average is 3.2), and 5 homes have 4 or 5 stars. The median home reports 4.36 nurse staffing hours per resident per day. CMS lists fines in the past three years for 1 of the 7.
Homes whose CMS address is in Santa Barbara. They are in Santa Barbara County.
- Nursing homes
- 7
- Certified beds
- 707
- Average overall rating
- 4.1
- Certified beds in use
- 80.6%
All 7 homes
- 5 of 5 Mission Park Healthcare Center 138beds 92.1%in use 4.77nurse hours a day
- 5 of 5 Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility 63beds 89.8%in use 4.38nurse hours a day
- 5 of 5 The Californian 68beds 70.9%in use 4.36nurse hours a day
- 5 of 5 Valle Verde Health Facility 80beds 69.6%in use 4.79nurse hours a day
- 4 of 5 Casa Dorinda 52beds 69.0%in use 2.15nurse hours a day
- 3 of 5 Channel Islands Post Acute 156beds 92.4%in use 4.10nurse hours a day
- 2 of 5 Buena Vista Care Center 150beds 80.2%in use 3.91nurse hours a day
The circle and stars show the CMS overall rating from 1 to 5. Sorting is a convenience, not a recommendation; ratings do not include price or openings. Medicaid participation comes from CMS; ask each home whether a Medicaid bed is open.
Common questions
How many nursing homes are in Santa Barbara, California?
CMS lists 7 certified nursing homes in Santa Barbara, with 707 certified beds in total.
Which nursing homes in Santa Barbara have a 5-star overall rating?
4 homes have a 5-star overall rating from CMS: Mission Park Healthcare Center, Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility, The Californian, Valle Verde Health Facility.
How full are nursing homes in Santa Barbara?
On an average day about 80.6% of certified beds are in use across homes in Santa Barbara. This is an average, so ask each home about current openings.
Where does this data come from?
All figures come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Provider Data Catalog. CMS does not publish prices, so costs are not shown.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, nursing home datasets processed Sep 1, 2026. All cities and counties in California