The home failed to have enough qualified staff to properly provide food and nutrition services. Cited January 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 801 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: F
Nursing home report
Valle Verde Health Facility
Santa Barbara, CA · Medicare-certified · 80 beds
In good standing
Non-profitChain member
5 of 5 overall
Valle Verde Health Facility has a 5 out of 5 overall rating, with 5-star scores for inspections, staffing, and quality measures. It reports 4.87 nursing hours per resident per day, above the 4.1 federal benchmark, and had no fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.8728 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: January 9, 2026Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.8728.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.67
- Licensed practical nurses
- 1.54
- Nurse aides
- 2.67
- Weekend nursing
- 4.06
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 24%
Registered nurse turnover: 23%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
21.8%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
2.2%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
5.7%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0.8%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
7.7%Worsening
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
18.2%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
22.2%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
11.9%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
1.5%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
0.7%Improving
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
22.7%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
0.8%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
98.5%Worsening
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
97.4%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
97.9%Worsening
What the inspectors found
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited January 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
The nursing home failed to develop and carry out a complete care plan that met each resident’s needs with clear steps and timelines. Cited January 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 656 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(1) — S/S: D
The home failed to honor residents’ choices about treatment, research participation, and advance care instructions. Cited January 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 578 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to provide services that met professional standards of quality. Cited January 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 658 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(3) — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Chain
- Part of HUMANGOOD · 17 homes · 4.5 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 57 residents on an average day (71% of 80 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 53 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.