Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Victoria Care Center
5445 Everglades Street, Ventura, CA 93003 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of The Ensign Group (329 facilities) · 188 certified beds
Victoria Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Ventura, California. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.42 hours per resident per day, below the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Feb 27, 2025 cited 9 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Victoria Care Center compares
This facility vs. the California and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | California avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.42 | 4.51 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.47 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.85 | 2.64 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 34.2% | 38.1% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 9.0 | 15.4 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
What inspectors found at Victoria Care Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide or arrange emergency care by a doctor 24 hours a day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jan 31, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 31, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jan 28, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 5445 Everglades Street
Ventura, CA 93003 - CMS certification #
- 555478
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 188
- Avg residents/day
- 176.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1991-09-18
- Chain
- The Ensign Group (329 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of The Ensign Group
The Ensign Group operates 329 nursing facilities across the United States. View all The Ensign Group facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Victoria Care Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
We leave the critical decisions to those who know best: the Caregivers, Doctors, and Nurses who work with our patients 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Ventura County Medical Center, Ventura. 2.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Coastal View Healthcare Center, Ventura. 1.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Hand In Heart Home Health Inc, Ventura. 0.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walmart Pharmacy. 0.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 93003 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc-Dialysis Centers Of Ventura County, Ventura, 0.9 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Ventura Dialysis, Ventura, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Channel Islands Dialysis, Oxnard, 4.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 66 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 93003.
Roze Room Hospice Of Ventura, office in Ventura, 0.4 miles away, straight line
Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association - H, office in Ventura, 0.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Assisted Home Hospice, office in Ventura, 0.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- County Of Ventura, Ventura. 2.3 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively high, tornado very low, heat wave very low, earthquake relatively high. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Victoria Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Victoria Care Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Victoria Care Center staffed?
Victoria Care Center reports 4.42 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Victoria Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 9 deficiencies.
How many beds does Victoria Care Center have?
Victoria Care Center is certified for 188 beds.