Federal inspection record · CMS data as of October 1, 2026
Life Care Center Of Sarasota
8104 Tuttle Ave, Sarasota, FL · (941) 360-6411
- Certified beds
- 120
- Residents per day
- 110
- Ownership
- For-Profit
- Chain
- Life Care Centers Of America
- Medicare / Medicaid
- Medicare + Medicaid
- Certified since
- June 29, 2000
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How this home got 4 stars
The overall rating isn't an average. CMS starts from the inspection rating and nudges it at most two steps. Here is the arithmetic for this home, using CMS's own rules.
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Health inspections
★★★★★starting point
Everything starts from what state inspectors found on site. This is a ranking against other homes in Florida.
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Staffing
★★★★★no change
Only a 5-star staffing rating adds a star, and only a 1-star rating removes one. Ratings of 2 to 4 change nothing.
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Quality measures
★★★★★+1 star
Same rule: 5 stars adds one, 1 star takes one away. These measures are mostly reported by the home itself.
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Overall
★★★★★4 of 5
Matches the rating CMS publishes on Care Compare.
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Where it sits among Florida homes
Life Care Center Of Sarasota carries 43 inspection points. That is fewer than 44% of Florida's 691 rated homes.
Inspectors' citations earn points by how serious and how widespread they were (the grid below). CMS then ranks every home in Florida: the 10% with the fewest points get 5 stars, the 20% with the most get 1 star, and the middle 70% split evenly into 2, 3 and 4.
- 5★ 0–8 pts
- 4★ 8–25 pts
- 3★ 25–46 pts
- 2★ 46–85 pts
- 1★ over 85 pts
Bars show every rated home in Florida by its weighted inspection score. CMS recalibrates the cut points monthly but holds a home's rating until its own score changes, so a home can sit just outside today's band.
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What inspectors found
19 health citations on record since 2021. Each one gets a letter: the row says how badly residents were affected, the column how many.
Immediate jeopardyResidents at risk of serious injury or death
Actual harmA resident was hurt
Potential for harmNo one was hurt, but could have been
Minimal harmPaperwork-level problems
Read the rows, not the total. Most citations nationwide are a D: one problem, nobody hurt. Rows G–I mean a resident was harmed; J–L mean inspectors found residents in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Small numbers in each cell are the inspection points CMS assigns per citation. Those points are what the state curve above ranks.
No citation on record at the harm or immediate-jeopardy level.
Everything else, by area of care
Quality of Life and Care7E
- E
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
- D
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- D
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- D
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- D
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Resident Rights4D
- D
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- D
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- D
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- D
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning3E
- D
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- E
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- D
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Pharmacy Service3D
- D
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- D
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
- D
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation1D
- D
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Administration1D
- D
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Inspection history
2025-09-18
7 health deficiencies · 3 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Quality of Life and Care (2 deficiencies)
2023-04-13
6 health deficiencies · 3 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Quality of Life and Care (3 deficiencies)
2021-06-17
6 health deficiencies · 2 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Resident Rights (3 deficiencies)
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Nursing time per resident, per day
Each resident here gets about 3 h 41 min of nursing staff time a day, 39 min of it from a registered nurse.
This home
3 h 41 min
Florida average
3 h 51 min
U.S. average
3 h 54 min
- Registered nurse
- Licensed practical nurse
- Nurse aide
Turnover: 42% of nursing staff and 63% of registered nurses left in the past year.
Reported hours from payroll data the home submits to CMS, divided by its daily resident count. Not adjusted for how sick residents are.
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Fines and payment denials
$18,780 in federal fines on record over the past three years.
| Date | Penalty | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-18 | Fine | $6,380 |
| 2025-09-18 | Fine | $12,400 |
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Resident outcomes
Quality measures compared with state and national averages. Most come from assessments the home itself reports.
| Measure | This home | State | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days0.2 pts worse | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days0.7 pts worse | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine1.6 pts better | 100.0% | 98.4% | 93.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine0.6 pts better | 100.0% | 99.4% | 95.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury2.5 pts worse | 5.0% | 2.5% | 3.2% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms1.3 pts worse | 6.7% | 5.4% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight2.7 pts better | 2.8% | 5.5% | 5.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication1.6 pts worse | 15.5% | 13.9% | 19.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication3.2 pts better | 5.5% | 8.7% | 15.4% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrainedAbout the same | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened9.2 pts worse | 17.6% | 8.4% | 12.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased1.7 pts worse | 10.0% | 8.3% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder0.3 pts better | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection0.6 pts better | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence2 pts worse | 11.5% | 9.5% | 18.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers2.3 pts better | 2.1% | 4.4% | 4.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine4.4 pts better | 100.0% | 95.6% | 82.3% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit1.1 pts worse | 10.0% | 8.9% | 11.8% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication1.2 pts better | 0.2% | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine3.7 pts better | 100.0% | 96.3% | 80.1% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission3.5 pts better | 22.3% | 25.8% | 23.4% |
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Who owns and runs it
22 owners and managers reported to CMS. The last column counts how many nursing homes each one is tied to.
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| Name | Role | Share | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conger, David | Managing Control - Governing Body · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Conger, David | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Conger, David | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Cross, Cindy | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 183 facilities |
| Fletcher, Todd | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 165 facilities |
| Gelvin, Chris | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Gelvin, Chris | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Henry, Terry | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 159 facilities |
| Lay, Lisa | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 166 facilities |
| Life Care Centers Of America, Inc. | Operational/Managerial Control · Organization | 0% | 194 facilities |
| Life Care Centers Of America, Inc. | Adp Of The SNF · Organization | 0% | 194 facilities |
| Preston, Aaron | Managing Control - Governing Body · Individual | 0% | 18 facilities |
| Preston, Aaron | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 18 facilities |
| Preston, Aubrey | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 162 facilities |
| Preston, Forrest | Indirect Ownership Interest · Individual | 0% | 170 facilities |
| Preston, Forrest | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 170 facilities |
| Preston, Forrest | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 170 facilities |
| Salas, Julie | Managing Control - Governing Body · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Salas, Julie | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Swanker, Richard | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 168 facilities |
| Thurmond, Joan | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 191 facilities |
| Ziegler, James | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 165 facilities |
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Fire safety
8 life-safety citations (sprinklers, exits, alarms). These don't count toward the star rating.
Smoke3D
- D
Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
- C
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- D
Ensure that corridors are separated from use areas by walls constructed to limit the passage of smoke.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems3D
- C
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
- C
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
- D
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Services1D
- D
Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Miscellaneous1D
- D
To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.
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