Best nursing homes in Sarasota, FL
These are the 23 CMS-certified nursing homes in Sarasota, Florida, ranked best-first by the home’s CMS overall star rating. When two homes tie, we break the tie by the health-inspection rating — the domain assigned by independent state surveyors rather than self-reported by the facility. Nothing on this page is sponsored: no home pays to appear or to rank higher.
Check the certification chip before anything else. Most homes here are certified for both Medicare and Medicaid, but CMS certifies some for only one — and a 5-star home that doesn’t take your programme is not an option, however it ranks. Certification is not a quality measure and we don’t rank on it; we label it, because it decides whether the rest of the row matters to you.
How to read this: a high overall star can be lifted by self-reported quality-measure and payroll-staffing scores, so we surface the inspection rating and any serious citations, fines, abuse flags or ownership changes right on the row. A lower-ranked home with a clean inspection record can be the better fit than a higher-ranked one carrying red flags — open each profile.
- 1Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record1959 N Honore Ave, Sarasota, FL
- 2Medicare only — no MedicaidNo major red flags on record7333 Scotland Way, Sarasota, FL
- 3Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citation$8,512 in federal fines5381 Desoto Road, Sarasota, FL
- 4Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record1501 N Orange Ave, Sarasota, FL
- 5Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citation5640 Rand Blvd, Sarasota, FL
- 6Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record5201 Bahia Vista Street, Sarasota, FL
- 7Medicare only — no MedicaidNo major red flags on record700 John Ringling Blvd, Sarasota, FL
- 8Medicare & Medicaid certified2 serious citations$59,696 in federal fines5111 Palmer Ranch Parkway, Sarasota, FL
- 9Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection1303 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL
- 10Medicare & Medicaid certified$18,780 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection8104 Tuttle Ave, Sarasota, FL
- 11Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citationSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection2600 Courtland Street, Sarasota, FL
- 12Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record8400 Vamo Road, Sarasota, FL
- 13Medicare & Medicaid certified7 immediate-jeopardy citations4602 Northgate Court, Sarasota, FL
- 14Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citation3250 12th St, Sarasota, FL
- 15Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection5511 Swift Road, Sarasota, FL
- 16Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citation$43,839 in federal fines4783 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, FL
- 17Medicare & Medicaid certified1 immediate-jeopardy citation$51,671 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 4★ above inspection3280 Lake Pointe Blvd, Sarasota, FL
- 18Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSpecial Focus candidate (CMS is watching this home)Abuse icon4 immediate-jeopardy citations$110,129 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection741 South Beneva Road, Sarasota, FL
- 19Medicare & Medicaid certified3 serious citations$39,846 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection1507 S Tuttle Ave, Sarasota, FL
- 20Medicare & Medicaid certified2 immediate-jeopardy citations$26,534 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection5401 Sawyer Rd, Sarasota, FL
- 21Medicare & Medicaid certifiedAbuse icon3 immediate-jeopardy citations$427,597 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection1755 18th St, Sarasota, FL
- 22Medicare & Medicaid certified2 immediate-jeopardy citations$230,102 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection1524 East Avenue South, Sarasota, FL
- 23Medicare & Medicaid certified2 immediate-jeopardy citationsSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection5157 Park Club Drive, Sarasota, FL
Keep looking: read the Florida state guides — nursing homes and assisted living — for how the state’s system works, find the closest homes to your ZIP or location, filter every facility by rating, cost and inspection record, or compare any of these side by side. Or see assisted living in Sarasota, FL. Back to every Florida city.
How we rank
We order this list strictly by each home’s CMS overall star rating — the government’s own rating, not a score of our own. When two homes carry the same overall rating we break the tie by the health-inspection rating — the domain scored by independent state surveyors rather than self-reported — and then alphabetically. Homes with no rating on file sink to the bottom.
We should be straight with you about a tension here. The CMS overall star is a blend of three domains, and elsewhere on this site we argue that blend can be misleading: the staffing and quality-measure components lean on data facilities report about themselves, and they can lift a home’s overall star above what inspectors actually found. We still sort by it, for one reason — it is the only ranking of nursing homes the government publishes, and the alternative is us deciding which domain ought to count, which is our opinion dressed up as an official rating. We won’t do that. (It is the same reason we refuse to rank assisted living at all.) So instead of quietly re-sorting to our taste, we un-blend the star on every row: the inspection rating sits next to the overall one, and serious citations, fines and abuse flags are on the row too. Where the two disagree, trust the inspection record and the citations — and treat our sort order as the government’s claim, not ours. See our methodology.
No home pays to appear here or to rank higher. There is no sponsored placement, no paid listing, and no referral fee. The page carries ordinary Google display advertising, sold against the page by Google: it cannot move a home up or down this list, and no advertiser sees who you are. The ratings, citations and fines are assigned by government inspectors (CMS), not by Eldercare Lens.
Common questions
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What does the star rating mean?
Ratings and citations are assigned by government inspectors (CMS), not by Eldercare Lens. The absence of a citation does not guarantee the absence of problems. Always verify with the facility and your state Long-Term Care Ombudsman.