Tarpon Bayou Center

Location & what’s nearby

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

34.2% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — CMS rates that worse than the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 69 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 38.3% of this home’s Medicare short-stay residents left it at or above the ability to care for themselves and move around that CMS predicted for them, across 47 stays in Oct 2024–Sep 2025. The median of the 11,061 homes CMS publishes this for is 56.6%. Read it beside the getting-home figure, not instead of it: unlike the two measures above, CMS makes no better-or-worse call on this one and publishes no confidence interval for it, so this is a comparison and not a verdict — but it is the short-stay measure that separates homes most, and the one to ask about.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.54 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 84% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 59% of this home’s weekday level — it runs therapy at close to weekday levels right through the weekend. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 114 beds and averages 98.3 residents a day — about 86% occupied, or roughly 16 beds typically open. It runs fairly full. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 3.16 hrs/resident/day is below the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.56 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.00 is below the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 3.04 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.21 on weekdays — 5% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.69 to 0.25 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 23% is below the national median of 45%.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are more than at the previous inspection — worsening. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

This trend is not current. The most recent of these two inspections was over 2 years ago; the arrow describes what inspectors found then, not what the home is like now.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

21 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 11 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · Fcited before2024-04-11 · tag F0867 — failed to act on quality-improvement findings — widespread
  Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, interviews, record review, facility policy review and the Plan of Correction review, the facility failed to ensure it had a functioning Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) Program. The facility was actively involved in the creation, implementation and monitoring of the Plan of Correction for deficient practice during a recertification and complaint survey conducted on 04/08/2024 to 04/11/2024 and was cited at F657, F677, F690, F758, F759, F842, and F880. On 06/03/2024 to 06/04/2024 a revisit survey was conducted and the facility was recited at F657, F677, F690, F758, F759, F842, and F880. The facility had developed a Plan of Correction with a completion date of 05/10/2024. Findings include: 1. Resident #24 was admitted initially on 04/10/2023 and readmitted on [DATE]. Review of the admission Record showed diagnoses included diabetes, mood disorder, dementia, recurrent major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and bipolar disorders. Review of the Minimum Data…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Administration Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · F2024-04-11 · tag F0880 — failed to prevent and control infections — widespread
  Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure hand hygiene was provided before and after meal service on four (100, 200, 300 and Melody-secured) of four units, and the facility failed to ensure hand hygiene was available after toileting for one unit (Melody-secured) out of four units observed. Findings included: An observation on 04/08/24 at 12:00 p.m., revealed a hydration cart was being utilized down 400 hallway. The staff provided hydration prior to meal but did not provide hand hygiene. An observation on 04/08/24 at approximately 12:30 p.m., the tray cart was delivered to 400 hallway. Staff were observed knocking on Residents' doors and delivering trays to each Resident. No hand hygiene was observed being conducted at tray delivery service. During an interview on 04/08/24 at 12:45 p.m. Staff E, Registered Nurse (RN)Unit Manager (UM) stated she did not know when hand hygiene was provided but she thought it was after lunch. During an interview on 04/08/24 at 12:50 p.m. Staff…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Infection Control Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · F2024-04-11 · tag F0908 — failed to keep essential equipment working — widespread
  Keep all essential equipment working safely.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, staff interviews and facility record review, the facility failed to ensure the kitchen's low temperature dish washing machine was operating effectively to include provision of correct chemical sanitizer during one of four days observed (4/8/2024). Findings included: On 4/8/2024 at 9:10 a.m. the main kitchen was toured with the Dietary Manager. The Dietary Manager was asked if she and her staff were at the time operating the dish washing machine. She confirmed they were and she noted the machine was a Low Temperature dish washing machine and operated with wash temperature expectation of 120 degrees F (Fahrenheit). and above, and with rinse temperature expectation of 120 degrees F. and above. She further revealed the chemical sanitizer should always test between 50 and 100 Parts Per Million (PPM). The Dietary Manager pointed out that Dietary Aide Staff A was running crates of dishes through the machine. An interview at that time with Staff A revealed she has been operating the dish washing machine for awhile and was knowledgeable on how it needs to operate.…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Environmental Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2024-04-11 · tag F0584 — failed to keep a safe, clean, comfortable home — pattern
  Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, record reviews, and interviews, the facility failed to maintain a homelike environment on one (300) of four units and failed to ensure one of two resident patios was not used for storage of facility housekeeping equipment, sunshade, rolled up mattresses, and an unused bed frame. Findings included: On 4/8/24 at 10:02 a.m., Resident #103 reported to this writer that the unit was cold. The observation of a hallway thermostat read 71 Fahrenheit (F). An observation of Resident #103's room revealed a bedside dresser without drawers beside the resident's bed, the window blinds in the window of room the room were broken, the string used to maneuver the blinds to an open/close position had been cut/frayed. Resident #103 was observed maneuvering the individual slats of the blinds into a closed position. The observation revealed in the bathroom shared with room [ROOM NUMBER] a roll of toilet paper on back of the toilet while a toilet paper holder attached to the wall above a safety handle on the…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2024-04-11 · tag F0645 — pattern
  PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY 3. A review of Resident #25 admission Record shows a primary diagnosis of diffuse traumatic brain injury (TBI) with loss of unconsciousness of unspecified duration subsequent encounter with a secondary diagnosis of unspecified mood [affective] disorder both dated 11/07/2015. A review of the Minimum Data Set for Section I- Active Diagnoses dated February 05, 2024, for Neurological Section, 15500 [Traumatic Brain Injury] has a check mark. A review of the Pre-admission Screening and Annual Resident Review, dated 7/17/2023, revealed TBI or unspecified mood [affective] disorder not checked. 2. A review of the admission Record showed Resident #85 had an admission date of 10/11/23 with diagnoses that included but not limited to encounter for orthopedic aftercare following surgical amputation, acquired absence of left above the knee, lack of coordination, schizophrenia, and major depressive disorder, recurrent. A review of Resident #85's level I PASRR assessment, dated 01/05/24 revealed, under the section titled A. MI…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2024-04-11 · tag F0677 — failed to help fully-dependent residents with daily care — pattern
  Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, resident/staff interviews, and record review, the facility failed to provide Activities of Daily Living (ADL) care, to include feet nail care for one (#163) of thirty-eight sampled residents (#163). Findings included: On 4/8/2024 at 10:20 a.m. Resident #163 was observed in her room and seated on the edge of her bed and facing the door. Upon entering the room, she was noted with both feet bare and touching the floor tiles. Further observations revealed both of her feet were swollen, red and with all ten toenails elongated and curled inward. Some of the nails were observed approximately one inch past the tip of her nail beds. All her nails were also a dark yellowish color. The resident, through interview, revealed her feet hurt as well as her hip. She confirmed both of her feet had very long nails and that her feet felt uncomfortable as a result. Resident #163 revealed she had been residing at the facility about two weeks and she planned on going back to the community after her…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2024-04-11 · tag F0679 — failed to provide activities — pattern
  Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, record review, and interviews, the facility failed to provide activities in an appropriate and stimulating manner on one of one (secured memory care) unit. Findings included: Review of an April 2024 calendar located on the facility's secure memory care unit, revealed the activities on April 8th was 9:00 a.m. - Easy Listening, 9:30 a.m. - Arts & Crafts Time, 10:00 a.m. - Morning Social, and at 1:00 p.m. - Move and Groove. An observation on 4/8/24 at 10:18 a.m. of the secured memory care unit revealed 13 residents sitting in the common area at four 4-person tables in each corner of the room, stacks of magazines had been placed each of the tables. One female resident appeared interested in a magazine, a cooking show was playing on television which was muted and a radio was playing, no other resident appeared to be interested in any of these activities. Two tables were placed in corners on each side of the television which was hung in the center of the wall. An observation on 4/8/24 at 10:36…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-04-11 · tag F0550 — failed to protect resident dignity and rights — isolated
  Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, record reviews, and interviews, the facility failed to ensure 4 residents sitting at one of four tables were treated in manner of dignity and respect related to staff spraying cleaner directly onto the table in front of the residents, and failed to dress one (#107) out of 7 residents sampled on the memory care unit in clothing belonging to them. Findings included: 1. On 4/9/24 at 8:41 a.m., Staff L, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), was observed spraying an unknown clear liquid onto a square table in the memory care unit where Resident #24, Resident #73, and 2 unknown others were sitting. The staff member wiped a cloth through the liquid, pushing crumbs towards one of the unknown residents. and off the edge of the table. On 4/9/24 at 8:58 a.m. Staff Q, Housekeeper was observed spraying a liquid onto a table in front of Resident #24 and another unknown resident; the staff member waited a few moments then wiped the liquid away. An interview was conducted with Staff Q on 4/9/24 at 9:02 a.m., the staff member reported the liquid was a name brand broad-spectrum…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-04-11 · tag F0554 — isolated
  Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to assess, obtain physician orders, revise the person-centered comprehensive care plan and educate one resident (#32) out of three sampled residents during medication pass, related to self- administering medications. Findings included: A medication administration observation was conducted on 06/03/2024 at 8:55 a.m. with Staff J, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for Resident #32 Fluticasone Propionate (Nasal) spray, and Budesonide-Formoterol Fumarate Inhaler were observed in the resident's room. The medications were in a container beside the resident's bed not secured. Latanopsin eye drops were observed in a locked container in the room. Curoxen ointment was observed sitting on the overbed table. Resident #32 stated the facility would not get her the Curoxen ointment, so she had a friend bring it in. Resident #32 stated she had been administering her nasal sprays for months. The resident stated the facility had given the medications to her to…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-04-11 · tag F0637 — isolated
  Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record review, interview and review of the facility's policy titled physician notification, the facility failed to ensure one Resident (#12) out of five residents reviewed for unnecessary medications had a significant change in condition assessment completed prior to antibiotic use. Findings included: A review of the admission Record showed Resident #12 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses that included but was not limited to unspecified focal traumatic brain injury without loss of consciousness, major depressive disorder, other seizures, schizophrenia and anxiety disorder, unspecified. Review of the Order Summary Report revealed a physician order dated 04/03/24 for Doxycycline Hyclate Oral Tablet 100 MG [milligrams] (Doxycycline Hyclate)- Give 1 tablet by mouth every 12 hours for UTI [urinary tract infection] for 10 Days. Review of Resident #12's care plan revealed, Focus: ANTIBIOTIC: The resident is on Antibiotic Therapy r/t Has a Bacterial Infection (UTI). Goal: Minimize the risk of…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

“Cited before” means this same F-tag appears on at least one other survey date in the record we hold — counting complaint investigations as well as standard surveys, with no time limit. It is our own read of the data, not CMS’s: CMS uses repeat deficiency as a formal term tied to consecutive standard surveys, and that is a narrower test than this one. A tag marked here may or may not meet it.

Fines & penalties

$10,170 in federal fines across 1 penalty.

• $10,170 — penalty dated 2024-04-11

Dates are the dates CMS records the penalty, not the date of the conduct behind it. CMS publishes penalties on a rolling window, so this is what is currently on the public file — not the home’s lifetime history, and an older fine may attach to a problem that has since been corrected. The amounts are as imposed: the CMS file does not record whether a penalty was appealed, reduced, or paid, so we don’t say. Ask the home what each one was for and what changed since.

Part of a chain

This home belongs to HEARTHSTONE SENIOR COMMUNITIES — 8 facilities. Here is how its ratings compare with the chain’s average across all its homes: See the whole chain — ratings, flags, fines and finances →

A home rated well below its chain’s average can signal local problems; a chain with a low average across the board is a bigger pattern worth researching. CMS chain data under-reports private-equity and REIT ownership, so treat this as a floor, not the full picture.

Who owns this facility

CMS files one row per role, so the 19 rows in the source record cover these 13 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted.

7 organizational owners listed — a facility can be part of a larger chain. CMS ownership data is known to under-report private-equity and REIT ties; treat as a starting point.

Follow the money — this home’s finances

Where a nursing home’s revenue comes from and where it goes — including money paid to companies under the same ownership. Most consumer sites never show this; we reproduce it straight from the Medicare cost report.

About 80% of this home’s resident-days are paid by Medicaid, which reimburses well below the cost of care in most states. Heavily Medicaid-dependent homes run on thinner budgets — a context worth holding next to the staffing and inspection record, not a fault in itself. This home reported $212K paid to related parties (affiliated landlords or management companies) in its most recent cost report.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2023. Facilities self-file these reports; figures are unaudited and a year or two behind. A home with no Medicare cost report on file shows no figures here.

Cost & finances

Straight from this home’s Medicare cost report (CMS, FY2023). These are its operating economics — what it costs to run per resident-day and what it collects on average across Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay — not a private-pay quote. Your out-of-pocket cost depends on payer and room type, so ask the facility directly; a higher operating cost can reflect richer staffing or a sicker population. The cost-of-care planner shows regional benchmarks by care type.

What families pay in FL