Life Care Center Of Winter Haven

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.

57.5% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — CMS rates that better than the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 365 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 77.7% 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 184 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 0.35 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 59% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 20% of this home’s weekday level — it runs some therapy at the weekend, at a lower level than on weekdays. 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 177 beds and averages 168.1 residents a day — about 95% occupied, or roughly 9 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 3.80 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.63 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.31 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 3.45 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.94 on weekdays — 12% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.69 to 0.48 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 39% is about the same as 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.

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.

22 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 12 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · Ecited before2025-02-20 · tag F0550 — failed to protect resident dignity and rights — pattern
  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

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure residents were provided dining services and resident care with dignity for four residents (#63, #2, #26, and #72 ) out of eight sampled residents. Findings Include: 1. During an observation made on 02/17/25 at 1:03 pm., Resident #63 was sitting up in bed with her lunch tray placed in front of her. She was observed having a hard time picking up her food using a specialized spoon. At 1:42 p.m., Staff D, Certified Nursing Assistance, CNA was observed standing over Resident #63 assisting her with her meal. During an observation made on 02/19/2025 at 1:29 pm, Resident #63 was observed sitting up in her bed with her lunch tray in front of her. Staff D, CNA was observed standing over her assisting Resident #63 with her meal. Review of an admission Record dated 02/20/2025 showed Resident #63 was admitted to the facility originally on 7/1/2024 and readmitted on [DATE] with diagnoses to include but not limited to hemiplegia and hemiparesis…

  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 · E2025-02-20 · tag F0687 — failed to care for feet properly — pattern
  Provide appropriate foot care.
  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 provide proper foot care and treatment to maintain good foot health according to professional standards of practice for three residents ( #134, #141, and #140) out of fifty-three residents sampled. Findings Include: 1. During an observation on 02/17/2025 at 9:20 a.m., Resident #134 was observed lying down in bed dressed in his night clothes. Resident #134's great toe was observed with the toe nail sticking out of a hole on his left sock. Resident #134 stated he really needed his toenails cut because they were causing his feet to hurt. He stated he had asked staff repeatedly to cut his toenails, but no one would listen to him. Resident # 134 gave consent to take a picture of his toenails. Photographic evidence obtained. During an observation on 02/18/2025 at 3:00 p.m., Resident #134 was observed lying down in bed dressed in his night gown. He stated he had requested to have his toenails and his fingernails cut but staff would not assist…

  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 · Ecited before2025-02-20 · tag F0759 — failed to keep medication error rate low — pattern
  Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure the medication error rate was less than 5.00%. Thirty-three medication administration opportunities were observed, and fourteen errors were identified for six (#143, #37, #218, #117, #120, and #106) of eight residents observed. These errors constituted a 42.42% medication error rate. Findings included: 1. On 2/18/25 at 9:54 a.m. Staff B, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) obtained a blood pressure of 115/49 from Resident #143 and informed the resident that the blood pressure medication Hydralazine was going to be held for a while. On 2/18/25 at 9:58 a.m., an observation was made of Staff B dispensing the following medications for Resident #143: - Aspirin Enteric coated 81 milligram (mg) over-the-counter (otc) tablet - Magnesium oxide 400 mg otc tablet - Ferrous Sulfate 325 mg otc tablet The staff member confirmed dispensing 3 tablets for Resident #143, placed the tablets into a plastic envelope and crushed the tablets before placing the remnants into chocolate pudding. Staff B entered the resident's room and…

  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.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-02-20 · 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 observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure two (#49 and #141) of fifty- four sampled residents were assessed for self-administration of medications and failed to ensure physician orders had been obtained for medications observed on over-bed table of one (#141) of two residents observed. Findings included: 1. On 2/17/25 at 12:12 p.m., Resident #49 was observed speaking with a visitor while holding onto a nebulizer device. The observation showed the visitor leave the resident's room on 2/17/25 at 12:14 p.m. Resident #49 leaned over, turned on the nebulizer machine located on the bedside dresser, and put the nebulizer device to her mouth. The observation showed an aerosol-like mist coming from the end of the device. Review of Resident #49's admission Record revealed the resident was admitted on [DATE] and re-admitted on [DATE]. The record included diagnoses not limited to unspecified dementia unspecified severity without behavioral disturbance and chronic obstructive pulmonary…

  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 · D2025-02-20 · tag F0585 — failed to handle grievances — isolated
  Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
  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 file a grievance related to missing clothes for one resident (#57) out of eight residents sampled. Findings include: During an observation on 2/17/2025 at 9:00 a.m., and 12:00 p.m., Resident #57 was observed sitting on the side of her bed, fully dressed. She stated she had complained to the facility about her missing clothes, and nothing had been done about it. Resident #57 stated no one at the facility told her about the grievance process. Review of an admission Record dated 2/20/2025 showed Resident #57 was admitted to the facility originally on 5/3/2024 and readmitted on [DATE] with diagnoses to include but not limited to other specified fractures of left pubis, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing, pain in left hip. Review of a Minimum Data Set, dated [DATE] showed Section C, Cognitive Patterns, Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) score of 15 which indicated intact cognition. During an interview conducted on…

  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 · D2025-02-20 · tag F0623 — isolated
  Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on record review and interview the facility failed to provide written notification to the resident and resident representative prior to an emergency transfer for one (#49) of two residents sampled for transfer and discharge rights. Findings included: Review of Resident #49's admission record revealed an initial admission date of 1/24/24, a transfer to the hospital on 1/30/25 and a readmission to the facility on 2/5/25. The admission record showed the resident was his own responsible party, and a family member was listed as the first emergency contact. A change in condition evaluation, dated 2/18/25, showed the resident had a large abscess to the left neck area and was having a slight issue with swallowing. An electronic transfer form dated 2/18/25 at 2:19 p.m. showed the resident was transferred to an acute care facility/hospital. Review of Resident #49's electronic record on 2/19/25 revealed no evidence of a written notice of transfer/discharge to the hospital to the resident for the 2/18/25 emergency hospitalization. An interview on 2/19/25 at 12:40 p.m. with the Executive…

  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 · D2025-02-20 · tag F0645 — isolated
  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 Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure Preadmission Screening and Record Review (PASSR) was completed accurately for eleven residents (#112, #144, #21, #12, #126, #140, #130, #23, #54, #18, and #49) out of 33 residents sampled. Findings included: 1. Review of the admission Record for Resident #112 showed the resident was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, altered mental status (unspecified), and cognitive communication deficit. Review of Resident #112's most current Level 1 PASRR was dated 02/14/2023 revealed the PASRR did not show a diagnosis of dementia. Review of a physician progress noted dated 08/11/2024 revealed Resident #112 had a diagnosis of dementia. Review of a physician progress noted dated 11/22/2024 revealed Resident #112 had a diagnosis of dementia. Review of a physician progress noted dated 02/10/2025 revealed Resident #112 had a diagnosis of dementia. Review of Resident #112's…

  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 · Dcited before2025-02-20 · tag F0684 — failed to provide proper treatment and quality of care — isolated
  Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
  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, interview, and record review, the facility failed to provide wound care in accordance with professional standards of practice and as ordered by the physician for one resident (#54) of two residents reviewed. Findings included: On 2/17/25 at 2:15 p.m., Staff H, Registered Nurse (RN) removed Resident #54's left foot covering. There were no dressings covering the medial and lateral foot wounds. Staff H checked the resident's footwear for bandages, none were found and said the dressings would be replaced immediately. Review of the admission record showed Resident #54 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] and readmitted on [DATE] with diagnoses to include diabetes mellitus, and disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Review of care plan for Resident #54, initiated 12/18/18 showed: Focus-A diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus; Goal- no complications related to diabetes; Interventions to include- check all of body for skin breaks and treat promptly as ordered by the doctor. Another care plan…

  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 · D2025-02-20 · tag F0770 — failed to provide lab services — isolated
  Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
  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 obtain physician ordered laboratory testing for one (#141) of fifty-four sampled residents. Findings included: On 2/17/25 at 10:31 a.m. Resident #141 was observed lying in bed. The resident reported being woken up at 4 a.m. to give pills. Review of Resident #141's admission Record showed the resident was admitted on [DATE] with a diagnosis of unspecified hypothyroidism. Review of Resident #141's January and February Medication Administration Records (MAR) revealed the resident was receiving Levothyroxine sodium 100 microgram (mcg) daily for hypothyroidism. The medication was scheduled for 6:00 a.m. daily. Review of Resident #141's January Treatment Administration Record (TAR) revealed an order dated 1/6/25 for Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH), Free T4, and Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) to be drawn every night shift. This order was discontinued on 1/21/25. The TAR showed the laboratory testing had been administered (per chart code 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.

  Administration Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-02-20 · tag F0880 — failed to prevent and control infections — isolated
  Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, and interview, the facility failed to ensure direct care equipment was cleaned in between two (#149 and #218) of eight residents observed during the administration of medications. Findings included: On 2/19/25 at 8:17 a.m., an observation was conducted with Staff N, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) of the medication administration for Resident #149. The staff member removed a blood pressure wrist cuff from the bottom drawer of the medication cart and dispensed one 81 milligram (mg) chewable tablet of Aspirin, a half tablet of 20 mg Furosemide, and one 5 mg tablet of Lisinopril. Staff N placed the Lisinopril tablet in a separate medication cup then entered the resident's room. Staff N placed the blood pressure cuff on the resident's left wrist and informed the resident to lay arm on stomach. The staff member reported the first attempt to obtain blood pressure the cuff had registered an error. A second attempt was made with results of 101/48 and the staff member held the resident's Lisinopril. After administering the Aspirin and Furosemide, Staff N left 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.

  Infection Control 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

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Part of a chain

This home belongs to LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA — 194 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 31 rows in the source record cover these 14 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted. The source lists no ownership percentage for any of them — PECOS records a share only for equity interests, not for board or management roles.

1 organizational owner 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.

This home reported $4.6M paid to related parties — landlords or management companies under common ownership — equal to about 24% of its total expenses. Money routed to affiliated companies can leave a home’s own books looking lean while owners still profit; it is the mechanism regulators watch most closely in private-equity and REIT deals.

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