Sarasota Health and Rehabilitation Center complaints received by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration were investigated and substantiated during 2025 and 2024 at the facility by state inspectors. This for-profit 169-bed nursing home is located at 1524 East Avenue, Sarasota, Florida 34239. All together, this Sarasota nursing home was cited with a total of thirty (30) deficiencies between 2024 and December, 2025 following complaint and standard licensure inspections. Fines have been imposed against this nursing home this year by both state and federal agencies. As of December, 2025, Sarasota Health and Rehabilitation Center remains on the Florida Nursing Home Watch List.
Sarasota Health and Rehabilitation Center Receives Abuse Alert and Lowest Overall Rating from Medicare
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a red hand abuse alert for Sarasota Health and Rehabilitation Center. According to federal officials, the alert means that this “nursing home has been cited for abuse.” The federal government has also imposed fines against this nursing home during the past two years totally more than $200,000.00. Additionally, CMS has rated this nursing home with the lowest possible rating: only one star out of five.
Sarasota Health and Rehab Repeatedly Cited for Violating Right to Receive Adequate and Appropriate Healthcare
Florida officials cited the nursing home for failing to adhere to the resident right to receive adequate and appropriate healthcare during 2025 and 2024 during three separate investigations at the facility. Additionally, the facility notably received citations for violations under the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act for failing to meet minimum requirements related to ensuring the nursing home remained free from accident hazards and provided appropriate supervision, the failure to perform and document accurate nursing assessments, and the failure to provide activities of daily living care for dependent residents. The complete history of complaints and deficiencies for this nursing home may be reviewed on the Agency’s website here: https://tinyurl.com/2jf329wy
Lawsuit Filed Against Licensee – Operator of Sarasota Health and Rehabilitation Center
A lawsuit was filed against FI-Waldemere, LLC and the management companies for this nursing home on August 9, 2024. The lawsuit, brought by the estate of a deceased resident, alleges that the nursing home acted negligently by, among other things, failing to provide adequate and appropriate healthcare and breaching their duty to ensure there was sufficient staff to meet the needs of this resident. The plaintiff has alleged that these and other failures resulted in injury to the resident and was the cause of her wrongful death.
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