The Bristol Care Center
A nursing home in Tampa, Florida 33612
1818 E Fletcher Ave, Tampa, Florida 33612. (813) 971-2383.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 2of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 13 health citations at the latest inspection cycle Florida average: 7.1
- 3.55 nurse hours per resident per day Florida average: 3.86
- 1 fine in the last three years (needs attention)
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean8
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Scope and severity (A to L)
- CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
- Nurse staffing hours
- The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
- Fines and payment denials
- A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
- Immediate jeopardy
- CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
13 health citations at the latest inspection cycle
The Florida average is 7.1.
Last standard inspection Jun 26, 2025.
Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (L), at a standard inspection on Dec 1, 2023
CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those citations happened
48 citations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (L). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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All 48 citations in the last three years
Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7)., from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 14 came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Aug 31, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation
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Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
May 7, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Jan 5, 2026: complaint inspection2 citations
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Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.
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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.
Jun 26, 2025: standard inspection9 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
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Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
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Immediately tell the resident, the resident’s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
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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.
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Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident’s health.
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Ensure the resident’s doctor reviews the resident’s care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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Keep all essential equipment working safely.
May 5, 2025: complaint inspection2 citations
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Jan 30, 2025: standard inspection9 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to manage his or her financial affairs.
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Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
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Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
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PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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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.
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Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Jan 30, 2025: complaint inspection3 citations
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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.
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Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
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Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Dec 1, 2023: standard inspection16 citations
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
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Have policies on smoking.
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Honor the resident’s right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
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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.
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Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Plan the resident’s discharge to meet the resident’s goals and needs.
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Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
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Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
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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.
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Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Dec 1, 2023: standard and complaint inspection4 citations
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Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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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.
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Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Dec 1, 2023: complaint inspection1 citation
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Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since May 9, 1967.
- Not on CMS’s special focus list.
- No abuse icon from CMS.
- No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
- CMS lists its ownership as for profit, individual.
- 266 certified beds.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been fined or penalized?
- 1 fine in the last three years, $130,689 in all.
- No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
- 14 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Date | Kind | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2023 | Fine | $130,689 |
Who does the caring?
3.55 nurse hours per resident per day
The Florida average is 3.86.
CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | This home | Florida average |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse hours per resident per day | 3.55 | 3.86 |
| Of which registered nurses | 0.56 | 0.73 |
| At weekends | 3.18 | 3.51 |
| Nursing staff turnover | 53.9% | 41.5% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 52.8% | 46.1% |
| Administrators who left | 0 | Not given |
Who owns it?
- Bristol Holdco LLC owns 100% directly since Feb 11, 2021.
- 3 owners or officers are people: Alvin Jerard Barriner (managing employee (on the payroll), 100%); Jack Y Shelby (owns 5% or more through other companies, 50%); Michael Bleich (corporate officer).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Holdco LLC | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Gold Fl Tr | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 20% | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Silver Fl Tr | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 20% | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Copper Fl Tr | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 20% | Feb 11, 2021 |
How do residents fare?
- CMS rates its quality measures 4 of 5 (Florida average 4.3).
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 |
| Staffing | 3 of 5 |
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Among the 12 nearest homes, within 6.6 miles, this one had the 3rd most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (13; the middle value was 9).
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Place | Miles away | Citations, latest cycle |
|---|---|---|
| The Bristol Care Center This nursing home | 13 | |
| Excel Care Center | 1.0 | 6 |
| Palm Garden of Tampa | 1.2 | 8 |
| Blue Palms Health and Rehabilitation Center at Fle | 1.4 | 13 |
| Aviata at Fletcher | 1.5 | 9 |
| Fairway Oaks Center | 1.8 | 19 |
| Tampa Lakes Health and Rehabilitation Center | 2.2 | 5 |
| Northdale Rehabilitation Center | 3.6 | 6 |
| St. Andrew Post-Acute Rehabilitation Center | 4.8 | 7 |
| Whispering Oaks | 5.8 | 10 |
| Aviata at the Bay | 6.5 | 23 |
| Luxe at Lutz Rehabilitation Center (The) | 6.6 | 9 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
- Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
- CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
- Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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