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Life Care Center of Winter Haven

A nursing home in Winter Haven, Florida 33884

1510 Cypress Gardens Blvd, Winter Haven, Florida 33884. (863) 318-8646.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 10 citations in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (E). Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean7
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.
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?

10 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The Florida average is 7.1.

Last standard inspection Feb 20, 2025.

Most serious in three years: E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

When those citations happened

10 citations in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (E). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

10 citations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

All 10 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most.

Source:

CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Feb 20, 2025: standard inspection10 citations

  • Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

    Rule F0550. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 22, 2025.

  • Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.

    Rule F0554. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 22, 2025.

  • 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.

    Rule F0585. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 22, 2025.

  • Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.

    Rule F0623. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 22, 2025.

  • PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities

    Rule F0645. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 22, 2025.

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 22, 2025.

  • Provide appropriate foot care.

    Rule F0687. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 22, 2025.

  • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

    Rule F0759. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 22, 2025.

  • Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.

    Rule F0770. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 22, 2025.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 22, 2025.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since May 1, 1993.
  • 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, corporation.
  • 177 certified beds.
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Has it been fined or penalized?

  • No fines in the last three years.
  • No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
  • 0 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
Source:

CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Who does the caring?

3.96 nurse hours per resident per day

The Florida average is 3.86.

CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Staffing measures
MeasureThis homeFlorida average
Nurse hours per resident per day3.963.86
Of which registered nurses0.700.73
At weekends3.613.51
Nursing staff turnover37.6%41.5%
Registered nurse turnover45.2%46.1%
Administrators who left0Not given

Who owns it?

  • Life Care Centers of America, Inc. runs it.
  • 30 owners or officers are people: Forrest L Preston (owns 5% or more directly, 100%); Forrest L Preston (corporate officer); Forrest L Preston (corporate director); Forrest L Preston (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Forrest L Preston (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Terry Henry (corporate officer); Todd Fletcher (corporate officer); Todd Fletcher (corporate director); Todd Fletcher (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Aubrey Preston (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Pamela S. Rawlinson (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Pamela S. Rawlinson (on the governing body (managing control)); Joan E Thurmond (corporate officer); Cindy S Cross (corporate officer); Sarah A. Mennen (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Sarah A. Mennen (on the governing body (managing control)); Sarah A. Mennen (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Richard Swanker (corporate officer); Richard Swanker (corporate director); Richard Swanker (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Aaron Preston (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Aaron Preston (on the governing body (managing control)); Joseph A Carlucci (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Joseph A Carlucci (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Lisa M Lay (corporate officer); Lisa M Lay (corporate director); Lisa M Lay (runs it (operational or managerial control)); James Ziegler (corporate officer); James Ziegler (corporate director); James Ziegler (runs it (operational or managerial control)).
  • Part of Life Care Centers of America (194 homes in CMS’s data).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Organisations CMS lists
OrganisationRoleShareSince
An organisation CMS lists without a nameAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Aug 31, 2000
An organisation CMS lists without a nameAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Feb 19, 2025
Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Runs it (operational or managerial control)Nov 3, 1999
Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Aug 31, 2000

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 5 of 5 (Florida average 4.3).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS’s star ratings, from 1 to 5
MeasureRating
Overall rating4 of 5
Health inspections3 of 5
Staffing4 of 5
Quality measures5 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 11.6 miles, this one had the 6th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (10; the middle value was 10).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

The 12 nearest, by straight-line distance
PlaceMiles awayCitations, latest cycle
Life Care Center of Winter Haven This nursing home10
Palm Garden of Winter Haven0.28
Lake Mariam Health and Rehabilitation Center0.740
Winter Haven Health and Rehabilitation Center1.210
Astoria Health and Rehabilitation Center1.610
Spring Lake Rehabilitation Center2.77
Vivo Healthcare Winter Haven3.621
Oak Haven Rehab and Nursing Center5.416
Haines City Rehabilitation and Nursing Center8.311
Lake Wales Health and Rehabilitation Center9.710
Bartow Center11.19
Groves Center11.620

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

  • 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).

  • 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).

  • 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).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).

    Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • 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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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