EAGLERIDGE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER
Within standard 12-15 month inspection cycle. Federal law requires annual inspections.
Eagleridge Health and Rehabilitation Center has received a Trust Grade of F, indicating significant concerns about the facility's performance and care quality. Ranking #633 out of 690 nursing homes in Florida places it in the bottom half of facilities, while its #17 rank out of 19 in Lee County suggests there are only a few local options that are better. Despite a trend of improvement in issues reported, with a drop from 12 in 2024 to just 1 in 2025, the facility still faces serious challenges. Staffing is rated average with a turnover rate of 45%, which is close to the state average, but they do have good RN coverage, exceeding 84% of Florida facilities, which is a positive aspect. However, the facility has incurred fines totaling $63,886, which is concerning and higher than 84% of other facilities in the state, indicating potential compliance issues. Specific incidents include residents falling due to inadequate supervision, leading to serious injuries, and a failure to prevent worsening pressure ulcers for another resident, highlighting both strengths and weaknesses in their care practices.
- Trust Score
- F
- In Florida
- #633/690
- Safety Record
- High Risk
- Inspections
- Getting Better
- Staff Stability ○ Average
- 45% turnover. Near Florida's 48% average. Typical for the industry.
- Penalties ⚠ Watch
- $63,886 in fines. Higher than 82% of Florida facilities, suggesting repeated compliance issues.
- Skilled Nurses ✓ Good
- Each resident gets 57 minutes of Registered Nurse (RN) attention daily — more than average for Florida. RNs are trained to catch health problems early.
- Violations ⚠ Watch
- 33 deficiencies on record. Higher than average. Multiple issues found across inspections.
The Good
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4-Star Quality Measures · Strong clinical quality outcomes
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Full Sprinkler Coverage · Fire safety systems throughout facility
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No fines on record
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Staff turnover below average (45%)
3 points below Florida average of 48%
Facility shows strength in quality measures, fire safety.
The Bad
Below Florida average (3.2)
Significant quality concerns identified by CMS
Near Florida avg (46%)
Typical for the industry
Above median ($33,413)
Moderate penalties - review what triggered them
The Ugly 33 deficiencies on record
Jan 2025
1 deficiency
1 Harm
SERIOUS
(G)
📢 Someone Reported This
A family member, employee, or ombudsman was alarmed enough to file a formal complaint
Actual Harm - a resident was hurt due to facility failures
Accident Prevention
(Tag F0689)
A resident was harmed · This affected 1 resident
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on interview and record review the facility failed to ensure adequate supervision to prevent one resident (resident #1) of...
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Feb 2024
1 deficiency
1 Harm
SERIOUS
(G)
📢 Someone Reported This
A family member, employee, or ombudsman was alarmed enough to file a formal complaint
Actual Harm - a resident was hurt due to facility failures
Accident Prevention
(Tag F0689)
A resident was harmed · This affected 1 resident
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review, review of facility policy and procedures, and staff interviews, the facility failed provide the necessar...
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Jan 2024
11 deficiencies
CONCERN
(D)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Comprehensive Care Plan
(Tag F0656)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
Based on clinical records review, resident and staff interviews the facility failed to develop and implement an individualized care plan to meet the needs of 2 (Residents #25, and #83) of 32 sampled r...
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CONCERN
(D)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Staffing Information
(Tag F0732)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
Based on observation, record review and staff interview, the facility failed to post the federal staffing hours daily at the beginning of each shift.
The findings included:
On 1/22/24 at 7:30 a.m., u...
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CONCERN
(D)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Pharmacy Services
(Tag F0755)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
Based on record review, review of facility's policy and procedure, resident and staff, the facility failed to implement processes to ensure timely acquiring and receiving of physician's ordered medica...
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CONCERN
(D)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Drug Regimen Review
(Tag F0756)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
Based on review of the clinical record, and staff interviews, the facility failed to act upon the consultant pharmacist's recommendation for behavior monitoring for 1 (Resident #85) of 5 residents sam...
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CONCERN
(D)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Deficiency F0761
(Tag F0761)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation, review of facility policy and procedures and staff interviews, the facility failed to ensure insulin was p...
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CONCERN
(D)
📢 Someone Reported This
A family member, employee, or ombudsman was alarmed enough to file a formal complaint
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Dental Services
(Tag F0791)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation, record review, review of facility's policy and procedure, staff, resident and resident representative inte...
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CONCERN
(D)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Deficiency F0840
(Tag F0840)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to provide an active dialysis contract for 1 (Residents #46) of 1 resi...
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CONCERN
(E)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Resident Rights
(Tag F0550)
Could have caused harm · This affected multiple residents
Based on observation, review of facility policy and procedures and staff interviews the facility failed to treat 1 (Resident #45), and seven of 26 random residents with a diagnosis of dementia observe...
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CONCERN
(E)
📢 Someone Reported This
A family member, employee, or ombudsman was alarmed enough to file a formal complaint
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
ADL Care
(Tag F0677)
Could have caused harm · This affected multiple residents
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** 4. The facility Standards and Guidelines for Call lights Issued on 3/2018 and revised 1/2024 stated Resident will have a call li...
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CONCERN
(E)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Deficiency F0725
(Tag F0725)
Could have caused harm · This affected multiple residents
Based on observation, record review, residents, resident representative and staff interviews, the facility failed to ensure sufficient nursing staffing to meet the needs of 8 (Residents #26, #37, #8, ...
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CONCERN
(E)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Deficiency F0849
(Tag F0849)
Could have caused harm · This affected multiple residents
Based on record review and interviews, the facility failed to provide an active Hospice contract for 6 (Residents #1, #11, #21, #24 #38, and #71) of 6 residents receiving Hospice services.
The finding...
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Dec 2023
1 deficiency
CONCERN
(E)
📢 Someone Reported This
A family member, employee, or ombudsman was alarmed enough to file a formal complaint
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Accident Prevention
(Tag F0689)
Could have caused harm · This affected multiple residents
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation, record review, and interviews, the facility failed to ensure adequate supervision and assistive devices to...
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Mar 2022
10 deficiencies
1 Harm
SERIOUS
(G)
Actual Harm - a resident was hurt due to facility failures
Pressure Ulcer Prevention
(Tag F0686)
A resident was harmed · This affected 1 resident
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation, record review, review of facility's policy and procedure, and staff interviews, the facility failed to ens...
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CONCERN
(D)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Deficiency F0578
(Tag F0578)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
Based on record review, review of facility policy, and staff interviews the facility failed to ensure accurate advance directives were in place for 1 (Resident #19) of 6 residents reviewed.
The findi...
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CONCERN
(D)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Assessment Accuracy
(Tag F0641)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
Based on clinical record review, review of facility policy, staff and resident interviews the facility failed to ensure the Minimum Data Sets (MDS) assessment accurately reflected the medical status o...
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CONCERN
(D)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Deficiency F0679
(Tag F0679)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation, record review, resident and staff interview the facility failed to provide an ongoing activity program tha...
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CONCERN
(D)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Deficiency F0688
(Tag F0688)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation, record review, review of facility's policy and procedure, and staff interview, the facility failed to prov...
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CONCERN
(D)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Respiratory Care
(Tag F0695)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
Based on observation, record review, policy and procedure review and staff interview, the facility failed to ensure 1 (Resident #463) of 1 sampled resident receiving oxygen had a written physician's o...
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CONCERN
(D)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Deficiency F0726
(Tag F0726)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure 1(Agency nurse staff X) of 2 agency nurses observed had the appropriate skill sets to provide services in a safe and ti...
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CONCERN
(E)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Deficiency F0698
(Tag F0698)
Could have caused harm · This affected multiple residents
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review, resident and staff interviews, the facility failed to ensure documentation of effective coordination of ...
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CONCERN
(E)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Unnecessary Medications
(Tag F0759)
Could have caused harm · This affected multiple residents
Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure a medication error rate less than 5%. Three nurses and 33 of opportunities were observed. Twenty medication errors were...
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CONCERN
(E)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Deficiency F0761
(Tag F0761)
Could have caused harm · This affected multiple residents
Based on observation, review of facility policy and staff interviews, the facility failed to ensure proper labeling of medications in 2 (South Hall, and North middle hall) of 4 medication carts observ...
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Oct 2020
9 deficiencies
CONCERN
(D)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Deficiency F0583
(Tag F0583)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation, review of records and facility procedures, resident and staff interview, the facility staff failed to resp...
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CONCERN
(D)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Assessment Accuracy
(Tag F0641)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review, observation and staff interview, the facility failed to ensure accuracy of the Minimum Data Set, (MDS) a...
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CONCERN
(D)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Quality of Care
(Tag F0684)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
Based on observation, clinical record review, resident and staff interview the facility failed to demonstrate effective coordination to ensure 2 (Resident #3 and #8) of 19 residents received appropria...
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CONCERN
(D)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Pressure Ulcer Prevention
(Tag F0686)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
Based on record review, observation and staff interview the facility failed to provide care and services to minimize the risk of infection during wound care and failed to follow the physician's wound ...
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CONCERN
(D)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Deficiency F0688
(Tag F0688)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation, record review, resident and staff interview, the facility failed to implement necessary restorative care t...
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CONCERN
(D)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Drug Regimen Review
(Tag F0756)
Could have caused harm · This affected 1 resident
Based on record review and interview the facility failed to implement the pharmacy recommendations for 1 (Resident # 65) of 1 reviewed for unnecessary medications.
The findings included:
On 10/14/20 ...
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CONCERN
(E)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Safe Environment
(Tag F0584)
Could have caused harm · This affected multiple residents
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation, procedure review, and staff interview, the facility failed to store resident care items in a sanitary mann...
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CONCERN
(E)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Transfer Notice
(Tag F0623)
Could have caused harm · This affected multiple residents
Based on record review and staff interview, the facility failed to notify the state's Long-Term Care Ombudsman Council (LTCOC) of facility-initiated transfers and discharges since February 2020. The O...
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CONCERN
(E)
Potential for Harm - no one hurt, but risky conditions existed
Deficiency F0645
(Tag F0645)
Could have caused harm · This affected multiple residents
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** 2. Review of records showed Resident #31 was admitted on [DATE] with a diagnosis of Unspecified Psychosis not due to a substance...
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Understanding Severity Codes (click to expand)
Questions to Ask on Your Visit
- "Can I speak with families of current residents?"
- "What's your RN coverage like on weekends and overnight?"
Our Honest Assessment
- • 45% turnover. Below Florida's 48% average. Good staff retention means consistent care.
- • Multiple safety concerns identified: 3 harm violation(s), $63,886 in fines. Review inspection reports carefully.
- • 33 deficiencies on record, including 3 serious (caused harm) violations. Ask about corrective actions taken.
- • $63,886 in fines. Extremely high, among the most fined facilities in Florida. Major compliance failures.
- • Grade F (15/100). Below average facility with significant concerns.
About This Facility
What is Eagleridge Center's CMS Rating?
CMS assigns EAGLERIDGE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, which is considered much below average nationally. Within Florida, this rating places the facility higher than 0% of the state's 100 nursing homes. A rating at this level reflects concerns identified through health inspections, staffing assessments, or quality measures that families should carefully consider.
How is Eagleridge Center Staffed?
CMS rates EAGLERIDGE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER's staffing level at 3 out of 5 stars, which is average compared to other nursing homes. Staff turnover is 45%, compared to the Florida average of 46%. This relatively stable workforce can support continuity of care. RN turnover specifically is 56%, which is notably high. RNs provide skilled clinical oversight, so turnover in this role can affect medical care quality.
What Have Inspectors Found at Eagleridge Center?
State health inspectors documented 33 deficiencies at EAGLERIDGE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER during 2020 to 2025. These included: 3 that caused actual resident harm and 30 with potential for harm. Deficiencies causing actual harm indicate documented cases where residents experienced negative health consequences.
Who Owns and Operates Eagleridge Center?
EAGLERIDGE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER is owned by a for-profit company. For-profit facilities operate as businesses with obligations to shareholders or private owners. The facility operates independently rather than as part of a larger chain. With 120 certified beds and approximately 111 residents (about 92% occupancy), it is a mid-sized facility located in FORT MYERS, Florida.
How Does Eagleridge Center Compare to Other Florida Nursing Homes?
Compared to the 100 nursing homes in Florida, EAGLERIDGE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER's overall rating (1 stars) is below the state average of 3.2, staff turnover (45%) is near the state average of 46%, and health inspection rating (1 stars) is much below the national benchmark.
What Should Families Ask When Visiting Eagleridge Center?
Based on this facility's data, families visiting should ask: "Can I visit during a mealtime to observe dining assistance and food quality?" "How do you handle medical emergencies, and what is your hospital transfer rate?" "Can I speak with family members of current residents about their experience?"
Is Eagleridge Center Safe?
Based on CMS inspection data, EAGLERIDGE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER has a clean safety record: no substantiated abuse findings (meaning no confirmed cases of resident harm), no Immediate Jeopardy citations (the most serious violation level indicating risk of serious injury or death), and is not on the Special Focus Facility watch list (a federal program monitoring the lowest-performing 1% of nursing homes). The facility has a 1-star overall rating and ranks #100 of 100 nursing homes in Florida. While no facility is perfect, families should still ask about staff-to-resident ratios and recent inspection results during their visit.
Do Nurses at Eagleridge Center Stick Around?
EAGLERIDGE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER has a staff turnover rate of 45%, which is about average for Florida nursing homes (state average: 46%). Moderate turnover is common in nursing homes, but families should still ask about staff tenure and how the facility maintains care continuity when employees leave.
Was Eagleridge Center Ever Fined?
EAGLERIDGE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER has been fined $63,886 across 2 penalty actions. This is above the Florida average of $33,718. Fines in this range indicate compliance issues significant enough for CMS to impose meaningful financial consequences. Common causes include delayed correction of deficiencies, repeat violations, or care failures affecting resident safety. Families should ask facility leadership what changes have been made since these penalties.
Is Eagleridge Center on Any Federal Watch List?
EAGLERIDGE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER is not on any federal watch list. The most significant is the Special Focus Facility (SFF) program, which identifies the bottom 1% of nursing homes nationally based on persistent, serious quality problems. Not being on this list means the facility has avoided the pattern of deficiencies that triggers enhanced federal oversight. This is a positive indicator, though families should still review the facility's inspection history directly.