Manatee Springs Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

    5627 9th St E, Bradenton, FL 34203
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.60·(136)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      3.1
    • Staff

      3.7
    • Meals

      2.5
    • Amenities

      2.8
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive nursing staff
    • Skilled physical and occupational therapy programs
    • Consistent, familiar certified nursing assistants for many residents
    • Engaged and responsive rehabilitation and case-management teams
    • Active social and recreational programming
    • Comfortable rehab amenities including therapy pool and gym
    • Proactive maintenance and safety efforts
    • Family-oriented, personalized care approach
    • Clean and bright resident rooms and therapy areas
    • Supportive front-desk and admissions staff

    Cons

    • Inconsistent sanitation and odor control in some areas
    • Pest-control concerns in parts of the building
    • Inconsistent staffing levels and high personnel turnover
    • Variable responsiveness to call bells and personal-care requests
    • Gaps in medication administration and monitoring controls
    • Unreliable dietary management and poor accommodation of restrictions
    • Uneven physical-therapy availability and equipment maintenance
    • Gaps in emergency escalation and family communication
    • Allegations of missing personal items and laundry-management issues
    • Aging infrastructure and localized maintenance backlogs

    Summary of reviews

    Reviewers describe a facility with clear strengths in rehabilitation and many aspects of direct care, alongside persistent operational weaknesses that produce highly variable family experiences.

    Care and staff: Numerous families praised the clinical staff—nurses, some CNAs, and therapy teams receive frequent praise for compassion, clinical skill, and individualized attention. Physical and occupational therapy, including aquatic therapy, are consistently cited as strong elements that support measurable recovery. At the same time, several reviews describe variability in staff conduct and responsiveness: agency staff and night shift coverage are sometimes cited as less consistent, language barriers have been noted, and there are concerns about delays in attending to resident needs. More serious operational gaps were described around transfer safety, positioning for complex devices, and medication administration and monitoring; these items point to inconsistent adherence to clinical protocols rather than a uniform practice across the facility.

    Dining and nutrition: Experiences with meals vary. Some families found the food satisfying and appropriate for recovery, while others described inconsistent meal quality, temperature problems, and insufficient accommodation of dietary restrictions (for example, diabetes or dairy/gluten needs). Reviewers also mentioned unclear dietitian communication about menu planning and therapeutic diets. Prospective families should confirm current menu options and how special diets are managed.

    Activities and rehabilitation services: Rehabilitation services and activity programming are frequently highlighted as positives. The facility’s therapy staff, gym space, and pool receive repeated commendation for supporting functional gains and social engagement. However, there are reports of uneven therapy scheduling, occasional equipment maintenance problems, and limited availability of seating or adaptive equipment in patient rooms that can restrict participation for some residents.

    Facilities and housekeeping: Responses on cleanliness and building condition are mixed. Many reviewers describe bright, well-kept rooms and a pleasant environment, while others raise sanitation concerns in specific rooms and common areas, odor issues, and pest-control problems. Additional infrastructure concerns include limited shower availability for some residents, accessibility limitations in certain bathrooms, peeling finishes in older areas, and isolated broken equipment. Laundry handling and personal-belongings control is another recurrent concern.

    Management and communication: Accounts of administrative responsiveness differ markedly. Some families describe an engaged, communicative administrative team that addresses issues quickly; others describe delayed responses to complaints and poor communication around medical events and discharges. Importantly, several reviews raise concerns about emergency escalation and post-incident family communication, including instances where families expected more timely clinical updates. There are also a small number of serious individual allegations (including missing items and end-of-life concerns) that families may wish to discuss directly with facility leadership and review with regulators as appropriate.

    Overall, the facility demonstrates strong rehabilitation capability and many dedicated caregivers, but the variability in housekeeping, staffing consistency, medication processes, and communication produces widely divergent family experiences. Prospective residents and families should: tour the specific unit and therapy areas, ask about current staffing patterns (including agency use), review medication-administration and emergency-escalation protocols, request dietitian input on special diets, and confirm laundry and personal-belongings procedures before admission.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Cited by CMS for abuse, or potential for abuse, on its most recent survey cycle.

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    Location

    Manatee Springs Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is located at 5627 9th St E, Bradenton, FL, 34203.

    About Manatee Springs Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

    Manatee Springs Rehabilitation and Nursing Center sits in Bradenton, Florida, and's been around since 1985, offering up to 120 beds for folks who need short-term rehab, long-term nursing care, or even just a little help for a temporary stay, and you'll find them helping with bathing, dressing, eating, medications, and other daily living tasks when someone can't live safely at home anymore. The place serves people who need 24-hour care and always has nurses and therapists on site with a physician overseeing care, plus they store and dispense medicine as needed. Manatee Springs follows federal rules for Medicare and Medicaid, keeps several active licenses-PH33496 (expiring 2/28/2027), 1340096 (expiring 6/29/2025), 64103 (expiring 6/29/2025)-and their license comes from the Agency for Health Care Administration. The center isn't BBB accredited, but it does offer both nursing care and rehabilitation, with a focus on helping folks recover and get stronger, and there's access to hospital specialists if someone needs them. They build personalized care plans and try to create a place that feels supportive and like a community, and while renovations are coming soon to make things more attractive, they already put emphasis on having amenities for comfort and recovery. Manatee Springs has been noticed by Assisted Living Magazine as a top-skilled nursing facility in Bradenton, and they offer specialized programs along with constant care from an experienced medical team.

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