Birchwood Health and Rehab

    3250 12th St, Sarasota, FL 34237
    • 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

    3.64·(44)

    Overall rating

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

      3.7
    • Staff

      4.1
    • Meals

      4.5
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      3.6

    Pros

    • Responsive frontline caregiving
    • Effective wound-care management
    • On-site specialty services (vision, dental, podiatry, pain management)
    • Strong care coordination and appointment management
    • Skilled physical and occupational therapy
    • Compassionate nursing staff and caregivers
    • Hands-on and accessible administration
    • Dedicated therapy team focused on discharge outcomes
    • Clean and well-maintained common areas
    • Positive dietary program and food variety
    • Engaging activities and social programming
    • Teamwork-oriented staff culture
    • Improvement-focused leadership

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels, especially overnight
    • Delays in call-bell response and resident assistance
    • Gaps in infection-control and sanitation processes
    • Medication-management and inventory-control weaknesses
    • Supply and ostomy-supply management failures
    • Financial-administration and vendor-payment deficiencies
    • Communication and family-notification inconsistencies
    • Aging infrastructure and maintenance backlogs
    • Inconsistent adherence to informed-consent and documentation practices
    • Variability in staff professionalism and responsiveness
    • Emergency- and clinical-incident handling gaps

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression is mixed: many accounts describe strong clinical services in specific areas (wound care, therapy/rehab, on-site specialty clinics) and a number of families praise compassionate caregivers, accessible administration, and a therapy team that helps residents return home. At the same time, there are recurring operational concerns that affect day-to-day safety and family confidence.

    Care quality appears uneven. Positive examples include effective wound management, coordinated appointments, and rehabilitation outcomes led by a committed therapy staff. Several families singled out individual nurses and therapists for compassionate, attentive care. However, other accounts describe inconsistent nursing performance, missed or delayed assistance (particularly overnight), and weaknesses in medication administration and inventory control. These patterns translate to variable day-shift and night-shift experiences depending on staffing and assignment.

    Staff and management present a mixed picture. Multiple comments highlight a hands-on administrator, experienced long-term-care leadership, and visible improvement under new management. Staff teamwork, friendliness, and individual staff members received many commendations. Conversely, concerns about communication, delayed responses to families, inconsistent transparency about clinical events, and failures in financial administration (billing, vendor payments, and insurance handling) were also described. There are isolated, serious allegations regarding medication handling and insurance changes without consent; such claims warrant direct verification with the facility and, if appropriate, review by oversight authorities.

    Dining, activities, and rehabilitation are relative strengths. The dining program and dietary staff receive positive feedback for food variety and service. Activity programming and social engagement are noted as meaningful by multiple families, and therapy teams are repeatedly credited with motivating rehabilitation and discharge planning successes.

    Facilities and infection control show contrast: several reviewers describe a clean, quiet, and well-maintained environment, while others identify sanitation concerns, mold or maintenance issues, supply shortages (including ostomy supplies), and an aging building that requires ongoing attention. These operational and maintenance items intersect with infection-control and supply-management weaknesses identified elsewhere.

    Notable patterns for prospective families: experiences are polarized — some residents receive high-quality, attentive care and successful rehabilitation, while others encounter operational lapses that affect safety, hygiene, and communication. If considering this facility, visitors should schedule an in-person tour, meet the administration and clinical leads, ask specifically about staffing ratios (including night coverage), infection-prevention protocols, medication and supply management, billing and insurance practices, and family-notification procedures. Confirm current corrective actions the facility has taken for the maintenance, sanitation, and financial-administration issues cited, and request references from recent family contacts when possible.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Birchwood Health and Rehab is located at 3250 12th St, Sarasota, FL, 34237.

    About Birchwood Health and Rehab

    Birchwood Health and Rehab is a for-profit nursing facility with 87 licensed beds, run by Birchwood Rehab Holdings LLC and managed by Mr. Peter Lewis, and it's been inspected by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, with a license number 12640961, and holds joint commission accreditation, and you'll find a mix of skilled nursing, long-term care, rehabilitation services, assisted living, memory care, adult day services, home care, and hospice care there, so people can get post-acute rehab, therapy like physical, occupational, and speech, wound care, pain management, and 24/7 nursing care all under one roof, and they've got private or semi-private rooms, cable TV, internet, and telephone, with home-like surroundings and modern touches, plus social activities and support services for daily needs. People paying for care will find the monthly cost changes based on the type of room and level of care needed, and the place accepts Medicaid and Medicare. Their CMS inspections show mixed results, with quality measures above average, staffing about average, but health inspections and the overall rating slightly below average, and the nurse staffing rate-at 3.55 nurse hours per resident per day-is below the state average, nurse turnover's pretty high at 51.9%, which is above what's seen elsewhere, and the place often has around 76 people living there. Birchwood Health and Rehab has had a number of state inspection deficiencies, with 21 cited in 2023 and several specific issues like food safety, resident rights, pressure ulcer care, and following doctor's orders, plus a total of $49,680 in fines, so that's probably why it's listed on the Florida Nursing Home Watch List and sometimes faces license sanctions or appeals, and you'll find it's had some trouble with staffing levels and ensuring a homelike environment, but it does keep a focus on offering a range of care and specialized programs for different needs, aiming to support both safety and well-being for the people living there.

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