Life Care Center of Sarasota

    8104 Tuttle Ave, Sarasota, FL 34243
    • 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

    4.44·(84)

    Overall rating

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

      4.0
    • Staff

      4.3
    • Meals

      3.9
    • Amenities

      4.0
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Strong physical, occupational, and speech therapy
    • Compassionate and welcoming staff
    • Attentive nursing care and physician involvement
    • Effective rehabilitation progress and recovery support
    • Clean, bright, and attractive surroundings
    • Engaging activities, including ice cream socials, bingo, music, and religious services
    • Pleasant outdoor courtyards and shared amenities
    • Good meal quality and menu substitutions
    • Helpful admissions and care-coordination support
    • Respectful, personalized resident care

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staff responsiveness to call lights and assistance requests
    • Variable CNA attentiveness and communication, including concerns about shift coverage
    • Inconsistent therapy scheduling and delivered session time
    • Medication-administration and pharmacy follow-through gaps
    • Gaps in provider access and family communication
    • Limited discharge-planning communication about post-rehabilitation options
    • Variable meal quality and special-diet accommodation
    • Inconsistent clarity around billing and admission financial documents

    Summary of reviews

    Overall, the reviews are largely favorable, particularly from people describing short-term rehabilitation stays. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy are frequent strengths. Residents and families describe skilled, encouraging therapists and meaningful progress after surgery, falls, and strokes. Nursing care and provider involvement are also praised in many accounts, although experiences are not uniform: some families describe delays in getting assistance, inconsistent access to clinicians, or difficulty receiving updates. Concerns about medication administration and pharmacy follow-through also appear and merit specific questions during an assessment.

    Staff are often characterized as kind, welcoming, and attentive, with individual aides, nurses, and department teams singled out for compassionate care. Other accounts describe uneven CNA responsiveness and communication, with some concerns about workload and differences between shifts. The contrast suggests that residents’ day-to-day experience may depend on staffing availability and the individuals on duty. Families considering the facility may want to ask how requests are monitored and how concerns are escalated.

    The facility is commonly described as clean, bright, attractive, and comfortable, with a pleasant atmosphere and outdoor courtyards. Rooms were considered adequate by some, while others found shared rooms small or noted dated televisions and sound privacy issues. Dining feedback is mixed: many residents enjoyed the food and appreciated menu choices or substitutions, while others found meals inconsistent, especially for special diets. Activities—including ice cream socials, bingo, music, and religious services—are a recurring positive, though one family noted that programming had been affected by COVID-related changes.

    Admissions and management received praise for organizing transfers, answering questions, and helping families coordinate insurance or home services. Discharge planning was less consistent: one family found communication about options after rehabilitation coverage ended inadequate, and families also raised concerns about billing clarity and admission financial paperwork. Taken together, the reviews point to a facility with notable rehabilitation strengths, appealing surroundings, and many positive staff interactions, alongside operational consistency concerns involving responsiveness, medication processes, care communication, therapy delivery, and transitions after discharge.

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    Medicare Ratings

    4·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

    Life Care Center of Sarasota is located at 8104 Tuttle Ave, Sarasota, FL, 34243.

    About Life Care Center of Sarasota

    Life Care Center of Sarasota is a skilled nursing facility in Sarasota, Florida, that offers care for seniors who need help after a hospital stay, surgery, or serious illness, and it's a place that offers both long-term nursing home services and short-term rehabilitation, with a team of skilled nurses and therapists on staff around the clock. The center provides physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and there's a speech language pathology unit right on site, so you'll see therapists working closely with residents on individualized care plans, with each plan made to fit the person's needs and goals, whether it's wound management, post-surgical care, medication management, or help with walking, dressing, bathing, and daily routines. With 120 certified beds and most usually filled, nine beds were available in June 2025, and residents can expect care that includes non-ambulatory support, suction and oxygen therapy, regular monitoring through an emergency alert system, and a 24-hour supervision and call system that's always on for safety. The center accepts Medicare and Medicaid insurance, and families can schedule tours, view photos, or watch a video tour to get a better idea of the surroundings, which are kept attractive and very clean with a homelike and welcoming atmosphere. Residents receive furnished rooms with private bathrooms, kitchenettes, cable TV, telephones, air conditioning, Wi-Fi, and support moving in, and daily life is made easier with housekeeping, laundry, and dry cleaning services, plus onsite transportation and parking. For activities, there's always something to do, from weekly outings, outdoor programs, and fitness classes to arts, music, library visits, movie and game rooms, resident-led events, and scheduled daily activities, while the outdoor garden, walking paths, and common spaces give folks places to walk, chat, or relax. The center provides fresh, chef-prepared meals all day with restaurant-style dining, special diets for those with diabetes or food allergies, and a variety of menu options, and there's always help for residents who may need assistance during meals. Staff come from different backgrounds, speak several languages including English, and work together to provide family support and specialized care, whether someone's there for a short stay to recover or for ongoing help. The facility is recognized among U.S. News & World Report's 2025 Best Nursing Homes, and it's one location in the network of Life Care Centers of America, a well-known care organization, and for those wanting updates about daily life, there's a Facebook page that shares news and happenings around the center.

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    Life Care Center of Sarasota offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    No, Life Care Center of Sarasota does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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