Windsor Health and Rehabilitation Center

    602 E Laura St, Starke, FL 32091
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing
    3.9ยท92 reviews

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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

    3.88ยท(92)

    Overall rating

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

      3.7
    • Staff

      3.9
    • Meals

      2.9
    • Amenities

      4.3
    • Value

      3.9

    Pros

    • Attentive nursing staff
    • Compassionate certified nursing assistants
    • Skilled rehabilitation therapy services
    • Effective wound-care management
    • Renovated, well-maintained interiors
    • Clean common areas
    • Improved dining under a new chef
    • Responsive admissions and social-services support
    • Long-tenured staff and team continuity
    • Organized activities and social programming
    • Thorough discharge follow-up and case management
    • Open-door management availability and tours

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and staff turnover
    • Delays in responding to call bells and urgent care needs
    • Gaps in medication management and administration
    • Weak fall-prevention and supervision practices
    • Inconsistent meal quality and mealtime service continuity
    • Sanitation and pest-control concerns in some areas
    • Inconsistent skin-integrity and pressure-injury prevention
    • Fragmented family communication and POA coordination
    • Handling of personal property and billing/payment transactions
    • Leadership instability and concerns about communication tone
    • Limited visitation flexibility during infection-control periods
    • Variable therapy quality and follow-through

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews present a polarized picture of Windsor Health and Rehabilitation Center. Many families and former residents describe strong clinical and rehabilitative strengths โ€” attentive nurses and CNAs, skilled physical and occupational therapy, and effective wound care โ€” paired with recent facility renovations that improve the environment. Admissions and social-services staff receive repeated praise for bedside responsiveness and helpful coordination, and several reviewers highlight a warm, family-oriented community with active daily programming and organized events.

    At the same time, a subset of reviews raises significant operational concerns that appear to be recurring rather than isolated. Staffing inconsistency and turnover are frequent themes: reviewers describe delays in responding to call bells, extended waits for assistance, and uneven delivery of basic care tasks such as bathing and timely mealtimes. These operational gaps are associated with downstream clinical risks noted by families, including fall events, weight loss or nutritional monitoring lapses, and concerns about medication administration practices.

    Dining and activities show mixed signals. Multiple reports praise recent improvements after a chef change and note appealing dining spaces and community events (bingo, dances). Conversely, others report inconsistent food quality and service timing that may affect residents with specific dietary or weight concerns. The activities program and therapy department are often credited with aiding recovery and providing meaningful engagement, though several reviewers characterized therapy follow-through as variable depending on staff and schedule.

    Facility condition and environmental controls are similarly mixed. Renovations, new flooring, and generally clean common areas are frequently mentioned as positives. However, some families raised sanitation and odor concerns in particular areas as well as at least one plumbing/sewage-related event; there are also reports of pest-control concerns that merit inquiry. Personal-property management and billing/payment handling have been identified as problematic in some accounts, including concerns about lost or mishandled items and check/transaction issues.

    Management and communication emerge as a key inflection point. Some reviewers commend proactive case management and an available leadership team that addresses concerns; others describe abrupt or unhelpful interactions with front-office or administrative staff and express distrust in recent leadership changes. A few accounts reference serious clinical incidents โ€” including concerns following a resident's death and handling of emergency response โ€” which underscore reported gaps in family communication and incident follow-up.

    Overall pattern: Windsor demonstrates clear strengths in compassionate bedside care, rehabilitation, and certain clinical services, alongside improvements to the physical plant and dining. These positives coexist with recurrent operational weaknesses: staffing consistency, timely responsiveness, medication and fall-prevention protocols, sanitation controls, and leadership communication. Prospective residents and families would benefit from an in-person tour, direct questions about current staffing ratios, medication and fall-prevention policies, infection-control and pest-management procedures, property and billing safeguards, and examples of recent quality-improvement actions the facility has implemented to address the concerns noted above.

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    Medicare Ratings

    4ยท/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

    Windsor Health and Rehabilitation Center is located at 602 E Laura St, Starke, FL, 32091.

    About Windsor Health and Rehabilitation Center

    Windsor Health and Rehabilitation Center runs as a for-profit facility with 120 certified beds, and you'll usually find about 109 residents living there on an average day, which makes it busy but not crowded, and with 3.76 nurse hours for every resident each day and some nurse turnover at 34.9%, they make sure someone's always there, though you might see new faces from time to time. Owners Simcha Hyman and Naftali Zanziper are connected to it, and Gulf Coast Health Care plays a part too, with a Joint Commission accreditation backing up their standards. They had their last standard inspection on April 17, 2025, where surveyors found some problems including not always making complete care plans, a resident rights issue, safe respiratory care not fully meeting the marks, and a couple of infection control citations, but these didn't cause actual harm, though they had the potential to. The center gives medical supervision by a doctor, around-the-clock nursing, medical management by a pharmacy team, stored and dispensed drugs, and skilled nursing care for both short and long stays. The staff helps with daily needs like bathing, dressing, eating, medicine, and there's a dedicated memory care nursing unit if someone needs that, plus physical, speech, and occupational therapy, wound care, and orthopedic rehab, so folks get a good shot at recovery and heading home. There's a special rehab program to help people meet their goals quicker, and for those staying longer, the place tries to keep a calm, relaxing space with nicely furnished rooms and meals served in three ways. The place has policies about face masks and infection-residents and staff get some choice about masks unless there's a high risk, but anyone feeling sick or with a weak immune system has extra precautions, since safety is a top concern. They take pride in providing health classes too, for anyone wanting to learn more about staying healthy or lowering health risks, and there are tools online through Caredove for finding extra help if needed. You'll notice a lot of care going into personal comfort and keeping things friendly, warm, and welcoming while meeting care needs, but they're not perfect, and they've got things to work on, as every place does, though they keep aiming to give good, trustworthy care in a steady way that people can understand.

    People often ask...

    Windsor Health and Rehabilitation Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

    The full address for this community is 602 E Laura St, Starke, FL 32091.

    No, Windsor Health and Rehabilitation Center 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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