• CMS rates this facility 2/5 stars (below average)
• Has 107 certified beds with an average of 102.8 residents per day (96% occupancy)
• Last health inspection found 18 deficiencies (inspected Apr 18, 2025)
• No fines on record
• Total nursing staff: 3.34 hours per resident per day
• Staff turnover rate: 61.1% (high)
• Part of the Aston Health chain (30 facilities)
Sandgate Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center is a 2-star Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in Fort Pierce, Florida with 107 certified beds. It has been operating since 1981. The facility scored below average compared to Florida facilities.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
+ 16 more deficiencies
No penalties on record.
Staffing hours per resident per day. The black line shows the national average.
Quality measures as percentages of residents. Lower is better for all measures.
| Name | Role | Type | Ownership % | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LP CARE HOLDINGS LLC | 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Organization | 100% | May 7, 2018 |
| CITADEL CARE GROUP LLC | 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Organization | N/A | May 7, 2018 |
| FRIEDMAN, LEOPOLD | 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | Individual | N/A | May 7, 2018 |
| BANNISTER, GERRI | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Aug 12, 2025 |
| CULBERTH, BRITTNEY | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Dec 11, 2022 |
| JOHNSON, DES | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | May 13, 2025 |
| WILDES, DONNA | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Aug 28, 2025 |
| ZIMMER, SUZAN | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Jun 27, 2018 |
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