Creekside Health & Rehabilitation Center

• Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room).

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Mar 6, 2026

• Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Mar 6, 2026

• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Sep 18, 2025

• Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected May 9, 2025

• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Mar 20, 2025

• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Mar 20, 2025

• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Mar 20, 2025

• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Mar 20, 2025

• Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Mar 20, 2025

• 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.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Mar 20, 2025

• Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 3, 2025

• Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Mar 20, 2025

• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Mar 20, 2025

• 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.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Mar 20, 2025

• Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Mar 20, 2025

• Properly install and monitor supervisory attachments on automatic sprinkler systems.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 3, 2025

• 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.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Oct 18, 2024

• Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 11, 2022

• Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 11, 2022

• To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 11, 2022

• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 11, 2022

• Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 11, 2022

• Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 11, 2022

• 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.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 11, 2022

• Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 11, 2022

• Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 11, 2022

• Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 11, 2022

• Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Mar 10, 2021

• Provide properly protected cooking facilities.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Mar 10, 2021

• Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Mar 10, 2021

• To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected May 5, 2021

• Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Mar 10, 2021

• Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Mar 10, 2021

• Install proper backup exit lighting.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Mar 10, 2021

• Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Mar 10, 2021

Creekside Health & Rehabilitation Center offers Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care.

Creekside Health & Rehabilitation Center is located at 5511 Swift Road in Sarasota, Florida.

Reviews of Creekside are sharply divided: several families praise attentive, compassionate staff and strong rehab therapy, especially under a newer administrator, while other families report serious lapses in hygiene, cleanliness, and communication. The gap between the best and worst experiences described is unusually wide for this facility.

Creekside Health & Rehabilitation Center had 6 government inspection visits in the last three years, with 35 citations on file according to CMS Care Compare data. The full history, including what each citation was for and whether it was corrected, is in the inspection section on this page.

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