Birchwood Health and Rehabilitation Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Birchwood Health and Rehabilitation Center is a 87-bed for-profit nursing home in Sarasota, Florida. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.11 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 8% below the Florida average of 2.31, and 43.8% nursing staff turnover (Florida average 41.4%).
Birchwood Health and Rehabilitation Center
3250 12th StSarasota, FL 34237
Sarasota County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Birchwood Health and Rehabilitation Center, nurse aides logged 2.11 hours per resident per day, 8% below the Florida average. With about 75 residents a day, that works out to roughly 158 aide hours a day, or about 20 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Florida avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.11 | 2.31 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.77 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.55 | 0.73 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.44 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.11 | 3.49 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
43.8% of nursing staff at Birchwood Health and Rehabilitation Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Florida average of 41.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 42.9%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 7, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (Florida average 7.1). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Birchwood Health and Rehabilitation Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Florida average is 3.3.
About Birchwood Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Birchwood Operations LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 1, 1981
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
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Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.