Vivo Healthcare Wauchula: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Vivo Healthcare Wauchula is a 79-bed for-profit nursing home in Wauchula, Florida, part of Vivo Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.22 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% below the Florida average of 2.31, and 34.4% nursing staff turnover (Florida average 41.4%).
Vivo Healthcare Wauchula
401 Orange PlaceWauchula, FL 33873
Hardee 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 Vivo Healthcare Wauchula, nurse aides logged 2.22 hours per resident per day, 4% below the Florida average. With about 70 residents a day, that works out to roughly 155 aide hours a day, or about 19 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 5% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Florida avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.22 | 2.31 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.77 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.43 | 0.73 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.42 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.26 | 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
34.4% of nursing staff at Vivo Healthcare Wauchula left over the year CMS measured, against a Florida average of 41.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 54.5%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 27, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 12 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. Vivo Healthcare Wauchula holds 2 of 5 overall; the Florida average is 3.3.
About Vivo Healthcare Wauchula
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Vivo Healthcare, 12 homes
- Legal name: St Amaro Opco LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 19, 1980
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Vivo Healthcare Wauchula
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Oaks at Avon Avon Park | 18.7 | 104 | 2.01 | 3.21 | 46.8% | 4 | None |
| Royal Care of Avon Park Avon Park | 18.7 | 90 | 2.58 | 4.15 | 45.4% | 2 | $17,342 |
| Desoto Health and Rehab Arcadia | 22.2 | 78 | 2.70 | 4.36 | 39.1% | 2 | $13,520 |
| Palms at Sebring Nursing and Rehabilitation the Sebring | 22.8 | 120 | 2.16 | 3.73 | 52.1% | 1 | None |
| Vivo Healthcare Sebring Sebring | 23.1 | 104 | 2.09 | 3.40 | 48.9% | 3 | None |
| Bartow Center Bartow | 23.2 | 120 | 2.02 | 3.20 | 50.0% | 2 | $8,034 |
| Groves Center Lake Wales · Special Focus Facility · abuse citation | 28.2 | 120 | 2.21 | 3.52 | 58.2% | — | $291,478 |
| Lake Wales Health and Rehabilitation Center Lake Wales | 28.6 | 100 | 2.18 | 3.51 | 43.5% | 1 | $46,800 |
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.