Nursing Homes in Florida: Staffing, Turnover, and Penalties
Florida has 694 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes in 205 cities. On CMS's August 2026 figures, nurse aides there log 2.31 hours per resident per day, about the same as the US average of 2.32, and 41.4% of nursing staff leave in a year (US 45.8%).
Florida averages
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
CMS Care Compare State and US Averages, August 2026 release
Nursing homes by city
The most nursing homes are in Jacksonville (33), Miami (25), Saint Petersburg (23). Each city page compares every home on staffing, turnover, CMS stars, and fines.
- Altamonte Springs (2)
- Altoona (1)
- Apopka (3)
- Arcadia (1)
- Atlantic Beach (1)
- Auburndale (1)
- Aventura (2)
- Avon Park (2)
- Bartow (1)
- Belleair (1)
- Blountstown (2)
- Boca Raton (11)
- Bonifay (1)
- Bonita Springs (1)
- Boynton Beach (5)
- Bradenton (10)
- Brandon (4)
- Brooksville (5)
- Bunnell (1)
- Bushnell (1)
- Callaway (1)
- Cape Coral (3)
- Carrabelle (1)
- Century (1)
- Chipley (2)
- Clearwater (13)
- Clermont (3)
- Clewiston (1)
- Coconut Creek (1)
- Coral Gables (1)
- Crawfordville (1)
- Crescent City (1)
- Crestview (3)
- Cross City (1)
- Crystal River (2)
- Cutler Bay (2)
- Dade City (2)
- Dania Beach (1)
- Davenport (1)
- Daytona Beach (10)
- Debary (2)
- Defuniak Springs (1)
- Deland (7)
- Delray Beach (5)
- Deltona (1)
- Destin (1)
- Dunedin (4)
- Englewood (1)
- Estero (1)
- Eustis (3)
- Fernandina Beach (1)
- Fleming Island (1)
- Fort Lauderdale (5)
- Fort Myers (13)
- Fort Pierce (3)
- Fort Walton Beach (3)
- Gainesville (9)
- Graceville (1)
- Green Acres (1)
- Green Cove Springs (1)
- Greenville (1)
- Gulf Breeze (1)
- Gulfport (1)
- Haines City (1)
- Hernando (1)
- Hialeah (4)
- Hialeah Gardens (2)
- Hilliard (1)
- Hobe Sound (1)
- Holly Hill (1)
- Hollywood (3)
- Homestead (2)
- Hudson (4)
- Inverness (3)
- Jacksonville (33)
- Jacksonville Beach (1)
- Jasper (1)
- Juno Beach (1)
- Jupiter (2)
- Kendall (1)
- Key West (1)
- Kissimmee (6)
- Labelle (1)
- Lady Lake (2)
- Lake City (4)
- Lakeland (12)
- Lake Mary (1)
- Lake Park (1)
- Lake Placid (1)
- Lake Wales (2)
- Lake Worth (7)
- Land O Lakes (1)
- Lantana (2)
- Largo (6)
- Lauderdale Lakes (2)
- Lauderhill (2)
- Lecanto (3)
- Leesburg (4)
- Lehigh Acres (1)
- Live Oak (3)
- Longwood (3)
- Lutz (3)
- Macclenny (2)
- Madison (2)
- Maitland (2)
- Margate (1)
- Marianna (3)
- Mayo (1)
- Melbourne (6)
- Merritt Island (3)
- Miami (25)
- Miami Beach (1)
- Miami Springs (1)
- Middleburg (1)
- Milton (3)
- Miramar Beach (1)
- Monticello (1)
- Mount Dora (2)
- Naples (11)
- New Port Richey (6)
- New Smyrna Beach (1)
- N Ft Myers (1)
- Niceville (1)
- North Bay Village (1)
- North Miami (7)
- North Miami Beach (5)
- North Port (1)
- Ocala (10)
- Ocoee (3)
- Okeechobee (1)
- Oldsmar (1)
- Orange City (1)
- Orange Park (8)
- Orlando (21)
- Ormond Beach (4)
- Oviedo (1)
- Pahokee (1)
- Palatka (2)
- Palm Bay (3)
- Palm Beach Gardens (4)
- Palm City (2)
- Palm Coast (1)
- Palmetto (1)
- Palm Harbor (4)
- Panama City (4)
- Pasadena (1)
- Pembroke Pines (3)
- Penney Farms (1)
- Pensacola (15)
- Perry (1)
- Pinellas Park (3)
- Plantation (4)
- Plant City (2)
- Pompano Beach (5)
- Ponte Vedra Beach (1)
- Port Charlotte (7)
- Port Orange (1)
- Port Saint Joe (1)
- Port Saint Lucie (6)
- Punta Gorda (1)
- Quincy (1)
- Riviera Beach (1)
- Rockledge (2)
- Royal Palm Beach (1)
- Safety Harbor (1)
- Saint Augustine (6)
- Saint Cloud (4)
- Saint Petersburg (23)
- Sanford (1)
- Sarasota (23)
- Sebring (2)
- Seminole (3)
- South Daytona (1)
- South Pasadena (2)
- Spring Hill (1)
- Starke (2)
- Stuart (3)
- Sun City Center (3)
- Sunrise (3)
- Tallahassee (8)
- Tamarac (2)
- Tampa (18)
- Tarpon Springs (2)
- Tavares (1)
- Tavernier (1)
- The Villages (4)
- Titusville (3)
- Trenton (2)
- Trinity (1)
- Venice (6)
- Vero Beach (6)
- Viera (2)
- Wauchula (1)
- Wellington (1)
- Wesley Chapel (1)
- West Melbourne (2)
- West Palm Beach (11)
- Wildwood (1)
- Williston (1)
- Wilton Manors (1)
- Winter Garden (3)
- Winter Haven (7)
- Winter Park (5)
- Winter Springs (1)
- Zephyrhills (3)
Largest nursing home chains in Florida
CMS links 350 of Florida's homes to these 15 chains. A chain is a group of homes under common ownership or management, as CMS records it.
| Chain | Homes in FL | Homes nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Aviata Health Group | 50 | 50 |
| Aston Health | 38 | 38 |
| Gold FL Trust II | 36 | 36 |
| Sovereign Healthcare Holdings | 31 | 43 |
| Simcha Hyman & Naftali Zanziper | 23 | 79 |
| Solaris Healthcare | 22 | 22 |
| Summit Care | 22 | 22 |
| Life Care Centers of America | 21 | 194 |
| Excelsior Care Group | 20 | 33 |
| Benjamin Landa | 19 | 48 |
| Florida Institute for Long-Term Care | 17 | 17 |
| Palm Garden Health and Rehabilitation | 14 | 14 |
| Ventura Services | 14 | 14 |
| Vivo Healthcare | 12 | 12 |
| Avante Centers | 11 | 11 |
Chain as recorded in the CMS Provider Information file, August 2026 release