Assisted Living and Memory Care
Brookdale Phillippi Creek
5501 Swift Road, Sarasota, FL 34231 · Map
Licensed for 127 residents
Brookdale Phillippi Creek is a state-licensed assisted living, memory care community in Sarasota, Florida. It is licensed for 127 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
Starting prices the community publishes, with the date we checked each one and a link to where it is published. Care charges are usually added after an assessment.
| Care | Starting at | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted Living | $3,335 /mo | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Memory Care | $3,310 /mo | Oct 12, 2026 |
Area costs
Lilisity’s independent report
What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
State inspections
Last inspection: Jun 24, 2026. See the record
License
Active, 127 residents
Assisted Living Facility 7102.
Nearest emergency room
3.1 miles
Sarasota Memorial Hospital, rated 5 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookdale Phillippi Creek this community | 127 | $3,335/mo | Active | 14 deficiencies, 5 sanctions | |
| Arden Courts (Sarasota) | 0.0 mi | 56 | Not published | Active | 12 deficiencies, 3 sanctions |
| Lakehouse West | 0.8 mi | 32 | Not published | Active | 0 deficiencies, 0 sanctions |
| Sarasota Assisted Living | 0.9 mi | 228 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Savannah Grand of Sarasota | 1.7 mi | 44 | Not published | Active | No record |
State inspection record14 deficiencies, 5 sanctions
- Last inspection
- June 24, 2026 (complaint)
- Inspections
- 8, including 5 complaint inspections
- Deficiencies cited
- 14: 11 Class III, 1 class not given, 2 Unclassified
- Sanctions and fines
- 5, fines $6,500
- Substantiated complaints
- 8 AHCA’s count on FloridaHealthFinder; AHCA does not state the period it covers
- No deficiencies cited at the last 2 inspections (March 2026 to June 2026)
- Every deficiency from the January 15, 2026 inspection was corrected by March 5, 2026
- License active since 2006
Sanctions and final orders
- October 24, 2025: Fine, $1,000 survey final order
- September 15, 2025: Fine, $500 survey final order
- April 22, 2024: Fine, $500 survey final order
- March 21, 2024: Fine, $2,500 survey final order
- March 16, 2022: Fine, $2,000 survey final order
Most recent inspections with deficiencies
- January 15, 2026, complaint inspection: 3 deficiencies
- Resident care: activities of daily living Class III, corrected March 5, 2026
- Resident care: elopement standards Class III, corrected March 5, 2026
- Fiscal: financial stability Class III, corrected March 5, 2026
- August 7, 2025, standard inspection: 1 deficiency
- Reporting requirements; electronic submission Unclassified, corrected November 2, 2025
- June 5, 2025, standard inspection: 2 deficiencies
- Resident care: elopement standards Class III, corrected July 23, 2025
- Reporting requirements; electronic submission Class III, corrected August 7, 2025
- January 25, 2024, standard inspection: 7 deficiencies
- Resident care: supervision Class III, corrected February 25, 2024
- Resident care: elopement standards Class III, corrected February 25, 2024
- Medication: assistance with self-administration Class III, corrected February 25, 2024
- Staffing standards: staff Class III, corrected February 25, 2024
- Training: Alzheimer's disease and related disorders Class III, corrected February 25, 2024
- Food service: dietary standards Class III, corrected February 25, 2024
- Background screening clearinghouse Unclassified, corrected April 19, 2024
Read the inspection reports on the state’s site → AHCA profile →
What these terms mean
Florida law (section 408.813, Florida Statutes) sorts violations into four classes, plus unclassified violations:
Class I: “Those conditions or occurrences related to the operation and maintenance of a provider or to the care of clients which the agency determines present an imminent danger to the clients of the provider or a substantial probability that death or serious physical or emotional harm would result therefrom.”
Class II: “Those conditions or occurrences related to the operation and maintenance of a provider or to the care of clients which the agency determines directly threaten the physical or emotional health, safety, or security of the clients, other than class I violations.”
Class III: “Those conditions or occurrences related to the operation and maintenance of a provider or to the care of clients which the agency determines indirectly or potentially threaten the physical or emotional health, safety, or security of clients, other than class I or class II violations.”
Class IV: “Those conditions or occurrences related to the operation and maintenance of a provider or to required reports, forms, or documents that do not have the potential of negatively affecting clients. These violations are of a type that the agency determines do not threaten the health, safety, or security of clients.”
Unclassified: A violation “that is not designated as a class I, class II, class III, or class IV violation.” Examples in the law: “Exceeding licensed capacity” and “Providing services beyond the scope of the license.”
Moratorium: “The licensee is prohibited from admitting new patients or residents due to an emergency action issued by the Agency.”
Suspension: “The license is temporarily suspended due to an emergency action issued by the Agency.”
Conditional license: “issued to a facility when one or more class I, II or III deficiencies are not corrected within Agency established timeframes.”
AHCA: “Before penalties for a deficiency are imposed, a licensee has the opportunity to contest Agency findings.”
AHCA: “The legal actions displayed are issued for the licensee of the facility/provider at the time the case was initiated.” They may have been issued to a prior owner. “Final Orders made available through this web page may not always reflect the final disposition of a matter since they may have been appealed.”
This community is licensed for 127 residents; larger communities are inspected and reported on more often, so read counts with size in mind. Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), FloridaHealthFinder and the AHCA Public Record Search, data as of October 15, 2026, showing the last five years. Always visit in person and ask the community about anything listed here.
License and ownershipActive license
- License type
- Assisted Living Facility
- License number
- 7102
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 127
- County
- Sarasota County
- Administrator
- Robert Denninger
Source: Florida state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Administrator name from the Florida licensing record, as of Oct 12, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsOn the Florida list of Medicaid providers (2026)
On the Florida list of Medicaid providers. Listed as BROOKDALE PHILLIPPI CREEK under AHCA Medicaid Services modifier: Assisted Living Waiver; Medicaid listed under Payment Forms Accepted (facility-reported to AHCA). Medicaid services: Assisted Living Waiver. (state list, as of Oct 15, 2026)
Being on the list means the community has taken part in the program. Ask whether it has a Medicaid opening now, and how many residents it serves on Medicaid.
How Medicaid pays for care in Florida
- Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) Long-Term Care (LTC) program. Florida Medicaid's Long-Term Care program lists assisted living services as a covered service. There is a wait list, and people are released from it by priority score, not by how long they have waited. (state page)
- Waitlist. The Long-Term Care program has a wait list. People are released by priority score and frailty, not by time on the list. (source)
Staff pay and workplace safety1 federal wage case, no violations found; 1 OSHA inspection, no violations cited
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Nov 17, 2015.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Mar 1, 2021: complaint inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Jun 8, 2021. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Brookdale Senior Living INC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 3.1 mi, nursing home 0.0 mi, pharmacy 0.4 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota. 3.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Creekside Health and Rehabilitation Center, Sarasota. 0.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Aveanna Home Health, Sarasota. 1.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 34231 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Kidney Care Sarasota Trails, Sarasota, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Usrc Palmer Ranch Dialysis, Sarasota, 3.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Usrc Sarasota, Sarasota, 3.2 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 2 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 34231.
Affinity Care Of Sarasota, office in Sarasota, 3.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Empath Tidewell Hospice, office in Sarasota, 3.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Legacy Healthcare Services Inc, Englewood. 27.6 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively moderate; in FEMA's high-risk flood area (Zone AE); in a hurricane evacuation zone
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Emergency power
- Fully Implemented Permanent Generator. (Florida AHCA generator status, as of Oct 15, 2026)
- Hurricane evacuation zone
- Zone C (Sarasota C) on the Florida Know Your Zone evacuation zones. (Florida Division of Emergency Management, map updated Sep 19, 2026)
- Flood zone
- Zone AE: 1% annual chance flood area (high risk); base flood elevation set. This is inside FEMA's Special Flood Hazard Area, where flood insurance is required for federally backed mortgages. Base flood elevation 16 Feet NAVD88. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively high, inland flooding relatively low, coastal flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- The state recorded a finding in January 2026. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- This address is in a hurricane evacuation zone and FEMA's high-risk flood area. Where do residents go in an evacuation, and how do you move them?
- Your published starting price is a base rate. What would the total monthly cost be for my parent's needs?
- How much have prices gone up in each of the last three years?
- How many caregivers work in memory care during the day, the evening and overnight, and for how many residents?
- What dementia training does each caregiver get before working alone, and every year after?
- How do staff respond when a resident is agitated, frightened or tries to leave?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
What we checked16 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) inspection records | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Florida Medicaid provider list | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| Florida AHCA generator status | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | See above | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | Could not read the site |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Brookdale Phillippi Creek provide?
Brookdale Phillippi Creek is licensed by the state of Florida for assisted living, memory care in Sarasota, Florida. Its licensed capacity is 127 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Brookdale Phillippi Creek?
No. We publish state licensing details for Brookdale Phillippi Creek but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Brookdale Phillippi Creek cost?
Assisted Living in Florida typically starts at $3,300 to $5,000 a month. Based on 248 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. The starting prices it publishes are in the Prices section on this page.
How do I contact Brookdale Phillippi Creek?
Use Brookdale Phillippi Creek's website, brookdale.com, or visit at 5501 Swift Road, Sarasota, FL 34231.
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