Assisted Living and Memory Care
Legends of Sarasota
4100 University Pkwy, Sarasota, FL 34243 · Map
Licensed for 140 residents
Legends of Sarasota is a state-licensed assisted living, memory care community in Sarasota, Florida. It is licensed for 140 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
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Care and services
From the community’s website
What Legends of Sarasota says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
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: Aug 13, 2026. See the record
License
Active, 140 residents
Assisted Living Facility 13560.
Nearest emergency room
3.3 miles
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, rated 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legends of Sarasota this community | 140 | Not published | Active | 28 deficiencies, 6 sanctions | |
| Sage House Sarasota | 1.5 mi | 68 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Desoto Palms | 1.5 mi | 95 | Not published | Active | 7 deficiencies, 2 sanctions |
| Gocio Home | 1.8 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 7 deficiencies, 1 sanctions |
| Liana of Sarasota | 1.9 mi | 54 | Not published | Active | 14 deficiencies, 2 sanctions |
State inspection record28 deficiencies, 6 sanctions
- Last inspection
- August 13, 2026 (complaint)
- Inspections
- 15, including 11 complaint inspections
- Deficiencies cited
- 28: 1 Class II, 26 Class III, 1 Class IV
- Sanctions and fines
- 6, fines $9,000
- Substantiated complaints
- 12 AHCA’s count on FloridaHealthFinder; AHCA does not state the period it covers
- Specialty licenses
- Limited Nursing Services
- No deficiencies cited at the last 2 inspections (April 2026 to August 2026)
- Every deficiency from the February 5, 2026 inspection was corrected by April 16, 2026
- License active since 2025
Sanctions and final orders
- December 8, 2025: Fine, $1,000 survey final order
- December 8, 2025: Fine, $1,000 survey final order
- March 24, 2025: Fine, $500 bgs rapback final order
- April 23, 2024: Fine, $500 survey final order
- February 5, 2024: Fine, $5,000 survey final order
- June 1, 2022: Fine, $1,000 survey final order
Most recent inspections with deficiencies
- February 5, 2026, standard inspection: 7 deficiencies
- Staffing standards: staff Class III, corrected April 16, 2026
- Training: staff in-service Class III, corrected April 16, 2026
- Training: HIV/AIDS Class III, corrected April 16, 2026
- Training: do not resuscitate orders Class III, corrected April 16, 2026
- Records: resident Class III, corrected April 16, 2026
- Resident contracts Class III, corrected April 16, 2026
- Alzheimer's disease and dementia training Class III, corrected April 16, 2026
- August 21, 2025, complaint inspection: 4 deficiencies
- Resident care: elopement standards Class III, corrected November 13, 2025
- Medication: records Class III, corrected November 13, 2025
- Medication: labeling and orders Class III, corrected November 13, 2025
- Reporting requirements; electronic submission Class III, corrected November 13, 2025
- July 2, 2025, complaint inspection: 2 deficiencies
- Resident care: supervision Class III, corrected November 13, 2025
- Resident care: rights and facility procedures Class III, corrected November 13, 2025
- July 1, 2025, standard inspection: 2 deficiencies
- Admissions: continued residency Class III, corrected November 13, 2025
- Medication: assistance with self-administration Class III, corrected November 13, 2025
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 140 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
- 13560
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 140
- County
- Sarasota County
- Administrator
- Julie A. Walton
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 programsHow Medicaid pays for care in Florida, and other programs
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)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 3.3 mi, nursing home 1.4 mi, pharmacy 1.3 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, Bradenton. 3.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Hawthorne Center for Rehab & Healing of Sarasota, Sarasota. 1.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Trulife Home Health LLC, Sarasota. 3.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 34243 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc - North Sarasota Dialysis Center, Univeristy Park, 2.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Manasota Dialysis, Sarasota, 3.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care Lakewood Ranch, Sarasota, 3.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 5 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 34243.
Empath Tidewell Hospice, office in Sarasota, 8.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Affinity Care Of Manatee County LLC, office in Bradenton, 9.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Affinity Care Of Sarasota, office in Sarasota, 10.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Cornerstone Medical Care Of Brandon LLC, Sun City Center. 23.6 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; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
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)
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively high, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire relatively 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 February 2026. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- 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?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
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 | Not on the state list we checked. These lists are often incomplete. |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| 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 | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively 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 | See above |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Legends of Sarasota provide?
Legends of Sarasota is licensed by the state of Florida for assisted living, memory care in Sarasota, Florida. Its licensed capacity is 140 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Legends of Sarasota?
No. We publish state licensing details for Legends of Sarasota 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 Legends of Sarasota 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. Legends of Sarasota does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Legends of Sarasota?
Use Legends of Sarasota's website, sagewynn.org/sarasota, or visit at 4100 University Pkwy, Sarasota, FL 34243.
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