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Baldomero Lopez Memorial Veterans Nursing Home
6919 Parkway Blvd, Land O Lakes, FL 34639 · Map
Government - State · Part of Florida Department Of Veterans' Affairs (8 facilities) · 120 certified beds
Baldomero Lopez Memorial Veterans Nursing Home is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Land O Lakes, Florida. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.82 hours per resident per day, above the Florida average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Jan 25, 2024 cited 0 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Baldomero Lopez Memorial Veterans Nursing Home compares
This facility vs. the Florida and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Florida avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.82 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.89 | 0.73 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.05 | 2.34 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 50.6% | 42.3% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 0.0 | 7.3 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
What inspectors found at Baldomero Lopez Memorial Veterans Nursing Home
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
Administration Deficiencies · Jan 14, 2022 - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 14, 2022 - Potential for harm
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Oct 9, 2020 - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Oct 9, 2020 - Potential for harm
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Oct 9, 2020
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 6919 Parkway Blvd
Land O Lakes, FL 34639 - CMS certification #
- 106006
- Ownership
- Government - State
- Certified beds
- 120
- Avg residents/day
- 112.4
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1999-05-07
- Chain
- Florida Department Of Veterans' Affairs (8 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Florida Department Of Veterans' Affairs
Florida Department Of Veterans' Affairs operates 8 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Florida Department Of Veterans' Affairs facilities →
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Baldomero Lopez Memorial Veterans Nursing Home using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Programs State Veterans Home
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2016
- Emergency Generator: fully implemented permanent generator (Florida AHCA)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Paying with Medicaid and other programs
Federal and state programs
- State Veterans Home. Listed as a State Veterans Home (BALDOMERO LOPEZ VETERANS NURSING HOME) in the national directory that VA links to. Beds listed: Skilled Nursing/Alzheimer’s: 120. State Veterans Homes are state-owned; VA surveys them each year and pays part of the cost of care for eligible veterans. (State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory), as of Aug 14, 2024)
Staff pay and workplace safety
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.
- Findings for Jun 16, 2016 to Jul 15, 2016. Violations found: Family and medical leave. Employer as DOL recorded it: Baldomero-Lopez State Veterans' Nursing Home (Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs). Case 1796094.
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.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Baycare Hospital Wesley Chapel, Wesley Chapel. 6.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Blue Heron Health and Rehabilitation, Wesley Chapel. 5.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Trulife Home Health LLC, Land O Lakes. 1.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 5.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 34639 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Land O Lakes Dialysis, Land O Lakes, 4.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Wesley Chapel Dialysis, Wesley Chapel, 6.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Kidney Center Of Wesley Chapel LLC, Wesley Chapel, 6.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 8 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 34639.
Gulfside Hospice, Inc, office in Land O Lakes, 4.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care Of Pasco Coun, office in Wesley Chapel, 5.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Lifepath Hospice, office in Temple Terr, 14.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Sgars Holdings PLLC, Lutz. 6.6 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 risk
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)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Pasco County, FL, risk to homes is greater than 62% of communities in Florida and 88% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole county, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively high, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado relatively high, 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.
What we checked
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 |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 | See above |
| 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 | See above |
| 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Baldomero Lopez Memorial Veterans Nursing Home a good nursing home?
CMS gives Baldomero Lopez Memorial Veterans Nursing Home an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Baldomero Lopez Memorial Veterans Nursing Home staffed?
Baldomero Lopez Memorial Veterans Nursing Home reports 4.82 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Florida average of 3.86.
Has Baldomero Lopez Memorial Veterans Nursing Home had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 0 deficiencies.
How many beds does Baldomero Lopez Memorial Veterans Nursing Home have?
Baldomero Lopez Memorial Veterans Nursing Home is certified for 120 beds.