Nursing home
Breezy Hills Rehab and Care Center
5245 N Socrum Loop Rd, Lakeland, FL 33809 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Excelsior Care Group (33 facilities) · 120 certified beds
Breezy Hills Rehab and Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Lakeland, Florida. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.59 hours per resident per day, below the Florida average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on May 8, 2025 cited 12 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $6,351In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Breezy Hills Rehab and Care Center 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) | 3.59 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.44 | 0.73 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.32 | 2.34 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 53.9% | 42.3% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 12.0 | 7.3 | 9.5 | above 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.
- Every deficiency from the May 8, 2025 inspection was corrected by June 8, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $6,351, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Breezy Hills Rehab and Care Center
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
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · May 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · May 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · May 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · May 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · May 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · May 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · May 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
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
- 5245 N Socrum Loop Rd
Lakeland, FL 33809 - CMS certification #
- 105482
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 120
- Avg residents/day
- 113.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1984-12-28
- Chain
- Excelsior Care Group (33 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Excelsior Care Group
Excelsior Care Group operates 33 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Excelsior Care Group facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Emergency Generator: fully implemented permanent generator (Florida AHCA)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland. 3.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Wedgewood Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Lakeland. 1.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Baycare Home Care Inc, Lakeland. 4.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 33809 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Lake Vista Dialysis, Lakeland, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Davita Lakeland Dialysis, Lakeland, 2.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care Lakeland, Lakeland, 3.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 9 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 33809.
Good Shepherd Hospice, office in Lakeland, 1.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Empath Hospice, LLC, office in Lakeland, 4.8 miles away, straight line
Compassionate Care Hospice Of Central Florida Inc, office in Lakeland, 8.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Lakeland Regional Health Systems Inc, Lakeland. 3.4 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)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane relatively high, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively moderate, 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 | 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 | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Breezy Hills Rehab and Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Breezy Hills Rehab and Care Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Breezy Hills Rehab and Care Center staffed?
Breezy Hills Rehab and Care Center reports 3.59 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Florida average of 3.86.
Has Breezy Hills Rehab and Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 12 deficiencies.
How many beds does Breezy Hills Rehab and Care Center have?
Breezy Hills Rehab and Care Center is certified for 120 beds.