Nursing home
Clearwater Center
1270 Turner St, Clearwater, FL 33756 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · Part of Hearthstone Senior Communities (8 facilities) · 109 certified beds
Clearwater Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Clearwater, Florida. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.22 hours per resident per day, below the Florida average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Feb 21, 2024 cited 14 deficiencies. Note: it is a CMS Special Focus Facility under enhanced oversight.
- Special Focus Facility candidateCMS lists this facility as a candidate for enhanced oversight.
- 1 fine totaling $76,496In 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 Clearwater 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) | 3.22 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.43 | 0.73 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.02 | 2.34 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 42.4% | 42.3% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 14.0 | 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 February 21, 2024 inspection was corrected by April 26, 2024
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $76,496, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Clearwater Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Immediate jeopardy
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Administration Deficiencies · Feb 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Feb 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Feb 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Feb 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 21, 2024 · 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
- 1270 Turner St
Clearwater, FL 33756 - CMS certification #
- 105274
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 109
- Avg residents/day
- 96.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1973-08-22
- Chain
- Hearthstone Senior Communities (8 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Hearthstone Senior Communities
Hearthstone Senior Communities operates 8 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Hearthstone Senior Communities facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Clearwater Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, diabetes care
- Emergency In FEMA's high-risk flood area (Zone AE); generator: fully implemented permanent generator (Florida AHCA)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Clearwater Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
24/7 Nursing Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers diabetes care.
We offer a wide array of skilled nursing services, including pain management, diabetes management, and more to be able to address any and all of your recovery needs.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Smoke-free.
For the safety and welfare of all residents and staff, we are a non-smoking facility.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater. 1.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Gulfside Health and Rehabilitation Center, Clearwater. 0.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Aura Home Health Services Inc, Clearwater. 0.1 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 33756 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Rai Care Centers - Clearwater, Clearwater, 1.0 mile away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Care Belleair Dialysis Center, Clearwater, 1.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Fmc - Belleair Home Therapies, Clearwater, 1.1 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 8 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 33756.
Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care Of Pinellas C, office in Clearwater, 3.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Suncoast Hospice, office in Palm Harbor, 8.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Accent Care Hospice & Palliative Care Of Hillsboro, office in Tampa, 15.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 1 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Hernando Pasco Primary Care LLC, Largo. 3.3 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
- 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. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively moderate, inland flooding relatively low, coastal flooding relatively low, tornado relatively moderate, 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 | 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: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Clearwater Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Clearwater Center an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Clearwater Center staffed?
Clearwater Center reports 3.22 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Florida average of 3.86.
Has Clearwater Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 14 deficiencies. This facility is on CMS's Special Focus list for enhanced oversight.
How many beds does Clearwater Center have?
Clearwater Center is certified for 109 beds.