Nursing home
Cypress Care Center
490 S Old Wire Rd, Wildwood, FL 34785 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Gold Fl Trust Ii (46 facilities) · 180 certified beds
Cypress Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Wildwood, Florida. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.78 hours per resident per day, below the Florida average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Mar 20, 2025 cited 12 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $38,160In CMS records: 2 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Cypress 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) | 3.78 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.32 | 0.73 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.35 | 2.34 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 53.6% | 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 September 24, 2025 inspection was corrected by October 2, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $38,160, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Cypress Care Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Minimal
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Sep 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
Administration Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · 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 · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 4, 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
- 490 S Old Wire Rd
Wildwood, FL 34785 - CMS certification #
- 105649
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 180
- Avg residents/day
- 170.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1989-05-01
- Chain
- Gold Fl Trust Ii (46 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Gold Fl Trust Ii
Gold Fl Trust Ii operates 46 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Gold Fl Trust Ii facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Cypress Care Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016, 3 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Cypress Care 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.
Cypress Care Center | medical care, Rehabilitation services and 24 hour skilled nursing care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Sep 8, 2022: referral inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Jan 5, 2023. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $10,360 proposed, $6,216 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Aramark Services, INC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Reporting a death, hospitalization, amputation or eye loss to OSHA (1904.39(a)(2)). Penalty $10,360 proposed, $6,216 now.
- Jan 14, 2016: complaint inspection, complete (health). Case closed Apr 22, 2016. 2 violations cited (2 other). Penalties: $0 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Brownwood Care Center. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(1)(iv)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 22, 2016.
- Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(1)(iv)(b)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 15, 2016.
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 care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Villages Regional Hospital, The, The Villages. 8.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Buffalo Crossings Healthcare & Rehabilitation Cen, The Villages. 5.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Better @ Home, The Villages. 4.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 34785 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Wildwood Dialysis, Wildwood, 1.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Lake Sumter Dialysis At The Villages, The Villages, 5.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita Laurel Manor Dialysis Center At The Villages, Lady Lake, 5.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 6 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 34785.
Compassionate Care Hospice Of Lake And Sumter Inc, office in The Villages, 8.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Arc Hospice Of Florida LLC, office in Leesburg, 10.1 miles away, straight line
Hospice Of Lake & Sumter Inc, office in Tavares, 19.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Cora Health Services Inc, The Villages. 0.9 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.
- 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 Wildwood, FL, risk to homes is greater than 67% of communities in Florida and 86% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane very high, inland flooding very high, wildfire relatively high, tornado very high, 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 | 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 | Not matched |
| 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 | 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 |
Looking for assisted living or memory care instead?
Frequently asked questions
Is Cypress Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Cypress Care Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Cypress Care Center staffed?
Cypress Care Center reports 3.78 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Florida average of 3.86.
Has Cypress Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 12 deficiencies.
How many beds does Cypress Care Center have?
Cypress Care Center is certified for 180 beds.