Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Plymouth Harbor Incorporated
700 John Ringling Blvd, Sarasota, FL 34236 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 56 certified beds
Plymouth Harbor Incorporated is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Sarasota, Florida. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 5.81 hours per resident per day, above the Florida average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Mar 27, 2025 cited 5 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Plymouth Harbor Incorporated 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) | 5.81 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.34 | 0.73 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.36 | 2.34 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 46.7% | 42.3% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 5.0 | 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.
- Every deficiency from the December 11, 2025 inspection was corrected by January 11, 2026
What inspectors found at Plymouth Harbor Incorporated
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
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 11, 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 27, 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 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights 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
- 700 John Ringling Blvd
Sarasota, FL 34236 - CMS certification #
- 105817
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 56
- Avg residents/day
- 31.7
- Provider type
- Medicare
- First certified
- 1993-06-22
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Plymouth Harbor Incorporated using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Transportation, pets allowed
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation Zone A; 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 Plymouth Harbor Incorporated says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Provides transportation.
The Monthly Service Fees include all interior and exterior maintenance, lawn care and landscaping, local telephone, cable, internet and WiFi, water, sewer, electricity, weekly housekeeping and linen services, regularly scheduled local transportation, an emergency communication system and 24/7 on site security.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Plymouth Harbor is a pet-friendly campus with an on-site dog park where residents and their furry companions can have fun!
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
A portion of your Entrance Fees and Monthly Service Fees at Plymouth Harbor cover the benefit of 30 days of skilled nursing each year in a semi-private room.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota. 2.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Inn at Sarasota Bay Club, Sarasota. 2.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Trulife Home Health LLC, Sarasota. 3.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 2.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 34236 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Usrc Sarasota, Sarasota, 2.4 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care Sarasota Trails, Sarasota, 3.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fmc - Sarasota Coastal Dialysis Center, Sarasota, 3.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 2 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 34236.
Empath Tidewell Hospice, office in Sarasota, 7.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Affinity Care Of Sarasota, office in Sarasota, 8.0 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. 29.8 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)
- Hurricane evacuation zone
- Zone A (Sarasota A) on the Florida Know Your Zone evacuation zones. (Florida Division of Emergency Management, map updated Sep 19, 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. Base flood elevation 7 Feet NAVD88. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane very high, inland flooding relatively low, coastal flooding very high, wildfire very 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 | See above | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Plymouth Harbor Incorporated a good nursing home?
CMS gives Plymouth Harbor Incorporated an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Plymouth Harbor Incorporated staffed?
Plymouth Harbor Incorporated reports 5.81 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Florida average of 3.86.
Has Plymouth Harbor Incorporated had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 5 deficiencies.
How many beds does Plymouth Harbor Incorporated have?
Plymouth Harbor Incorporated is certified for 56 beds.