Nursing home
South Dade Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
17475 S Dixie Hwy, Miami, FL 33157 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Ventura Services Florida (10 facilities) · 180 certified beds
South Dade Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Miami, Florida. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.47 hours per resident per day, below the Florida average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Dec 11, 2025 cited 3 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How South Dade Nursing and Rehabilitation 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) | 3.47 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.12 | 0.73 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.18 | 2.34 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 21.4% | 42.3% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 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 10, 2026
What inspectors found at South Dade Nursing and Rehabilitation 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
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 · 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 · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide doctor's orders for the resident's immediate care at the time the resident was admitted.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Jul 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Jul 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jul 26, 2024 · 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 · Jul 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 26, 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 · Jul 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 26, 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
- 17475 S Dixie Hwy
Miami, FL 33157 - CMS certification #
- 106132
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 180
- Avg residents/day
- 177.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2020-01-06
- Chain
- Ventura Services Florida (10 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Ventura Services Florida
Ventura Services Florida operates 10 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Ventura Services Florida facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around South Dade Nursing and Rehabilitation Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, 3 meals a day
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2020
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation Zone C; generator: fully implemented permanent generator (Florida AHCA)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What South Dade Nursing and Rehabilitation 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.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Through the years, South Dade Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has continued to grow and evolve to meet community needs, and today offers a full continuum of care, from temporary respite stays, to short-term rehabilitation, to long-term skilled nursing care, as well as a broad array of specialty programs and services.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Our nurses have 24-hour access to our physicians and nurse practitioners.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - 3 meals a day.
We offer three delicious meals a day – designed to meet a variety of tastes and dietary restrictions – in our beautiful main dining room.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Smoke-free.
We are a completely nonsmoking facility.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
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 Nov 3, 2020 to Nov 2, 2022. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $2,091 owed to 39 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: South Dade Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (South Dade Opco LLC). Case 1972668.
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
- Baptist Hospital Of Miami, Miami. 5.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Coral Reef Subacute Care Center LLC, Miami. 0.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- House Call Home Health Agency Corp, Cutler Bay. 0.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 33157 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc - South Miami, Miami, 1.5 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care Perrine, Miami, 1.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Bma - Cutler Ridge, Miami, 2.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 11 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 33157.
Opus Care Of South Florida, office in Miami, 6.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Continuum Care Of Miami Dade LLC, office in Miami, 11.6 miles away, straight line
Gentiva, office in Miami, 11.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Baptist Health Medical Group Physicians LLC, South Miami. 6.9 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.
- Emergency power
- Fully Implemented Permanent Generator. (Florida AHCA generator status, as of Oct 15, 2026)
- Hurricane evacuation zone
- Zone C (Miami-dade C) on the Florida Know Your Zone evacuation zones. (Florida Division of Emergency Management, map updated Sep 19, 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 moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively high, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding relatively low, tornado relatively low, 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 | 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 | See above | |
| 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 South Dade Nursing and Rehabilitation Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives South Dade Nursing and Rehabilitation Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is South Dade Nursing and Rehabilitation Center staffed?
South Dade Nursing and Rehabilitation Center reports 3.47 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Florida average of 3.86.
Has South Dade Nursing and Rehabilitation Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does South Dade Nursing and Rehabilitation Center have?
South Dade Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is certified for 180 beds.