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Sunnyside Nursing Home

5201 Bahia Vista Street, Sarasota, FL 34232 · Map
Non profit - Church related · 60 certified beds

Medicare and Medicaid certified
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Sunnyside Nursing Home 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 5.40 hours per resident per day, above the Florida average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on May 30, 2025 cited 2 deficiencies.

5 out of 5Overall CMS rating
4 out of 5Health inspections
5 out of 5Staffing
60 bedsCertified beds

CMS quality ratings

Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.

Overall rating5/5
Health inspections4/5
Staffing5/5
Quality measures5/5
Long-stay quality5/5
Short-stay quality5/5

How Sunnyside Nursing Home 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.

MetricThis facilityFlorida avgNational avgCompared with the state
Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day)5.403.863.89above avg
RN staffing (hrs/resident/day)1.170.730.68above avg
Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day)3.032.342.34above avg
Nursing staff turnover27.8%42.3%46.4%below avg
Deficiencies cited, last inspection2.07.39.5below avg

Staffing

Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.

5.40Total nurse hrs/resident/day
1.17RN hrs/resident/day
1.21LPN hrs/resident/day
3.03Aide hrs/resident/day
4.77Weekend nurse hrs/resident/day

Staff turnover

Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.

Total nursing staff27.8%
Registered nurses29.4%
Administrator changes1 in last year

Recent health inspection

CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.

May 30, 2025Most recent inspection
2Deficiencies found
12Health inspection score
0Fines
  • Every deficiency from the May 30, 2025 inspection was corrected by August 20, 2025

What inspectors found at Sunnyside Nursing Home

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

    Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.

    Administration Deficiencies · May 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
  • Potential for harm

    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Infection Control Deficiencies · May 30, 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 20, 2021
  • Potential for harm

    Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 20, 2021

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
5201 Bahia Vista Street
Sarasota, FL 34232
CMS certification #
106053
Ownership
Non profit - Church related
Certified beds
60
Avg residents/day
48.9
Provider type
Medicare and Medicaid
First certified
2003-07-14
Setting
Urban

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Location and nearby

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Other public records

  • Kitchen 1 inspection by Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants since 2024; latest Call Back - Complied (January 2024)
  • Emergency In hurricane evacuation Zone E; generator: fully implemented permanent generator (Florida AHCA)
Full public records, with dates and sources

Kitchen inspections

The local health department inspects the kitchen that serves residents. Results are in the agency's own words.

Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants: Sunnyside Lakeside Dining

  • Jan 3, 2024 (routine - food): Call Back - Complied. Violations: 0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic.

Source: the agency's records, inspections since Oct 16, 2023, as of Oct 15, 2026. High Priority: Violations that could directly contribute to foodborne illness or injury. Intermediate: Violations that could lead to risk factors for foodborne illness if not addressed. Basic: Best practices for food safety and sanitation. Disposition: What the division did after the inspection, for example 'Inspection Completed - No Further Action', 'Warning Issued' or 'Administrative complaint recommended'. The division licenses restaurants and caterers. Assisted living and nursing home kitchens are inspected by the Florida Department of Health and are not in this data, so only communities that hold a public food service license (usually a dining room open to guests) appear. The extracts give violation counts by severity; the item-level text is in the inspection report on myfloridalicense.com.

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.

DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Nov 10, 2015.

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
Hca Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital, Sarasota. 1.8 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
Nearest Medicare nursing home
Harborview Sarasota, Sarasota. 1.1 miles away, straight line.
Nearest home health agency office
Centerwell Home Health, Sarasota. 0.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
Nearest pharmacy
Walgreens. 1.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
Area
USDA classes ZIP code 34232 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
Dialysis within 15 miles
Fmc - Sarasota Coastal Dialysis Center, Sarasota, 2.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Usrc Palmer Ranch Dialysis, Sarasota, 3.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Usrc Sarasota, Sarasota, 4.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Hospice
2 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 34232.
Empath Tidewell Hospice, office in Sarasota, 4.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Affinity Care Of Sarasota, office in Sarasota, 6.5 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. 27.6 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 E (Sarasota E) on the Florida Know Your Zone evacuation zones. (Florida Division of Emergency Management, map updated Sep 19, 2026)
Flood zone
Zone X: 0.2% annual chance (500-year) flood area (moderate risk). (FEMA flood map)
FEMA National Risk Index
Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane very high, inland flooding relatively high, coastal flooding relatively low, wildfire 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.

SourceData as ofWhat we found
U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour casesOct 15, 2026See above
OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016Oct 15, 2026Nothing on record
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants kitchen inspectionsOct 15, 2026See above
Florida AHCA generator statusOct 15, 2026See above
Hurricane evacuation zone mapsSee above
FEMA flood mapSee above
USDA wildfire riskApr 15, 2026Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low
FEMA National Risk IndexSee above
CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmaciesSee above
HUD Multifamily Properties - AssistedJul 6, 2026Nothing on record
State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory)Sep 20, 2026Nothing on record
CMS Hospice - General InformationAug 19, 2026Nothing on record
CMS Home Health Care AgenciesMay 27, 2026Nothing on record
The community’s own websiteCould not read the site

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Frequently asked questions

Is Sunnyside Nursing Home a good nursing home?

CMS gives Sunnyside Nursing Home 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 Sunnyside Nursing Home staffed?

Sunnyside Nursing Home reports 5.40 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Florida average of 3.86.

Has Sunnyside Nursing Home had inspection problems?

Its most recent CMS inspection cited 2 deficiencies.

How many beds does Sunnyside Nursing Home have?

Sunnyside Nursing Home is certified for 60 beds.