Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Sunnyside Nursing Home
5201 Bahia Vista Street, Sarasota, FL 34232 · Map
Non profit - Church related · 60 certified beds
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.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
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.
| Metric | This facility | Florida avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 5.40 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.17 | 0.73 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.03 | 2.34 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 27.8% | 42.3% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 2.0 | 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 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
Explore the area around Sunnyside Nursing Home using Google Maps.
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.
| 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 | See above |
| 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 relatively 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 | Could 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.