Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
The Cedar at Mease Life
910 New York Ave, Dunedin, FL 34698 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · Part of Acts Retirement-Life Communities (26 facilities) · 100 certified beds
The Cedar at Mease Life is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Dunedin, Florida. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.52 hours per resident per day, above the Florida average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Jul 25, 2024 cited 0 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How The Cedar at Mease Life 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) | 4.52 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.80 | 0.73 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.53 | 2.34 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 39.3% | 42.3% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 0.0 | 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.
- No health deficiencies cited at the last standard inspection (July 2024)
What inspectors found at The Cedar at Mease Life
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
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Aug 18, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 2, 2021 - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Apr 2, 2021 - Potential for harm
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 2, 2021 - Potential for harm
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 2, 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
- 910 New York Ave
Dunedin, FL 34698 - CMS certification #
- 105732
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 100
- Avg residents/day
- 43.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1991-06-12
- Chain
- Acts Retirement-Life Communities (26 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Acts Retirement-Life Communities
Acts Retirement-Life Communities operates 26 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Acts Retirement-Life Communities facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around The Cedar at Mease Life using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Works with hospice, transportation
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2003
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What The Cedar at Mease Life 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 hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Hospice Care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Additional services include a medical alert system, annual apartment inspection and cleaning, scheduled local transportation, extra storage, educational seminars, classes, hobbies, and more.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: studio, two-bedroom.
Our selection of beautifully appointed Dunedin senior apartments includes studio, one-, and two-bedroom floor plan styles that best suit your lifestyle preference.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Entrance fee: charged.
(CCRC) entrance fee is an initial payment made by new residents upon moving into the community.
(page, checked Oct 12, 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 Jul 13, 2003 to Jul 12, 2005. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $7,489 owed to 1 employee. Employer as DOL recorded it: Mease Continuous Care (Mease Manor Inc.). Case 1404670.
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
- Mease Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin. 0.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Meadowpark Health and Rehabilitation Center, Dunedin. 0.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Baycare Home Care Inc, Dunedin. 0.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.0 mile away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 34698 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Gulf Breeze Dialysis Center, Dunedin, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care-Dunedin, Dunedin, 1.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Bma - Clearwater, Clearwater, 2.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 8 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 34698.
Suncoast Hospice, office in Palm Harbor, 4.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care Of Pinellas C, office in Clearwater, 6.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Accent Care Hospice & Palliative Care Of Hillsboro, office in Tampa, 16.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 1 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Baycare Medical Group, Inc., Clearwater. 2.7 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)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively high, inland flooding relatively low, coastal flooding relatively moderate, 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 | 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 | 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is The Cedar at Mease Life a good nursing home?
CMS gives The Cedar at Mease Life an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is The Cedar at Mease Life staffed?
The Cedar at Mease Life reports 4.52 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Florida average of 3.86.
Has The Cedar at Mease Life had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 0 deficiencies.
How many beds does The Cedar at Mease Life have?
The Cedar at Mease Life is certified for 100 beds.