Nursing home
Vivo Healthcare Lakeland
1919 Lakeland Hills Blvd, Lakeland, FL 33805 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Vivo Healthcare (11 facilities) · 185 certified beds
Vivo Healthcare Lakeland is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Lakeland, Florida. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.62 hours per resident per day, below the Florida average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Jun 26, 2025 cited 13 deficiencies. Note: it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- 17 fines totaling $181,077In CMS records: 18 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Vivo Healthcare Lakeland 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) | 3.62 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.45 | 0.73 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.21 | 2.34 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 42.9% | 42.3% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 13.0 | 7.3 | 9.5 | above 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 March 26, 2026 inspection was corrected by April 26, 2026
Penalties in CMS records: 17 fines totaling $181,077, 18 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Vivo Healthcare Lakeland
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
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 26, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · 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 · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jun 26, 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
- 1919 Lakeland Hills Blvd
Lakeland, FL 33805 - CMS certification #
- 105354
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 185
- Avg residents/day
- 163.6
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1979-05-01
- Chain
- Vivo Healthcare (11 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Vivo Healthcare
Vivo Healthcare operates 11 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Vivo Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Vivo Healthcare Lakeland using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice, transportation, pets allowed
- Emergency Generator: fully implemented permanent generator (Florida AHCA)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Vivo Healthcare Lakeland 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.
Hospice, Palliative & Respite Care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
24/7 Skilled Nursing Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Hospice, Palliative & Respite Care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Transportation for Medical Appointments & Social Outings
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Minutes from Lakeland’s major hospitals, with an outdoor courtyard and garden, a beauty salon and barber shop on site, and a pet-friendly, Wi-Fi-wide environment throughout.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Private and semi-private rooms with en-suite bathrooms
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland. 0.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Lakeland Hills Center, Lakeland. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Baycare Home Care Inc, Lakeland. 1.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 2.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 33805 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Lakeland Dialysis, Lakeland, 0.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care Lakeland, Lakeland, 0.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Davita Lake Vista Dialysis, Lakeland, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 8 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 33805.
Good Shepherd Hospice, office in Lakeland, 1.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Empath Hospice, LLC, office in Lakeland, 2.1 miles away, straight line
Compassionate Care Hospice Of Central Florida Inc, office in Lakeland, 5.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Lakeland Regional Health Systems Inc, Lakeland. 0.7 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.
- Emergency power
- Fully Implemented Permanent Generator. (Florida AHCA generator status, as of Oct 15, 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 low, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively moderate, 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 | 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 | 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 Vivo Healthcare Lakeland a good nursing home?
CMS gives Vivo Healthcare Lakeland an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Vivo Healthcare Lakeland staffed?
Vivo Healthcare Lakeland reports 3.62 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Florida average of 3.86.
Has Vivo Healthcare Lakeland had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 13 deficiencies.
How many beds does Vivo Healthcare Lakeland have?
Vivo Healthcare Lakeland is certified for 185 beds.