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Tarpon Bayou Center

515 Chesapeake Dr, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689 · 114 beds · Non profit - Corporation

Worth a closer look: weekend nurse coverage drops 58%.

Everything here comes from Medicare's own inspection and payroll records. We don't rank facilities or take payment from them.

Medicare overall rating
Much below average · 1 of 5
All nursing staff, hours / resident
3.28
RNs, LPNs and aides · state average 4.03
Weekend RN coverage
−58%
vs weekdays
Staff turnover
23%
state average 41%
Weekend nurse coverage drops 58%
Some weekend drop is normal across the industry; a fall this size is at the steep end. Try to visit on a weekend.
No citations involving resident harm
Findings over the past three years were all at levels where inspectors recorded no actual harm.
Staff turnover of 23% is below the state average
The average across this state is 41%.

These are drawn straight from Medicare's records. We report what the record says — we don't rate facilities or judge the care given in them.

Who's actually on the floor

Staffing is the thing most closely tied to day-to-day quality of care, and it's the number families most often never see. This is registered nurses only — a smaller figure than the all-staff total above, because it counts the most highly qualified staff on their own — per resident, per day, comparing an average weekday against an average weekend.

Weekdays
0.58 hrs
Weekends
0.25 hrs
FL average
0.76 hrs

Registered nurses only — hours per resident per day. Longer is better.

Registered nurse coverage drops about 58% at weekends.

Staff turnover: 23%

High turnover matters because continuity does — a nurse who knows your mother notices when something is different about her. Someone on their second shift doesn't have that baseline.

What inspectors found

State inspectors visit at least once a year and after complaints. Over the last three years this facility received 24 citations. Raw counts mislead, though — a paperwork slip and a resident being harmed both count as one. Here they are by how serious inspectors judged them.

SeverityCitations
Potential for harm
No one harmed yet, but conditions could allow it
24
No harm
Rule and paperwork findings
0

3 of these came from someone filing a complaint rather than a routine visit — worth weighing differently, because it means a person picked up the phone. All findings are recorded as corrected.

Medicare has issued $10,170 in fines here over the past three years.

Disclosed affiliations

Medicare requires every facility to disclose the people and companies connected to it. Most names below are not owners — they are officers, directors, managers, trustees, and what Medicare calls “additional disclosable parties.” The role beside each name is the one Medicare recorded. This is worth reading because operators tend to run their facilities alike: where the same group stands behind a dozen homes, the record across all twelve tells you more than any single inspection does.

NameRole recorded by MedicareSince
Hearthstone Senior Communities, INC.
100% ownership interest
Indirect owner (5% or more) 04/01/2009
Tarpon Rehabilitation Center, LLC
100% ownership interest
Direct owner (5% or more) 04/01/2009
Consulting Support Services, LLC Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 06/28/2011
Facility Support Company, LLC Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 12/13/2010
Joseph, Patricia Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 04/20/2021
Kane Financial Services, LLC Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 06/06/2012
Mattern, Andrea Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 12/21/2021
Themis Health Management, LLC Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 09/01/2009
Garner, Alvin Corporate officer 04/01/2009
Jaffe, Howard Corporate officer 04/01/2009
Rombold, Lori Corporate officer 04/01/2009
Wyatt, Brian Corporate officer 04/01/2009
Select Rehabilitation, LLC Additional disclosable party 08/19/2016

Of the 13 parties disclosed here, 2 hold an ownership interest; the rest are recorded in a management, officer, financial, or other disclosable capacity. A percentage is shown only where Medicare published one — for most disclosed parties it publishes none.

Other options nearby

Most families are choosing between whatever is close enough to visit often — and visiting often is itself one of the better protections a resident has. These are the closest 8 facilities.

FacilityMilesRating Nurse hrsWeekend
Peninsula Health Center By Harborview
Tarpon Springs
1.8 3 0.60 −49%
Aviata at the Palms
Palm Harbor
4.7 1 0.33 −26%
St Mark Village
Palm Harbor
5.3 5 0.89 −30%
Oakpark Health and Rehabilitation Center
Palm Harbor
6.2 3 0.59 −21%
Trinity Regional Rehab Center
Trinity
6.5 1 0.43 −25%
Aspire at Ridge Haven
New Port Richey
6.8 3 0.39 −34%
Life Care Center of New Port Richey
New Port Richey
6.9 4 0.87 −14%
Aviata at Countryside
Palm Harbor
7.3 3 0.96 −22%

Weekend column shows the change in registered-nurse coverage at weekends compared with weekdays.

Worth asking on a visit

Records only tell you so much. These are the questions this facility's particular numbers suggest you ask — go on a weekend if you possibly can.

  1. Can I visit on a Sunday rather than a weekday? How many registered nurses are on duty then, and for how many residents?
  2. Who will actually be caring for my relative at 3am on a Saturday — an agency nurse or someone on staff?

Where these numbers come from

All figures are published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Different measures cover different periods — some are considerably older than others, so each is dated separately below rather than under one "last updated" stamp.

Staffing hours
Jan–Mar 2026
Staff turnover
calendar year 2025
Inspections & citations
Jul 2023 – Jun 2026
Fines & penalties
last 3 years
Ownership
as reported to Medicare
Star rating & file release
CMS file dated 1 July 2026

We report what the records say and don't draw conclusions about care quality. If you believe something on this page is wrong — email a correction. It reaches a person, not a form. We check every report, fix what is wrong, and say so on the page; see how we handle corrections. If you work at this facility and our figures disagree with your own records, we want to hear that too.