Overview
Palm Garden of Sun City has a Medicare overall rating of 2 out of 5, below the Florida average of 3.3. It ranks 3rd of 3 nursing homes in Sun City Center. Its strongest area is quality of care (5 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.7 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 52% of nursing homes in Florida (the state average is 3.9 hours). Of that, 0.6 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on September 10, 2024, found 13 health deficiencies, more than the Florida average of 7.1. 2 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 4 fines totaling $85,965 in the past three years.
Palm Garden of Sun City is a for-profit facility with 132 certified beds, caring for about 119 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1991.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 100%
Top 56%
Top 69%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- September 10, 2024
- Health deficiencies cited
- 13
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 2
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 4 totaling $85,965
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 4
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.68 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.55 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)1.00 hrs
- Nurse aides2.13 hrs
- Physical therapists0.07 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 132
- Average residents per day
- 119
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- June 28, 1991
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes