★★★★☆CMS 4/5120 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.23 /day
- Staff turnover
- 42%
- Serious cites
- 0
Emerald Coast Center runs 120 certified beds in Fort Walton Beach under individual for-profit ownership, and its nurses deliver 3.23 hours of care per resident each day, roughly 16% under the national average of 3.86. Weekend coverage dips about 4% below the home's own weekday level, so the thinnest shifts come when families tend to visit. Annual turnover of 42.2% is slightly better than the national 45.8%, meaning staff stick around a bit longer than average. Inspectors last visited in September 2025 and cited 15 deficiencies, two serious enough to involve harm or jeopardy, with no abuse findings. Two fines totaling $17,114 round out the enforcement record.
★★★★★CMS 5/5120 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.61 /day
- Staff turnover
- 51%
- Serious cites
- 0
Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center, a 120-bed for-profit in Fort Walton Beach, earned a clean inspection record, five deficiencies, none causing harm or jeopardy, none tied to abuse, and its most recent survey was in June 2025. The tougher reading is in the workforce: nurse staffing sits at 3.61 hours per resident day, roughly 7% under the national average, with weekends running about 9% lighter than weekdays and turnover at 50.5% against a 45.8% national figure. So you have strong survey results propped up by a thinner, less stable staff than average. Worth asking how the home covers a Saturday night and how long its current director of nursing has been in place.
★★★★☆CMS 4/560 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- n/a /day
- Staff turnover
- n/a
- Serious cites
- 0
Westwood passed its most recent inspection in April 2025 with only three deficiencies on the books, none of them serious enough to harm a resident. That clean record is the strongest thing going for this 60-bed for-profit home. The problem is staffing: CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars, well below what most Florida nursing homes post, and that's with a quality measure score sitting in the middle. Fewer aides and nurses on the floor means slower answers to call lights and less help at meals, which matters more as residents get frailer. A good inspection tells you the building is run lawfully. It doesn't tell you whether someone will come when your mother presses the button.