SANDHILL GARDENS RETIREMENT CENTER — Assisted Living in Punta Gorda, Florida

Sandhill Gardens Retirement Center is a 70-bed assisted living facility in Punta Gorda, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 80 out of 100 (Solid record), based on Florida AHCA inspection findings. AHCA records show no serious (Class 1 or 2) violations. The record also includes 1 state sanction or final order, a formal enforcement signal. It accepts Medicaid and VA benefits. It has operated under North Port Retirement Center, INC. for about 25 years.

No serious findings or enforcement; the record is comparatively clean. Recurring concerns have centered on resident care and medication practices, but prior citations in those areas have been corrected and there are no open deficiencies, with a single older sanction in the facility history and recent inspections showing an improving trend.

CareQED Score

CareQED Score: 80/100 — Solid record. This is CareQED's summary of Florida AHCA's published inspection findings, not an AHCA rating. How the Score works.

Inspection & Enforcement (AHCA)

Care & Payment

Activities & Services

Licensed beds: 70 · For-Profit · Operator since 2000 · 24949 SANDHILL BLVD, PUNTA GORDA, FL, 33983 · (941) 764-6577

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Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), as of 2026-06-21. Not affiliated with AHCA; verify directly. Methodology.

Inspection History (Florida AHCA)

Last inspected Jun 2025. 16 operational inspection(s) on record, including 7 complaint investigation(s) of which 4 substantiated. 11 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Resident Care (cited in 2 inspections), Medication (cited in 2 inspections).

Jun 18, 2025 · Standard

No deficiencies cited.

Mar 12, 2024 · Standard

No deficiencies cited.

Jul 13, 2021 · Complaint

  • Records (Class Unclassified) — corrected Aug 2021

Dec 8, 2020 · Standard

No deficiencies cited.

Dec 5, 2018 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

May 16, 2018 · Complaint

No deficiencies cited.

Dec 27, 2017 · Standard

No deficiencies cited.

Sep 20, 2017 · Complaint

No deficiencies cited.

Apr 27, 2017 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

Jul 28, 2016 · Standard

No deficiencies cited.

Feb 4, 2016 · Complaint

  • Resident Care (Class 1) — corrected Mar 2016
  • Admissions (Class 2) — corrected Mar 2016
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2016
  • Risk Mgmt & QA; Adverse Incident Report (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2016
  • Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2016

Sep 2, 2014 · Complaint

  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2014
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2014
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2014

Apr 2, 2014 · Standard

No deficiencies cited.

Aug 28, 2013 · Complaint

No deficiencies cited.

Aug 20, 2012 · Complaint

  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2012

Jun 28, 2012 · Standard

  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2012