TRUEWOOD BY MERRILL, CHARLOTTE CENTER — Assisted Living in Port Charlotte, Florida

Truewood by Merrill, Charlotte Center is a 114-bed assisted living facility in Port Charlotte, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 78 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 the Medicaid Assisted Living waiver. It has operated under Mg Port Charlotte II Subtenant LLC for about 6 years.

The record is comparatively clean with no recent serious findings or active enforcement, which is the main reason the facility earns a solid score. Inspectors have repeatedly flagged medication and resident care issues and also noted problems with food service, admissions, staff training, and staffing standards, but those citations have been corrected and the trend appears improving overall, although there is one older sanction on the facility s file.

CareQED Score

CareQED Score: 78/100 — 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

Licensed beds: 114 · For-Profit · Operator since 2020 · Fines: $1,000 · 18400 COCHRAN BLVD, PORT CHARLOTTE, FL, 33948 · (941) 766-8900

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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 Mar 2026. 33 operational inspection(s) on record, including 18 complaint investigation(s) of which 12 substantiated. 48 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Medication (cited in 8 inspections), Resident Care (cited in 8 inspections), Food Service (cited in 4 inspections), Admissions (cited in 3 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 3 inspections), Training (cited in 3 inspections), Physical Plant (cited in 2 inspections).

Mar 12, 2026 · Standard

  • Alzheimer Disease/dementia; Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2026

Jul 30, 2025 · Complaint

No deficiencies cited.

Oct 22, 2024 · Complaint

  • Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2024

Jun 14, 2023 · Standard

  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2023
  • Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Jul 2023
  • Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2023
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2023
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2023

Feb 3, 2021 · Standard

No deficiencies cited.

Dec 21, 2020 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

Oct 27, 2020 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

Sep 3, 2020 · Complaint

No deficiencies cited.

Oct 7, 2019 · Complaint

No deficiencies cited.

Feb 7, 2019 · Standard

  • Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019
  • Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019
  • Emergency Environmental Control (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019

Sep 24, 2018 · Complaint

  • Emergency Plan Approval (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2018

Mar 19, 2018 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

Apr 11, 2017 · Standard

  • Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected May 2017
  • Food Service (Class 3) — corrected May 2017

Nov 1, 2016 · Complaint

  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2017

Jun 7, 2016 · Complaint

No deficiencies cited.

May 12, 2016 · Complaint

  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2016

Feb 1, 2016 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

Dec 22, 2015 · Complaint

  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2016
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2016

Oct 15, 2015 · Standard

  • Food Service (Class 4) — corrected Oct 2015
  • Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2015
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2015
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2015
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2015

Aug 20, 2015 · Complaint

  • Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2015

May 20, 2015 · Complaint

  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2015

Jan 22, 2015 · Complaint

  • Food Service (Class 4) — corrected Feb 2015

Sep 30, 2014 · Complaint

  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2015
  • Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2015

Jul 29, 2014 · Complaint

  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2014

Jul 28, 2014 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

May 12, 2014 · Complaint

  • Resident Contracts (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2014

Mar 18, 2014 · Standard

  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
  • Food Service (Class 3) — corrected May 2014

Sep 4, 2013 · Standard

  • Alzheimer's/other Disorders (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2013
  • Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2013

Mar 5, 2013 · Complaint

  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected May 2013
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected May 2013

Feb 26, 2013 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

Nov 26, 2012 · Complaint

No deficiencies cited.

Oct 1, 2012 · Complaint

No deficiencies cited.

Oct 1, 2012 · Monitor

  • Limited Nursing Services (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2012
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2012