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)
- Class 1 violations: 0
- Class 2 violations: 0
- Class 3 violations: 6
- Class 4 violations: 1
- Unclassified: 0
- Substantiated complaints: 3
- Sanctions/final orders: 1
- Serious findings: 0
Care & Payment
- Accepts Medicaid Assisted Living waiver
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