THE BRISTOL CARE CENTER
THE BRISTOL CARE CENTER is a 266-bed nursing home in TAMPA, Florida. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1967-05-09. It averages 227.7 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at THE BRISTOL CARE CENTER?
CMS lists 47 health-inspection deficiencies for THE BRISTOL CARE CENTER, all of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is L; the most recent health inspection was 2026-05-07.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D |
| 2026-01-05 | F0569, F0585 | Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death. / Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. | D |
| 2025-06-26 | F0584, F0711 | Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. / Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit. | E |
| 2025-06-26 | F0550, F0552, F0558, F0580, F0692, F0880, F0908 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. / Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. / Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Keep all essential equipment working safely. | D |
| 2025-05-05 | F0684, F0755 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | D |
| 2025-01-30 | F0645, F0684, F0688, F0759 | PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. / Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | E |
| 2025-01-30 | F0567, F0585, F0610, F0638, F0644, F0677, F0690, F0695 | Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs. / Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. / Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months. / Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | D |
| 2023-12-01 | F0689, F0867, F0926 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. / Have policies on smoking. | L |
| 2023-12-01 | F0600, F0609 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. / Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | G |
| 2023-12-01 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F |
| 2023-12-01 | F0565, F0644, F0656, F0758, F0880 | Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility. / Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E |
| 2023-12-01 | F0550, F0584, F0585, F0660, F0678, F0695, F0757, F0761, F0842, F0849 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. / Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. / Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs. / Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. / Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. / Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services. | D |
Why was THE BRISTOL CARE CENTER fined?
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-01 | Fine | $130,689 |
How is THE BRISTOL CARE CENTER staffed relative to the FL average?
| Measure | This facility | FL average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 3.47610 | 3.82350 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 55.6 | 41.4 |
| Average number of residents per day | 227.7 | 108.9 |
Who owns THE BRISTOL CARE CENTER?
THE BRISTOL CARE CENTER is registered with CMS as For profit - Individual, operates under the legal business name BRISTOL SNF LLC.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | BRISTOL HOLDCO LLC | since 02/11/2021 |
| 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | COPPER FL TR, GOLD FL TR, SILVER FL TR, SHELBY, JACK | since 02/11/2021 |
| W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE | BARRINER, ALVIN | since 05/15/2021 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | BLEICH, MICHAEL | since 02/11/2021 |
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