The nursing home failed to coordinate resident assessments with required screening and make needed service referrals. Cited February 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 644 — 42 CFR §483.20 — S/S: E
Nursing home report
WHISPERING OAKS
TAMPA, FL · Medicare-certified · 236 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
3 of 5 overall
Whispering Oaks in Tampa, FL has a 3-star overall rating, with a low 2-star health inspection score but 4 stars for staffing and 5 stars for quality measures. It reported 3.32 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, below the 4.1 federal benchmark, and had $0 in fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.3228 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: February 12, 2026Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.3228.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.75
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.48
- Nurse aides
- 2.10
- Weekend nursing
- 3.14
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 30%
Registered nurse turnover: 37%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
10.8%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
1%Steady
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
3.8%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0%Steady
Residents who lost too much weight
7%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
2.4%Steady
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
3.6%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
20.3%Steady
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
2.5%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
0.1%Improving
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to properly screen residents for mental health or intellectual disability needs before or during admission. Cited February 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 645 — 42 CFR §483.20 — S/S: E
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited February 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited February 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The home failed to get ordered lab tests and services, and failed to promptly tell the doctor the results. Cited June 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 773 — 42 CFR §483.50 — S/S: E
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 9 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 11 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- Part of SENIOR HEALTH SOUTH · 8 homes · 2.1 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 228.1 residents on an average day (97% of 236 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident & family councils
- Medicare history
- Certified for 46 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.