Aviata at Sand Key
1980 Sunset Point Rd, Clearwater, FL 33765 · Pinellas County · 120 certified beds · avg 108 residents/day · certified since Sep 24, 1980
Part of chain: AVIATA HEALTH GROUP (50 facilities, chain avg rating 2.4★)
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★☆☆☆☆1/5 · CMS overall rating: 2/5
⚠ The most recent standard health inspection was more than 2 years ago — conditions may have changed.
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and self-reported quality measures.
Most serious findings (actual harm or immediate jeopardy)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, one-off · Oct 31, 2023 · F-0600 · triggered by a complaint
The facility did not protect residents from abuse or neglect. This covers physical, mental, and sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect, by anyone — staff, other residents, or visitors.
Why it matters: Abuse and neglect cause direct physical and emotional harm and are among the most serious failures a nursing home can have.
Severity (J): Inspectors found a situation that put a resident's life or safety in immediate danger, affecting one or a few residents. The facility must fix it immediately — these citations often come with large fines.
Corrected: Nov 30, 2023 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, one-off · Oct 31, 2023 · F-0726 · triggered by a complaint
The facility did not make sure its nurses and nurse aides had the skills and training needed to properly care for every resident.
Why it matters: Undertrained caregivers are more likely to miss warning signs and make care mistakes.
Severity (J): Inspectors found a situation that put a resident's life or safety in immediate danger, affecting one or a few residents. The facility must fix it immediately — these citations often come with large fines.
Corrected: Nov 30, 2023 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
All citations in the current public record (33)
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2024 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not honor residents' right to form and take part in resident or family groups, such as a resident council. · from a complaint |
| Sep 5, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep its building and grounds safe, functional, clean, and comfortable for residents, staff, and visitors. · from a complaint |
| Feb 1, 2024 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not have enough nursing staff each day to meet every resident's needs, or did not have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. Adequate staffing is one of the strongest predictors of good care. |
| Feb 1, 2024 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs. |
| Feb 1, 2024 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility's medication error rate was 5 percent or higher — meaning too many doses were given incorrectly, such as the wrong drug, dose, or time. |
| Feb 1, 2024 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not label drugs according to professional standards or did not store them in locked compartments, with controlled drugs (medications with a high risk of misuse) kept under a separate lock. |
| Feb 1, 2024 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. |
| Feb 1, 2024 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide a neutral and fair arbitration process. Arbitration is a way of settling disputes outside of court, and if it's used, the facility must agree with the resident on a neutral arbitrator and a convenient location. |
| Feb 1, 2024 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. · from a complaint |
| Feb 1, 2024 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not develop and follow policies and procedures for offering residents flu and pneumonia vaccinations. |
| Feb 1, 2024 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not educate residents and staff about COVID-19 vaccination, offer the vaccine to those eligible after that education, or properly document everyone's vaccination status. |
| Feb 1, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not treat residents with dignity and respect, or did not honor their rights to make their own decisions and communicate freely. This is one of the most fundamental resident rights. |
| Feb 1, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility used physical restraints — devices that limit a resident's movement — when they weren't needed for medical treatment. |
| Feb 1, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not coordinate resident assessments with the state's pre-admission screening program for mental illness and intellectual disabilities, or failed to refer residents for the special services they need. |
| Feb 1, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not develop or follow a complete care plan for each resident — the written roadmap covering all of a resident's needs, with measurable goals and timelines. |
| Feb 1, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. |
| Feb 1, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. |
| Feb 1, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide care that took into account residents' past trauma or their cultural backgrounds. Care is supposed to be sensitive to what residents have lived through and where they come from. |
| Feb 1, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide pharmacy services that meet each resident's needs, or did not employ or contract with a licensed pharmacist. |
| Oct 31, 2023 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, one-off | The facility did not protect residents from abuse or neglect. This covers physical, mental, and sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect, by anyone — staff, other residents, or visitors. · from a complaint |
| Oct 31, 2023 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, one-off | The facility did not make sure its nurses and nurse aides had the skills and training needed to properly care for every resident. · from a complaint |
| Dec 10, 2021 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs. |
| Dec 10, 2021 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. |
| Dec 10, 2021 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not develop or follow a complete care plan for each resident — the written roadmap covering all of a resident's needs, with measurable goals and timelines. |
| Sep 18, 2020 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not properly complete the required screening (called PASARR) that identifies whether a person entering a nursing home has a mental illness or intellectual disability and needs specialized services. |
| Sep 18, 2020 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not develop or follow a complete care plan for each resident — the written roadmap covering all of a resident's needs, with measurable goals and timelines. |
| Sep 18, 2020 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide safe and appropriate respiratory care — such as oxygen, breathing treatments, or care for residents on breathing equipment — for residents who needed it. |
| Sep 18, 2020 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide necessary behavioral health care and services — support for residents' mental and emotional wellbeing, including conditions like depression and anxiety. |
| Sep 18, 2020 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's complete medication regimen and medical chart every month, or did not follow its own rules for reporting medication problems. |
| Sep 18, 2020 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not try to gradually reduce doses of mood- and mind-altering medications or use non-drug approaches first, as required, or used 'as needed' psychiatric drugs without proper limits. |
| Sep 18, 2020 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not label drugs according to professional standards or did not store them in locked compartments, with controlled drugs (medications with a high risk of misuse) kept under a separate lock. |
| Sep 18, 2020 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep all essential equipment working safely — things like heating and cooling systems, kitchen equipment, and medical devices. |
| Sep 18, 2020 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep its building and grounds safe, functional, clean, and comfortable for residents, staff, and visitors. |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections increased between the last two inspection cycles (3 → 17).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | 0 | D |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | E |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | J ▲ |
| 2024 | 19 | 0 | F |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)
1 fine totaling $163,898.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2023 | Fine | $163,898 |
Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)
| Measure | This facility | Florida avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 3.40 | 4.03 | 3.95 | bottom 8% in Florida; bottom 31% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.59 | 0.76 | 0.69 | bottom 37% in Florida; top 50% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 3.12 | 3.68 | 3.50 | bottom 8% in Florida; bottom 38% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.48 | top 47% in Florida; top 37% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 62.3 | 41.4 | 45.8 | bottom 7% in Florida; bottom 13% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 59.1 | 46.0 | 42.9 | bottom 25% in Florida; bottom 23% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day, case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 3.24, RN 0.56, weekend 2.98. Staffing rating: 2/5.
Self-reported quality measures
Note: these ratings are based on data the facility reports about itself to CMS. They are not independently verified by inspectors, and can look better than inspection findings. Give more weight to the inspection results above.
Quality measures rating: 5/5 · long-stay residents: 5/5 · short-stay residents: 4/5
Who owns this facility
For profit - Limited Liability company
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asp FL LLC | Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/15/2023 |
| Sunset Road Parent LLC | Organization | Direct Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/15/2023 |
| Aspire Healthcare LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/15/2023 |
| Chudyk, Holly | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/06/2025 |
| Chudyk, Holly | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/06/2025 |
| Dagan, Amitai | Individual | Individual Is an Owner, Partner or Trustee of Any ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/22/2025 |
| Freund, Nochum | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/15/2023 |
| Freund, Nochum | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/15/2023 |
| Freund, Nochum | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/15/2023 |
| Goldberger, Abraham | Individual | Individual Is an Owner, Partner or Trustee of Any ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/22/2025 |
| Goldberger, Faigy | Individual | Individual Is an Owner, Partner or Trustee of Any ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/22/2025 |
| Herskowitz, Eliezer | Individual | Individual Is an Owner, Partner or Trustee of Any ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/22/2025 |
| Herskowitz, Yaakov | Individual | Individual Is an Owner, Partner or Trustee of Any ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/22/2025 |
| Srivastava, Sunit | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/01/2024 |
| Tariq, Marium | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/01/2024 |
| Travitsky, Aaron | Individual | Individual Is an Owner, Partner or Trustee of Any ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/22/2025 |
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "Tell me about this abuse or neglect citation — what happened, and what specific changes did you make afterward?"
- "How do you verify that your nurses and aides have the skills to care for residents with needs like my family member's?"
- "Does your facility have an active resident council, and how does management respond to its concerns?"
- "Can we tour the whole building today, including resident bathrooms and common areas, not just the lobby?"
- "What is your nurse and aide staffing ratio on each shift, including nights and weekends?"
- "Can we tour the resident rooms, bathrooms, and common areas today, including areas not on the usual tour route?"
- "What is your current medication error rate, and what have you changed to bring errors down?"
- "Can you show me how medications are stored and secured on the units, including controlled drugs?"
- "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
- "Can I see the results and plan of correction from your most recent state inspection?"
Nearby facilities (within 20 miles)
| Facility | Distance | City | Overall | Inspection | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center | 1.0 mi | Clearwater, FL | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Aviata at Lakeside Oaks | 1.8 mi | Dunedin, FL | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Regency Oaks Health Center | 1.9 mi | Clearwater, FL | ★★☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Meadowpark Health and Rehabilitation Center | 2.1 mi | Dunedin, FL | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Mease Li | 2.3 mi | Dunedin, FL | ★★★★★ | 5/5 | |
| Advanced Care Center | 2.3 mi | Clearwater, FL | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Lake Haven Nursing and Rehab Center | 2.5 mi | Dunedin, FL | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Highland Pines Rehabilitation Center | 2.8 mi | Clearwater, FL | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Clearwater Center | 2.8 mi | Clearwater, FL | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | SFF |
| Harbourwood Post-Acute and Rehabilitation Center | 2.9 mi | Clearwater, FL | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | abuse |
| Gulfside Health and Rehabilitation Center | 3.1 mi | Clearwater, FL | ★★★☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Oaks of Clearwater, the | 3.5 mi | Clearwater, FL | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 |
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 105373.