Pearl at Fort Lauderdale Rehabilitation and Nursin
1701 NE 26th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305 · Broward County · 206 certified beds · avg 184 residents/day · certified since Jul 1, 1970
Part of chain: CARERITE CENTERS (34 facilities, chain avg rating 3.6★)
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★★☆☆☆2/5 · CMS overall rating: 3/5
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)
▲ Actual harm, one-off · Aug 31, 2023 · F-0684
The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals.
Why it matters: Care that strays from doctor's orders or ignores the resident's wishes can lead to declining health and avoidable harm.
Severity (G): One or a few residents were actually harmed — physically or emotionally — though not put in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Corrected: Sep 29, 2023 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
▲ Actual harm, one-off · Aug 31, 2023 · F-0693
The facility used feeding tubes without a valid medical reason or the resident's agreement, or did not provide proper care to residents who have feeding tubes.
Why it matters: Unnecessary or poorly managed feeding tubes can cause serious complications like lung infections and take away the ability to eat normally.
Severity (G): One or a few residents were actually harmed — physically or emotionally — though not put in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Corrected: Sep 29, 2023 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
▲ Actual harm, one-off · Apr 28, 2022 · F-0692
The facility did not provide enough food and fluids to keep residents healthy, such as preventing unplanned weight loss or dehydration.
Why it matters: Malnutrition and dehydration can quickly weaken a resident and lead to serious complications.
Severity (G): One or a few residents were actually harmed — physically or emotionally — though not put in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Corrected: May 26, 2022 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
All citations in the current public record (41)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 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. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not run an ongoing quality assurance committee that reviews care problems and creates plans to fix them. |
| Dec 12, 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. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not accurately assess a resident's health and needs. Assessments are the foundation for all the care a resident receives. |
| Dec 12, 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. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility allowed residents to lose the ability to do daily activities — like bathing, dressing, and eating — when there was no medical reason for the decline. Good care helps residents keep the abilities they have. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide appropriate care related to bladder and bowel needs — including care for residents who use catheters and steps to prevent urinary tract infections. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide enough food and fluids to keep residents healthy, such as preventing unplanned weight loss or dehydration. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not safely and appropriately administer IV fluids (fluids given through a vein) for residents who needed them. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 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. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide safe, appropriate care for residents who need dialysis — the treatment that filters the blood when kidneys fail. |
| Dec 12, 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. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 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. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 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. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility's menus did not meet residents' nutritional needs, or were not prepared in advance, followed as written, kept up to date, or reviewed by a dietician. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not prepare and serve food in a form that meets each resident's individual needs — for example, chopped, pureed, or softened food for residents with chewing or swallowing problems. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide food that accounts for each resident's allergies, intolerances, and personal preferences, or did not offer appealing alternatives. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not arrange hospice services for a resident who needed them, or help the resident move to a facility that could arrange hospice. Hospice provides comfort-focused care for people nearing the end of life. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | 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. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | B · Minimal risk, repeated | The facility did not create and follow a basic care plan covering a new resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of admission. The first days are when a new resident is most vulnerable. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | B · Minimal risk, repeated | The facility did not serve meals and snacks at times that fit residents' needs, preferences, and requests, or did not offer nourishing alternatives for residents who want to eat outside scheduled meal times. |
| Aug 31, 2023 | ▲ G · Actual 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. |
| Aug 31, 2023 | ▲ G · Actual harm, one-off | The facility used feeding tubes without a valid medical reason or the resident's agreement, or did not provide proper care to residents who have feeding tubes. |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 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. |
| Aug 31, 2023 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not have policies on smoking. |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 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. |
| Aug 31, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not enter each resident's assessment information into the required format and send it to the state within 7 days of completing the assessment, as the rules require. |
| Aug 31, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide the care needed to maintain or improve residents' movement and flexibility — such as range-of-motion exercises — leading to avoidable decline. |
| Aug 31, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide enough food and fluids to keep residents healthy, such as preventing unplanned weight loss or dehydration. · from a complaint |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 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. |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 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. |
| Aug 31, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide residents with enough to drink, or with drinks matching their needs and preferences, to keep them properly hydrated. |
| Aug 31, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not serve meals and snacks at times that fit residents' needs, preferences, and requests, or did not offer nourishing alternatives for residents who want to eat outside scheduled meal times. |
| Apr 28, 2022 | ▲ G · Actual harm, one-off | The facility did not provide enough food and fluids to keep residents healthy, such as preventing unplanned weight loss or dehydration. |
| Apr 28, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide the help residents need with basic daily activities — like bathing, dressing, eating, and using the bathroom — for residents who cannot do these things on their own. |
| Apr 28, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide safe and appropriate pain management for a resident who needed it. |
| Apr 28, 2022 | 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. |
| Apr 28, 2022 | 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. |
| Apr 28, 2022 | 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. |
| Apr 28, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not make sure special medical diets — like low-sodium or diabetic diets — were properly ordered by the resident's doctor or managed by a qualified dietitian as state law allows. |
| Apr 28, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not protect residents' personal information or did not keep complete, accurate medical records that meet professional standards. |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections increased between the last two inspection cycles (12 → 21).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | G ▲ |
| 2023 | 12 | 2 | G ▲ |
| 2024 | 21 | 0 | E |
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 $34,937.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2023 | Fine | $34,937 |
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) | 3.68 | 4.03 | 3.95 | bottom 30% in Florida; bottom 45% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.69 | top 40% in Florida; top 32% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 3.35 | 3.68 | 3.50 | bottom 28% in Florida; top 50% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.49 | 0.53 | 0.48 | top 44% in Florida; top 34% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 36.4 | 41.4 | 45.8 | top 36% in Florida; top 27% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 50.0 | 46.0 | 42.9 | bottom 44% in Florida; bottom 39% 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 3.59, RN 0.73, weekend 3.28. Staffing rating: 3/5.
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: 3/5
Who owns this facility
For profit - Limited Liability company
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Pines Holdings LLC | Organization | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 12/02/2022 |
| MD Friedman Family 2017 Trust | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | 41% | 01/01/2023 |
| Yzh LLC | Organization | 5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest | 5% | 01/01/2023 |
| Einhorn, Neal | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2023 |
| Friedman, Mark | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2023 |
| Friedman, Mark | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2023 |
| Herbert, Orline | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/11/2025 |
| Herbert, Orline | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/11/2025 |
| MD Friedman Family 2017 Trust | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2023 |
| Molina, Francisco | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/05/2025 |
| Molina, Francisco | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/05/2025 |
| Neal Einhorn Family 2017 Trust | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2023 |
| Sontag, Joshua | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/05/2025 |
| Sontag, Joshua | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/05/2025 |
| Yzh LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2023 |
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "How do you make sure each resident's care follows the doctor's orders, and what changed after this citation?"
- "How do you decide when a feeding tube is truly needed, and how do staff care for residents who have one?"
- "How do you monitor residents' weight and eating, and what happens when someone starts losing weight?"
- "What did your most recent kitchen inspection find, and can I see how food is stored and prepared?"
- "How does your quality committee work, and can you give an example of a problem it recently identified and fixed?"
- "Can you give me examples of how your staff protect residents' dignity in everyday care, like bathing and dressing?"
- "Who completes resident assessments here, and how do you check them for accuracy?"
- "Can you show me an example care plan, and how are families included when it's created and updated?"
- "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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilton Manors Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center | 1.3 mi | Wilton Manors, FL | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Ft Lauderdale Health & Rehabilitation Center | 2.1 mi | Fort Lauderdale, FL | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Savoy at Fort Lauderdale Rehabilitation and Nursin | 2.1 mi | Fort Lauderdale, FL | ★★★☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Broward Nursing & Rehabilitation Center | 3.9 mi | Fort Lauderdale, FL | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Aviata at the Sea - Harbor Beach | 4.0 mi | Fort Lauderdale, FL | ★★★☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| St Johns Nursing Center | 4.3 mi | Lauderdale Lakes, FL | ★★★★☆ | 2/5 | |
| John Knox Village of Pompano Beach | 4.6 mi | Pompano Beach, FL | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Childrens Comprehensive Care Center INC | 5.0 mi | Pompano Beach, FL | ★☆☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Aviata at the Sea - Pompano Beach | 5.3 mi | Pompano Beach, FL | ★★☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Plantation Nursing & Rehabilitation Center | 5.4 mi | Plantation, FL | ★★★★★ | 4/5 |
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 105089.