CCN 105289 · Charlotte County, Florida
Life Care Center of Punta Gorda
450 Shreve Street, Punta Gorda, FL 33950
Life Care Center of Punta Gorda is a 180-bed for-profit nursing home in Punta Gorda, Florida, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1980. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 151.6 residents a day, about 84% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $7.7 million originally, at 2.87%, with $5 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in January 2042.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 180
- Average residents per day
- 151.6 (84.2% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Punta Gorda Medical Investors LLC
- Certified since
- Jan 1, 1980
- Chain or affiliated group
- Life Care Centers of America (194 facilities, chain average 3.4 stars)
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Florida median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 | State spread: 89 at 1, 143 at 2, 125 at 3, 156 at 4, 178 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.91 | 3.63 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.46 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 38.3% | 41.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 84.2% | 92.2% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $8,151 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 5 (Jul 25, 2024) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Life Care Center of Punta Gorda meets that part today: 3 stars overall, 2 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developers Investment Company IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2017 |
| Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/27/1982 |
| Punta Gorda Medical Investors LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/15/1982 |
| Fletcher, ToddIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/13/2024 |
| Mazzo, MicheleIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2016 |
| Muscati, StephanieIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/01/2024 |
| Preston, AaronIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/01/2018 |
| Preston, AubreyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/13/2024 |
| Ruano, OdelIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/16/2023 |
| Ziegler, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/13/2024 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2011 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Life Care Center of Punta Gorda, 165 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $7,696,800 | Active: 2.87%, $4,975,055 balanceMatures Jan 1, 2042. Servicer: Capital Funding LLC | 06622056 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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