CCN 105382 · St. Lucie County, Florida
Sandgate Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center
703 S 29th St, Fort Pierce, FL 34947
Sandgate Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center is a 107-bed for-profit nursing home in Fort Pierce, Florida, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1981. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 102.6 residents a day, about 96% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 107
- Average residents per day
- 102.6 (95.9% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Laurel Point Care Acquisition LLC
- Certified since
- Mar 17, 1981
- Chain or affiliated group
- Aston Health (38 facilities, chain average 2.7 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 | 2 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 | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.52 | 3.63 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.49 | 0.62 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.19 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 57.6% | 41.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 95.9% | 92.2% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 18 (Apr 18, 2025) | ||
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). Sandgate Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center meets that part today: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LP Care Holdings LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 05/07/2018 |
| Citadel Care Group LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 100% | 05/07/2018 |
| Bannister, GerriIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/12/2025 |
| Culberth, BrittneyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/11/2022 |
| Johnson, DesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/13/2025 |
| Wildes, DonnaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/28/2025 |
| Zimmer, SuzanIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/27/2018 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2018 | Laurel Point Care Acquisition LLC | Laurel Point Care and Rehabilitation Center LLC |
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
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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