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Kendall Lakes Healthcare and Rehab Center

5280 Sw 157 Avenue, Miami, FL 33185 · Miami-Dade County · (786) 433-7400

150 certified beds, about 142 residents a day · For profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 2019

CMS high performing icon Certified for Medicaid Certified for Medicare
Overall
5 of 5
Health inspections
5 of 5
Staffing
3 of 5
Quality measures
5 of 5

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 686123 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on August 21, 2025, inspectors cited 0 health deficiencies (the Florida average is 7.1, the national average 9.2).

None of its 11 health citations since December 2022 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.

CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.

Nurses and nurse aides worked 4.11 hours per resident per day, against 3.82 across Florida and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 1.44 of those hours.

CMS links it to Gold Fl Trust II, an affiliated group of 36 nursing homes.

Health inspections

Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.

Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.

Potential for minimal harm Potential for more than minimal harm Actual harm Immediate jeopardy Found on a complaint visit

Where its citations fall on CMS's grid

CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 11 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
11D
0E
0F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
August 21, 2025Standard inspection · 0 citations
June 16, 2025Complaint inspection · 1 citation
  1. D
    Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
    F689 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · found on a complaint visit · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) July 17, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review an interviews, the facility failed to provide adequate supervision for one (Resident #1) out of three residents sampled for elopement; as evidenced by on 04/05/2025 Resident #1 a vulnerable resident left the facility undetected through the facility's first floor exit/entrance door; Resident #1 was found on the sidewalk several blocks from the facility by the local law enforcement and returned to the facility within twenty (20) minutes after last seen in the facility by staff. There were 139 residents residing in the facility at the time of the survey.
April 18, 2024Standard inspection · 3 citations
  1. D
    Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
    F550 · Resident Rights · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) May 18, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to promote residents' dignity and respect during dining for two (Resident #62, Resident #380) out of 33 sampled residents. As evidenced by facility staff observed standing while feeding residents who required assistance with meals.
  2. D
    Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
    F755 · Pharmacy Service · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) May 18, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review and interview the facility failed to ensure pharmacy procedures were followed as per facility policy and medication reconciliation procedures were followed for one out of four medication carts observed/reviewed. There were 139 residents residing in the facility at the time of the survey.
  3. D
    Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
    F921 · Environmental · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) May 18, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to ensure the lint screens for two out of three dryers observed in the laundry room were cleaned as per facility protocol. There were 139 residents residing in the facility at the time of the survey.
December 8, 2022Standard inspection · 7 citations
  1. D
    Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
    F584 · Resident Rights · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 6, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation and interview, the facility failed to maintain a quiet homelike environment for 1 of 3 sampled residents for oxygen use (Resident #117).
  2. D
    Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
    F677 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 6, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on interviews, observations, and record review, the facility failed to aid during dining for 1 of 1 sampled resident reviewed for Activities of Daily Livings (ADLs) (Resident #111).
  3. D
    Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
    F688 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 6, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, and record review the facility failed to ensure proper use of splints per physician's order for 2 of 3 residents reviewed for splints (Resident #74 and 122).
  4. D
    Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
    F693 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 6, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, and record reviews, the facility failed to follow tube feeding orders for 1 out of 7 sampled residents reviewed for tube feeding (resident #58).
  5. D
    Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
    F698 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 6, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to follow Physician's orders and failed to update dialysis care plan for discontinued fluid restrictions for 1 out of resident reviewed for dialysis (Resident #47).
  6. D
    Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
    F761 · Pharmacy Service · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 6, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, and record reviews the facility failed to ensure proper storage of medications for Resident #26 and 69.
  7. D
    Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
    F812 · Nutrition and Dietary · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 6, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation and interview, it was determined that the facility failed to store, prepare, distribute, and serve food in accordance with professional standards for food service safety, including holding cold foods at regulatory temperature and using personal items in the food production area.

Fines and payment denials

CMS lists no fines or payment denials against this home in the last three years. The national average is 0.9 fines per home.

Staffing

Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.

MeasureThis homeFloridaUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)4.113.823.86
Registered nurses1.440.730.69
All nursing staff on weekends3.723.493.42
Nurse aides2.50
Licensed practical nurses0.18
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)not reported41.4%45.8%
Registered nurse turnovernot reported46.0%42.9%
Administrators who left0

CMS expects 4.52 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.

Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records

Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 4.27 on weekdays and 3.72 on weekends, 13% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 0.0% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 4.04 in April to June 2025 to 4.11 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20264.111.444.273.72 0.0%0 of 90142
Oct to Dec 20254.051.384.193.72 1.2%0 of 92142
Jul to Sep 20254.041.414.163.71 0.0%0 of 92143
Apr to Jun 20254.041.394.183.69 0.0%0 of 91144
United States, Jan to Mar 20263.750.623.923.335.3%0.5% of days
Florida, Jan to Mar 20263.760.703.903.441.1%0.2% of days

Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.

Staff pay reports

Staff pay at this home

No staff pay figure for this home has passed review yet. A figure appears only after at least 5 reports from at least 3 different people, sent over at least 60 days, have passed review.

Official wage estimates for Florida

JobMedianMiddle halfEmployed
Florida, all employers
CNAs (nursing assistants)$18.03$17.33 to $20.3496,960
LPNs and LVNs$29.70$28.14 to $31.1138,620
Registered nurses$40.48$37.82 to $48.64229,940
United States, nursing care facilities
CNAs (nursing assistants)$20.67$17.91 to $22.55534,270
LPNs and LVNs$33.86$30.05 to $37.40188,210
Registered nurses$41.11$37.85 to $47.68142,270

Hourly wages; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS has no separate estimate for medication aides. These are survey estimates for whole occupations, not figures for any one home.

How staff pay reports work · CNA pay by state

Quality measures

The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.

MeasureThis homeFloridaUS
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
2.48.713.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.00.30.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.00.71.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
1.82.53.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
1.31.51.6
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
1.29.514.1
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
2.24.54.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
8.38.615.4
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
24.826.123.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
5.39.112.0
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
2.72.11.9
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
0.71.11.8

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Kendall Lakes Healthcare and Rehab Center's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it worse than the national rate (39.3% of residents, after adjusting for how sick they were). How to read these, and what Medicare pays for.

Went home or back to the community

39.3% this home

Worse than the national rate

US median of homes 51.5% · Florida: 169 better, 109 worse

Rate of successful return to home or community from a SNF (risk-standardized discharge to community rate). Higher is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 352 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

10.4% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 10.7% · Florida: 2 better, 35 worse

Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from a SNF (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 397 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

9.2% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 7.1% · Florida: 6 better, 21 worse

Percentage of infections residents got during their SNF stay that resulted in hospitalization (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2023 to September 2024. 291 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

76.0% this home

Median of homes: Florida55.1% · US 56.6%

Percentage of residents who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 225 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

0.0% this home

Median of homes: Florida0.6% · US 0.0%

Percentage of SNF residents who experience one or more falls with major injury during their SNF stay. Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 414 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

0.2% this home

Median of homes: Florida1.3% · US 1.7%

Percentage of residents with pressure ulcers or pressure injuries that are new or worsened (adjusted rate). Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 414 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

100.0% this home

Median of homes: Florida97.7% · US 98.7%

Percentage of residents where the SNF provided a current medication list to the resident, family, and/or caregiver at final discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 203 residents counted.

Source: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program - Provider Data, released 2026-09-30. Better, no different and worse are CMS's own comparisons with the national rate, after adjusting for how sick residents were. Medians of homes and the state counts are worked out by us from the same file.

Owners and operators

Legal business name: KENDALL LAKES HEALTHCARE AND REHAB CENTER, LLC. CMS links this home to Gold Fl Trust II, a group of 36 nursing homes averaging 3.4 stars overall.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Kendall Lakes SNF Holdco LLC5% or greater direct ownership interestOrganization100%03/23/2022
Fl Master Opco Holdco LLC5% or greater indirect ownership interestOrganization100%07/27/2022
Marin, LeylaW-2 managing employeeIndividual07/27/2022
Shelby, JackCorporate officerIndividual07/27/2022

As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.

Questions to ask on a visit

Chosen from this home's own inspection record.

  1. How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 5 problems in this area, most recently on June 16, 2025: "Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents."
  2. How do residents and families raise a complaint or grievance, and how fast is it answered?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on April 18, 2024: "Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights."
  3. How are medications reviewed, and how often are antipsychotic or sedating drugs used?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on April 18, 2024: "Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist."
  4. Can we see a resident room, a shower room and the dining room on this visit?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on April 18, 2024: "Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public."

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Common questions

What is Kendall Lakes Healthcare and Rehab Center's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Kendall Lakes Healthcare and Rehab Center 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 5 for health inspections, 3 for staffing and 5 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did Kendall Lakes Healthcare and Rehab Center get at its last inspection?
0 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on August 21, 2025. The Florida average is 7.1.
Has Kendall Lakes Healthcare and Rehab Center been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does Kendall Lakes Healthcare and Rehab Center accept Medicaid?
It is certified to take Medicaid (CMS lists it as "Medicare and Medicaid"). Certification does not mean a Medicaid bed is open: ask the admissions office.
Who owns Kendall Lakes Healthcare and Rehab Center?
CMS lists 4 owners and managers, and links the home to Gold Fl Trust II. Legal business name: KENDALL LAKES HEALTHCARE AND REHAB CENTER, LLC.

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