Douglas Jacobson State Veterans Nursing Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2004-06-07. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (941) 613-0919 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Douglas Jacobson State Veterans Nursing Home holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 69.3/100, placing it #8625 of 14703 facilities nationally and #539 of 694 in Florida. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Douglas Jacobson State Veterans Nursing Home receives a reported average of 4 hours 37 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 53 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 44 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 5 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 54.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Douglas Jacobson State Veterans Nursing Home with an abuse icon, indicating a history of reported abuse or neglect incidents. Families should review the detailed inspection reports on Medicare.gov before considering this facility. In the current reporting period, the facility received 8 fine(s) totaling $135,938. 5 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 2 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 8 fine(s) totaling $135,938, and 2 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 10. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 77.0 (lower scores are better). IMPORTANT: CMS has flagged this facility with an abuse icon — indicating a reported history of abuse or neglect. Families should review the full inspection report on medicare.gov/care-compare before deciding. Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Douglas Jacobson State Veterans Nursing Home ranks 8625th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 69.3/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 539th out of 694 nursing homes. In Port Charlotte, it ranks 6th out of 7 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,014 nationally and RN hours rank #2,052 nationally (#118 in FL). Our composite quality score of 69.3/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Port Charlotte, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/port-charlotte/