Fort Myers Rehabilitation And Nursing Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1983-01-14. 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 (239) 936-0203 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Fort Myers Rehabilitation And Nursing Center 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 (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 82.3/100, placing it #2670 of 14703 facilities nationally and #193 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 Fort Myers Rehabilitation And Nursing Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 27 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 51 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 51 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 45 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 45 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 28.8%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 12 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $65,565. 18 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 61.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Fort Myers Rehabilitation And Nursing Center ranks 2670th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 82.3/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 193rd out of 694 nursing homes. In Fort Myers, it ranks 6th out of 13 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,563 nationally and RN hours rank #3,147 nationally (#175 in FL). Our composite quality score of 82.3/100 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 Fort Myers, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/fort-myers/