Solaris Healthcare Forest Lake is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1979-10-01. 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 (407) 862-6263 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Solaris Healthcare Forest Lake holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 86.2/100, placing it #1325 of 14703 facilities nationally and #77 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 Solaris Healthcare Forest Lake receives a reported average of 3 hours 44 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 30 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 14 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 30 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 36.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $15,269. 4 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 1 fine(s) totaling $15,269, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 29.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Solaris Healthcare Forest Lake ranks 1325th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 86.2/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 77th out of 694 nursing homes. In Apopka, it ranks 1st out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #6,825 nationally and RN hours rank #8,651 nationally (#503 in FL). Our composite quality score of 86.2/100 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 Apopka, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/apopka/