Gateway Post-Acute Care Center in Pinellas Park, FL, offers a wide range of care options for elderly residents, including independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, and rehabilitation services, and the place has Medicare-certified home health care, home care for non-medical help, and hospice care too, which means whether someone needs help for the short term or a long stay, they're set up for many needs, and you see they've got 120 certified beds and serve an average of 108 residents each day, so there's always people around. The facility offers therapy like physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and they provide post-acute and inpatient rehab programs for those recovering from illness or surgery, while other services, like wound care, stroke recovery, IV medications, dentistry, podiatry, tracheotomy care, mental health help, and respiratory therapy, are available on site, and they have pharmacy, laboratory, and X-ray services right in the building, along with access to a resident council and a family council, which gives families a way to speak up and keep in touch with the care team.
The center strives for a homelike setting and has recently renovated communal dining areas, activity rooms, lounges for social programs, outdoor spaces, and safety features like handicap access, sprinkler systems, and washers and dryers for everyone's use, and they give support with dressing, bathing, grooming, walking, and toileting, so residents can keep up with daily life comfortably. Meals are served onsite, and they accept long-term care insurance, which helps with planning, and there's a salon, fitness center, game room, and plenty of arts and crafts, education, and wellness programs scheduled, while transportation is offered for medical visits and group outings. The facility staff includes registered nurses, LPNs, CNAs, therapy aides, and they post hours for each, with a nurse staffing level of 3.52 nurse hours per resident per day, and most residents speak positively about the compassionate environment, though, like any nursing home, there have been some reported issues-including deficiencies in inspections with a history of 28 findings, one noted for infection control, another on nutrition and food handling, and one about keeping a safe, clean, homelike space, all of them cited as potential harm, but no actual harm reported, and no BBB accreditation.
Gateway Care Center keeps a strong focus on personalized care, adjusting support to residents' individual needs, and they use a reporting and grading system for long-term care quality with grades like "B+," "A-minus," and an "A" for facility inspections, and they're managed by President Michael Bleich and licensed under the Agency for Health Care Administration with a license valid until April 30, 2026, operating as a limited liability company with business names like Gateway Facility Inc., US Hwy 19 Care Inc., and Gateway FL OPCO, LLC, and having regular activities, caring staff, and a variety of care and medical services all under one roof.
