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Ardie R Copas State Veterans Nursing Home provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation services in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, with a commitment to veteran care excellence. Our facility combines clinical expertise with compassionate support, helping patients regain independence through personalized recovery programs.
Capacity
120 residents
Location
Port Saint Lucie, FL
Status
Listed in a public registry
13000 SW TRADITION PARKWAY, Port Saint Lucie, Florida 34987
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on June 19, 2025, state inspectors cited 6 health deficiencies (the Florida average is 7.1).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 5 hours 56 minutes with each resident a day, above the Florida average of 3 hours 49 minutes.
Medicare has not fined Ardie R Copas State Veterans Nursing Home in the last three years.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 5 hours 56 minutesAbove the Florida average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 1 hour 5 minutesAbove the Florida average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 36%Below the Florida average |
1 administrator has left the home in the past year.
14 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
June 19, 2025 · Standard inspection · 6 citations
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
March 12, 2025 · Complaint investigation · 2 citations
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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.
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Keep complete, dated laboratory records in the resident's record.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
13000 SW TRADITION PARKWAYPort Saint Lucie, FL 34987
1655 SE WALTON ROAD, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952
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State inspectors visited on June 19, 2025 and cited 6 health deficiencies. The Florida average is 7.1.
Nurses and aides spend 5 hours 56 minutes with each resident per day, including 1 hour 5 minutes from registered nurses. 36% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Medicare's records show no fines against Ardie R Copas State Veterans Nursing Home in the last three years.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.