When you’re considering where to retire, one of the important considerations you need to think about is “how good are the health care facilities and how conveniently are they located?” Certainly you will consider several other attributes of the areas you consider. But clearly, a real important one, at that point in your life, is the quantity and quality of health care services available to you, without having to travel a considerable distance.
The Sarasota Florida area is certainly already on your list of places you are considering. After all, Sarasota has been ranked more than once as “One of the Best Places to Retire.” It has also been deemed “The Best Small City in America” by Money Magazine and “The Best Place to Retire Young” by Money Magazine. Most recently, John Brady, the founder of TopRetirements.com declared Sarasota “The #1 Place to Retire.” You’ll be pleased to learn as you read this article that, with four major hospitals and medical centers, as well as many other health care services available, the Sarasota Florida area also stands above many other locales in the superiority of its health care facilities.
Sarasota Memorial Hospital (SMH) stands among the largest public health care systems in Florida. SMH has a staff of over 4,000 employees and doctors plus over 1,000 volunteers. Sarasota Memorial, located at 1700 South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, is a full-service health care system, with specialized expertise in heart, vascular, orthopedic, cancer, and neuroscience services, as well as a network of outpatient centers, long-term care and rehabilitation programs. The new Orthopedics Floor includes every advanced feature available to ensure patient comfort during recovery from joint and spinal procedures.
Sarasota Memorial is the only hospital in Southwest Florida named in the nation’s” Top 1% of Hospitals” for consistent clinical excellence, earning a spot on HealthGrades’ “America’s 50 Best Hospitals” list.
Doctors Hospital of Sarasota, also located in Sarasota at 5731 Bee Ridge Road, is a 168-bed acute and general care facility serving Sarasota and Manatee County with a 24/7 emergency department staffed by board certified emergency physicians.
In 2012, Doctors Hospital of Sarasota was designated as Sarasota’s first “Breast Imaging Center of Excellence” by the American College of Radiology. Doctor’s Hospital has also been named one of the nation’s “100 Top Hospitals” by Thomson Reuters, a leader in information systems to improve the cost and quality of health care.
The Lakewood Ranch Medical Center (LWRMC), at 8330 Lakewood Ranch Boulevard, which opened in 2004, offers patient-focused medicine through the use of advanced technology and equipment. This 120-bed acute-care hospital has a staff of over 400 physicians and health professionals across a wide range of specialties. Next to the medical center is a 60,000 square foot Medical Office building housing primary and specialty care physicians, the Lakewood Ranch Imaging Center and the Lakewood Ranch Blood Center.
LWRMC is one of just 620 hospitals in the U.S. to have earned “Top Performer on Key Quality Measures” designation for its achievement in the areas heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and surgical care.
In Bradenton, Manatee Memorial Hospital, at 206 Second Street East serving Bradenton and Manatee County for over 55 years, is a 319-bed acute care facility. The Manatee Heart and Vascular Center at Manatee Memorial provides a uniquely individualized approach to heart care, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation. Catheterization, electrophysiology, nuclear medicine, and echocardiography services are offered in addition to a vascular care suite. Surgical services offered at Manatee Memorial include robotic surgery using the da Vinci® Surgical System.
Just north of Sarasota in Tampa, the renowned Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute is located on the campus of the University of South Florida.
In addition to its major hospitals and health care facilities, Sarasota is also home to some of the most innovative approaches to aging including the nation’s first “life fulfilling community.” The Glenridge, for example, is a facility that has created a unique and distinctive approach to retirement living focused upon lifelong learning and optimum health coupled with the security of long-term care and rehabilitation services.
If you, like many others, are considering Florida as your retirement home now or at some point in the future, you should definitely give the Sarasota – Bradenton area serious consideration. Nowhere else in Florida will you find the health care facilities and options that you’ll find here in Sunny Sarasota Florida.
Acting as your Buyer’s Agent, I would be delighted to help you find the perfect home or condo in the price range you prefer. Visit my Sarasota real estate website or, for immediate answers to your questions, call me at 941.266.1799
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