ABOVE THE REST ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY — Assisted Living in Palm Bay, Florida
Above the Rest Assisted Living Facility is a 10-bed assisted living facility in Palm Bay, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 80 out of 100 (Solid record), based on Florida AHCA inspection findings. AHCA records show no serious (Class 1 or 2) violations. The record also includes 1 state sanction or final order, a formal enforcement signal. Care options include 24-hour on-site nursing, extended congregate care (ECC). It accepts the Medicaid Assisted Living waiver and VA benefits. It has operated under Above the Rest Assisted Living Facility, LLC for about 20 years.
No serious findings or active enforcement actions drive the score, reflecting a comparatively clean state record. Surveys repeatedly flagged admissions processes, staffing standards and training, along with medication administration, resident care and emergency environmental controls, but those citations have been corrected and the most recent inspections show an improving trend.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 80/100 — Solid record. This is CareQED's summary of Florida AHCA's published inspection findings, not an AHCA rating. How the Score works.
Inspection & Enforcement (AHCA)
- Class 1 violations: 0
- Class 2 violations: 0
- Class 3 violations: 5
- Class 4 violations: 0
- Unclassified: 0
- Substantiated complaints: 0
- Sanctions/final orders: 1
- Serious findings: 0
Care & Payment
- 24-hour on-site nursing
- Extended congregate care (ECC)
- Accepts Medicaid Assisted Living waiver
- Accepts Medicaid
- Accepts VA benefits
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: Direct 24hr
- Activities: Arts and Crafts, Exercise Classes, Games/Cards, Gardening, Music Programs, Shopping, Social Events/Outings, Theater and Movies
Licensed beds: 10 · For-Profit · Operator since 2005 · Fines: $500 · 2360 MADRID AVENUE SE, PALM BAY, FL, 32909 · (321) 956-8141
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Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), as of 2026-06-21. Not affiliated with AHCA; verify directly. Methodology.
Inspection History (Florida AHCA)
Last inspected Oct 2025. 14 operational inspection(s) on record, including 1 complaint investigation(s) of which 1 substantiated. 45 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Admissions (cited in 5 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 5 inspections), Training (cited in 5 inspections), Medication (cited in 4 inspections), Resident Care (cited in 3 inspections), Emergency Environmental Control (cited in 2 inspections), Background Screening Clearinghouse (cited in 2 inspections), Limited Nursing Services (cited in 2 inspections).
Oct 1, 2025 · Standard
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2025
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2025
Oct 24, 2024 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Sep 18, 2023 · Standard
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2023
- In-person Visitation (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2023
Aug 31, 2021 · Standard
- Emergency Plan Approval (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2021
May 22, 2019 · Standard
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Resident Contracts (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Emergency Environmental Control (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 4) — corrected Jul 2019
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Jul 2019
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
Aug 31, 2017 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 27, 2017 · Standard
- Limited Nursing Services (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
Apr 19, 2017 · Monitor
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
Apr 13, 2017 · Complaint
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Admissions (Class 4) — corrected Jun 2017
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Aug 2017
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2017
Jun 29, 2015 · Standard
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2015
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2015
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2015
- Limited Nursing Services (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2015
- Limited Nursing Services (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2015
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2015
Mar 26, 2014 · Monitor
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
- Training (Class 4) — corrected May 2014
Jun 17, 2013 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Jan 7, 2013 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 4, 2012 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.