BEAR LAKE RETIREMENT HOME — Assisted Living in Apopka, Florida

Bear Lake Retirement Home is a 12-bed assisted living facility in Apopka, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 49 out of 100 (Notable concerns), 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. It accepts Medicaid. It has operated under Bear Lake Retirement Home INC for about 23 years.

No serious findings or enforcement; the score mainly reflects a steady stream of routine deficiency citations in recent inspections, most of which the facility corrected. These citations repeatedly involve resident care, admissions, staff training, records, medication handling and resident contracts, several complaint investigations were substantiated, and the overall pattern looks steady rather than clearly improving or worsening.

CareQED Score

CareQED Score: 49/100 — Notable concerns. This is CareQED's summary of Florida AHCA's published inspection findings, not an AHCA rating. How the Score works.

Inspection & Enforcement (AHCA)

Care & Payment

Licensed beds: 12 · For-Profit · Operator since 2003 · Fines: $500 · 1525 BEAR LAKE ROAD, APOPKA, FL, 32703 · (407) 296-7075

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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 Jul 2025. 12 operational inspection(s) on record, including 3 complaint investigation(s) of which 3 substantiated. 69 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Resident Care (cited in 7 inspections), Admissions (cited in 7 inspections), Records (cited in 6 inspections), Training (cited in 6 inspections), Medication (cited in 5 inspections), Resident Contracts (cited in 4 inspections), Reporting Requirements; Electronic Submission (cited in 2 inspections), Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (cited in 2 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 2 inspections).

Jul 14, 2025 · Standard

  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2025
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2025
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2025
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2025
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2025
  • Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2025
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2025

Apr 29, 2025 · Monitor

  • Emergency Environmental Control (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2025

Jul 26, 2023 · Standard

  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2023
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2023
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2023
  • Reporting Requirements; Electronic Submission (Class Unclassified) — corrected Sep 2023
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2023
  • Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2023
  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2023

Jun 15, 2021 · Standard

  • Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2021

Oct 25, 2019 · Complaint

  • Records (Class 4) — corrected Dec 2019
  • Records (Class 4) — corrected Dec 2019
  • Reporting Requirements; Electronic Submission (Class 4) — corrected Dec 2019
  • Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2019
  • Resident Care (Class 2) — corrected Dec 2019
  • Resident Care (Class 4) — corrected Dec 2019

Feb 25, 2019 · Standard

  • Admissions (Class 4) — corrected Apr 2019
  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2019
  • Records (Class 4) — corrected Jun 2019
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2019
  • Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2019
  • Resident Contracts (Class 4) — corrected Jun 2019
  • Results Of Screening & Notification In File (Class 4) — corrected Apr 2019
  • Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 4) — corrected Apr 2019
  • Admissions (Class 4) — corrected Apr 2019
  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2019
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2019
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2019
  • Resident Care (Class 4) — corrected Apr 2019

Dec 21, 2018 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

Mar 15, 2017 · Standard

  • Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2017
  • Admissions (Class 3) — corrected May 2017
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected May 2017
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2017
  • Resident Contracts (Class 4) — corrected May 2017
  • Training (Class 4) — corrected May 2017
  • Records (Class 4) — corrected May 2017
  • Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected May 2017
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2017
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2017
  • Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class 4) — corrected May 2017

Sep 22, 2015 · Complaint

  • Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2016
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2016
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2016
  • Risk Mgmt & QA; Adverse Incident Report (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2016

Apr 14, 2015 · Standard

  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2015
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2015
  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2015
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2015
  • Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2015
  • Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2015
  • Resident Contracts (Class 4) — corrected Jun 2015
  • Do Not Resuscitate Orders (dnros) (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2015
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2015
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2015
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2015
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2015

Sep 30, 2014 · Complaint

  • Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2014
  • Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2014
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2014

Mar 26, 2013 · Standard

  • Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2013
  • Resident Contracts (Class 4) — corrected May 2013
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2013
  • Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class 4) — corrected May 2013