BEST CARE SENIOR LIVING AT CENTRAL TAMPA LLC — Assisted Living in Tampa, Florida
Best Care Senior Living at Central Tampa LLC is a 100-bed assisted living facility in Tampa, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 0 out of 100 (Serious concerns), based on Florida AHCA inspection findings. AHCA records include 7 serious (Class 1 or 2) violations. The record also includes 15 state sanctions or final orders, a formal enforcement signal. Care options include memory care. It accepts the Medicaid Assisted Living waiver and VA benefits. It has operated under Best Care Senior Living at Central Tampa LLC for about 2 years.
Serious findings drive the low score because the facility has active enforcement on record and recent inspections identified high-severity failures. Problems repeatedly involve resident care, staff training, medication handling, staffing standards, the physical plant and limited mental health services; while numerous prior citations were subsequently corrected, enforcement actions remain in place and the pattern of repeated citations indicates a steady, recurring problem rather than sustained improvement.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 0/100 — Serious concerns. 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: 1
- Class 2 violations: 6
- Class 3 violations: 45
- Class 4 violations: 0
- Unclassified: 4
- Substantiated complaints: 30
- Sanctions/final orders: 15
- Serious findings: 7
Care & Payment
- Memory care offered
- Accepts Medicaid Assisted Living waiver
- Accepts Medicaid
- Accepts VA benefits
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: Direct Part-Time, 3rd Party Part-Time
- Activities: Arts and Crafts, Cooking Classes, Dancing, Exercise Classes, Games/Cards, Gardening, Music Programs, Shopping, Social Events/Outings, Theater and Movies, Yoga
- Special programs & services: Memory Care, Occupational Therapy, Pet Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy
Licensed beds: 100 · For-Profit · Operator since 2023 · Fines: $49,750 · 5010 N 40TH ST, TAMPA, FL, 33610-5202 · (813) 629-4725
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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 Feb 2026. 50 operational inspection(s) on record, including 41 complaint investigation(s) of which 18 substantiated. 71 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Resident Care (cited in 8 inspections), Training (cited in 7 inspections), Medication (cited in 7 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 6 inspections), Physical Plant (cited in 5 inspections), Limited Mental Health (cited in 4 inspections), Admissions (cited in 3 inspections), Background Screening Clearinghouse (cited in 3 inspections), Alzheimer Disease/dementia; Training (cited in 2 inspections), Pharmacy & Dietary; Uncorrected Deficiencies (cited in 2 inspections), In-person Visitation (cited in 2 inspections), Records (cited in 2 inspections).
Feb 19, 2026 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Dec 15, 2025 · Standard
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2026
- Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class Unclassified) — corrected Jan 2026
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2026
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2026
- Alzheimer Disease/dementia; Training (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2026
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2026
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class Unclassified) — corrected Jan 2026
Aug 28, 2025 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
May 19, 2025 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 28, 2024 · Complaint
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2024
- Pharmacy & Dietary; Uncorrected Deficiencies (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2024
Aug 28, 2024 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2024
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2024
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2024
Jul 15, 2024 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 2) — corrected Oct 2024
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2024
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2024
- Alzheimer Disease/dementia; Training (Class Unclassified) — corrected Dec 2024
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2024
Jun 28, 2024 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
May 15, 2024 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 12, 2024 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Feb 19, 2024 · Standard
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2024
- Emergency Management Planning (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2024
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2024
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2024
- In-person Visitation (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2024
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2024
Nov 20, 2023 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 4, 2023 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2023
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2023
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2023
Jun 22, 2023 · Complaint
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2023
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2023
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2023
Mar 26, 2023 · Complaint
- Staffing Standards (Class 1) — corrected Apr 2023
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
Feb 16, 2023 · Standard
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2023
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class Unclassified) — corrected Mar 2023
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
Dec 19, 2022 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 2) — corrected Feb 2023
Dec 1, 2022 · Complaint
- Pharmacy & Dietary; Uncorrected Deficiencies (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2023
Oct 24, 2022 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 2) — corrected Dec 2022
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2023
- Risk Mgmt & QA (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2022
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2023
Sep 13, 2022 · Complaint
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2023
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2022
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2022
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2023
- Resident Care (Class 2) — corrected Dec 2022
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2023
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2022
- In-person Visitation (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2022
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2023
- Physical Plant (Class 2) — corrected Dec 2022
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2022
Aug 10, 2022 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 27, 2022 · Complaint
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2022
Apr 13, 2022 · Complaint
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class Unclassified) — corrected May 2022
Aug 30, 2021 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 17, 2021 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Mar 1, 2021 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 29, 2020 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jul 13, 2020 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jan 8, 2020 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 24, 2019 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2020
Jul 16, 2019 · Complaint
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2019
Apr 24, 2019 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Mar 22, 2019 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Aug 14, 2018 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
May 29, 2018 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 7, 2017 · Standard
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2017
- Limited Nursing Services (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2017
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Jul 2017
- Limited Nursing Services (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2017
Mar 1, 2016 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 5, 2015 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Dec 8, 2014 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
May 15, 2014 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Feb 17, 2014 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
Dec 17, 2013 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 24, 2013 · Complaint
- Resident Contracts (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2013
Oct 9, 2013 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
May 30, 2013 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Mar 20, 2013 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected May 2013
Mar 20, 2013 · Standard
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2013
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected May 2013
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2013
Feb 11, 2013 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Sep 20, 2012 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Jul 27, 2012 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 2) — corrected Oct 2012
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2012