BEST CARE SENIOR LIVING AT HERITAGE MANOR — Assisted Living in Tampa, Florida
Best Care Senior Living at Heritage Manor is a 40-bed assisted living facility in Tampa, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 75 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. It accepts Medicaid and VA benefits. It has operated under Heritage Manor Asisted Living Facility Corp for about 10 years.
The record is comparatively clean, with no recent serious findings or active enforcement actions. Most citations have involved medication management, resident care, recordkeeping, staffing standards and staff training; those deficiencies have been corrected and the inspection trend appears to be improving after a past cluster of citations.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 75/100 — 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: 14
- Class 4 violations: 0
- Unclassified: 0
- Substantiated complaints: 3
- Sanctions/final orders: 1
- Serious findings: 0
Care & Payment
- Accepts Medicaid
- Accepts VA benefits
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: Direct Part-Time, 3rd Party 24hr
- Activities: Arts and Crafts, Dancing, Games/Cards, Gardening, Music Programs, Shopping, Social Events/Outings, Theater and Movies
- Special programs & services: Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy
Licensed beds: 40 · For-Profit · Operator since 2015 · Fines: $1,000 · 1908 E 131ST AVE, TAMPA, FL, 33612-4690 · (813) 977-7878
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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 Apr 2026. 23 operational inspection(s) on record, including 18 complaint investigation(s) of which 10 substantiated. 28 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Medication (cited in 4 inspections), Resident Care (cited in 3 inspections), Records (cited in 3 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 2 inspections), Training (cited in 2 inspections).
Apr 6, 2026 · Standard
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected May 2026
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected May 2026
Oct 3, 2024 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 24, 2024 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Mar 19, 2024 · Complaint
- Risk Mgmt & QA (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2024
Jul 11, 2023 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2023
- Pharmacy & Dietary; Uncorrected Deficiencies (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2023
May 15, 2023 · Complaint
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2023
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2023
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2023
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2023
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2023
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2023
- Assistive Devices (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2023
Oct 13, 2022 · Complaint
- In-person Visitation (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2022
May 4, 2022 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Nov 22, 2021 · Complaint
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2022
Sep 13, 2021 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Aug 25, 2021 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
May 25, 2021 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Mar 17, 2021 · Complaint
- Records (Class 3) — corrected May 2021
- Emergency Management Planning (Class 3) — corrected May 2021
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected May 2021
- Records (Class 3) — corrected May 2021
Feb 1, 2021 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2021
Sep 29, 2020 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
May 28, 2020 · Complaint
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2020
- Emergency Environmental Control (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2020
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2020
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2020
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2020
- Risk Mgmt & QA; Adverse Incident Report (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2020
Jan 3, 2020 · Standard
- Emergency Plan Approval (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2020
Nov 7, 2019 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Aug 6, 2019 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2019
Apr 3, 2018 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jan 26, 2018 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Nov 21, 2017 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
May 3, 2017 · Complaint
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017