BEST CARE SENIOR LIVING AT SAINT JOSEPH — Assisted Living in Tampa, Florida
Best Care Senior Living at Saint Joseph is a 84-bed assisted living facility in Tampa, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 23 out of 100 (Serious concerns), based on Florida AHCA inspection findings. AHCA records include 2 serious (Class 1 or 2) violations. The record also includes 4 state sanctions or final orders, a formal enforcement signal. Care options include memory care. It accepts Medicaid and VA benefits. It has operated under Vida Serena Assisted Living Facility LLC for about 7 years.
Serious findings are present and the facility also has state enforcement actions on its record, which is the main reason the score is low. Repeated issues have centered on medication handling, staff training, resident care, physical plant problems, limited mental health supports, and staffing standards; most cited deficiencies have been formally corrected but similar serious problems keep recurring and the recent pattern looks steady rather than clearly improving.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 23/100 — 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: 0
- Class 2 violations: 2
- Class 3 violations: 10
- Class 4 violations: 0
- Unclassified: 0
- Substantiated complaints: 8
- Sanctions/final orders: 4
- Serious findings: 2
Care & Payment
- Memory care offered
- Accepts Medicaid
- Accepts VA benefits
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: Direct Part-Time, 3rd Party Part-Time
- Activities: Arts and Crafts, Dancing, Games/Cards, Gardening, Music Programs, Shopping, Social Events/Outings, Theater and Movies, Yoga
- Special programs & services: Memory Care, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy
Licensed beds: 84 · For-Profit · Operator since 2018 · Fines: $15,500 · 4406 MELTON AVE, TAMPA, FL, 33614-7218 · (813) 870-1430
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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 Sep 2025. 33 operational inspection(s) on record, including 26 complaint investigation(s) of which 13 substantiated. 63 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Medication (cited in 7 inspections), Training (cited in 6 inspections), Resident Care (cited in 6 inspections), Physical Plant (cited in 5 inspections), Limited Mental Health (cited in 5 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 5 inspections), Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (cited in 2 inspections), Records (cited in 2 inspections).
Sep 2, 2025 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Feb 14, 2025 · Standard
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2025
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2025
Oct 22, 2024 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Sep 5, 2024 · Complaint
- Physical Plant (Class 2) — corrected Dec 2024
Jun 24, 2024 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Nov 15, 2023 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Sep 6, 2023 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jul 11, 2023 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Mar 2, 2023 · Standard
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
Dec 21, 2022 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
May 4, 2022 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 21, 2021 · Complaint
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2021
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2021
- Resident Care (Class 2) — corrected Nov 2021
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2021
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2021
Aug 30, 2021 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2021
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2021
Mar 24, 2021 · Standard
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2021
Jan 19, 2021 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Aug 3, 2020 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2020
May 31, 2020 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 2) — corrected Jun 2020
- Emergency Environmental Control (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2020
May 13, 2019 · Complaint
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2019
Mar 7, 2019 · Monitor
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
Jun 26, 2018 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 16, 2018 · Complaint
- Emergency Plan Approval (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2018
May 5, 2017 · Standard
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 4) — corrected Jun 2017
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class 4) — corrected Jun 2017
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Jun 2017
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
Apr 7, 2017 · Complaint
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
Oct 17, 2016 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2016
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2016
Apr 4, 2016 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 15, 2015 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 10, 2015 · Standard
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2015
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2015
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2015
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2015
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2015
Jun 10, 2015 · Complaint
- Pharmacy & Dietary; Uncorrected Deficiencies (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2015
Apr 27, 2015 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2015
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2015
Mar 13, 2014 · Complaint
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
- Records (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
- Records (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
Jun 14, 2013 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Jan 8, 2013 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Dec 13, 2012 · Complaint
- Risk Mgmt & QA; Adverse Incident Report (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2013