BEST CARE SENIOR LIVING AT WINTER HAVEN — Assisted Living in Winter Haven, Florida
Best Care Senior Living at Winter Haven is a 66-bed assisted living facility in Winter Haven, 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 memory care, 24-hour on-site nursing. It accepts Medicaid and VA benefits. It has operated under Brandywyne Assisted Living Facility LLC for about 8 years.
The facility's record is comparatively clean with no serious findings or active enforcement actions, which is the main reason for the solid score. Most deficiencies have involved medication management, resident care, and staff training but have been corrected, and the recent pattern of smaller, less frequent citations points to 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: 10
- Class 4 violations: 0
- Unclassified: 0
- Substantiated complaints: 6
- Sanctions/final orders: 1
- Serious findings: 0
Care & Payment
- Memory care offered
- 24-hour on-site nursing
- Accepts Medicaid
- Accepts VA benefits
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: Direct 24hr, 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
- Special programs & services: Memory Care, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy
Licensed beds: 66 · For-Profit · Operator since 2018 · Fines: $1,000 · 1801 LAKE MARIAM DR, WINTER HAVEN, FL, 33884 · (863) 877-0413
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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. 21 operational inspection(s) on record, including 18 complaint investigation(s) of which 6 substantiated. 25 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Medication (cited in 4 inspections), Resident Care (cited in 4 inspections), Training (cited in 4 inspections).
Apr 15, 2026 · Standard
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected May 2026
Sep 17, 2025 · Complaint
- Risk Mgmt & QA (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2025
May 7, 2025 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Nov 6, 2024 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Aug 26, 2024 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jul 18, 2024 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Mar 12, 2024 · Standard
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2024
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2024
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2024
Oct 23, 2023 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Aug 3, 2023 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 27, 2023 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jan 26, 2023 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Nov 4, 2022 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Sep 8, 2022 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2022
Mar 31, 2022 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Nov 17, 2021 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Aug 3, 2021 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2021
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2021
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2021
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2021
Feb 3, 2021 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Sep 8, 2020 · Complaint
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class Unclassified) — corrected Oct 2020
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2020
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2020
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2020
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2020
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2020
Feb 5, 2020 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 22, 2019 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2019
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2019
Jul 24, 2019 · Complaint
- Fiscal (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2019
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Dec 2019
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2019
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2019
- Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class 4) — corrected Dec 2019
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2019