BROOKDALE DESTIN — Assisted Living in Destin, Florida
Brookdale Destin is a 130-bed assisted living facility in Destin, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 39 out of 100 (Serious concerns), based on Florida AHCA inspection findings. AHCA records show no serious (Class 1 or 2) violations. The record also includes 2 state sanctions or final orders, a formal enforcement signal. Care options include memory care, 24-hour on-site nursing. It has operated under Blc Crystal Bay, LLC for about 20 years.
The score mainly reflects the volume and recency of routine deficiencies, most of which were corrected. Those citations repeatedly involved resident care, staffing standards, medication handling and extended congregate care; corrections were made for the cited items and the overall pattern appears generally steady with a slight uptick on the latest inspection.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 39/100 — 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: 0
- Class 3 violations: 4
- Class 4 violations: 0
- Unclassified: 0
- Substantiated complaints: 3
- Sanctions/final orders: 2
- Serious findings: 0
Care & Payment
- Memory care offered
- 24-hour on-site nursing
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: Direct 24hr
- Activities: Arts and Crafts, Exercise Classes, Games/Cards, Gardening, Music Programs, Shopping, Social Events/Outings, Theater and Movies
- Special programs & services: Memory Care
Licensed beds: 130 · For-Profit · Operator since 2006 · Fines: $20,500 · 2400 CRYSTAL COVE LANE, DESTIN, FL, 32541 · (850) 267-1600
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 May 2025. 34 operational inspection(s) on record, including 11 complaint investigation(s) of which 4 substantiated. 20 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Resident Care (cited in 4 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 3 inspections), Medication (cited in 3 inspections), Extended Congregate Care (cited in 2 inspections).
May 20, 2025 · Standard
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2025
- Alzheimer Disease/dementia; Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2025
May 2, 2024 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 29, 2023 · Complaint
- Risk Mgmt & QA; Reporting Reqs. (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2023
Jun 20, 2023 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Dec 20, 2022 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 3, 2022 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Sep 26, 2022 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
May 12, 2022 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2022
Sep 2, 2021 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Mar 29, 2021 · Standard
- Emergency Management Planning (Class 3) — corrected May 2021
Dec 29, 2020 · Standard
- Resident Care (Class 1) — corrected Mar 2021
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class Unclassified) — corrected Mar 2021
- Staffing Standards (Class 1) — corrected Mar 2021
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2021
Jul 31, 2020 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Aug 1, 2019 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jan 2, 2019 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 2) — corrected Mar 2019
Feb 27, 2018 · Standard
- Emergency Plan Approval (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2018
Mar 13, 2017 · Monitor
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 4) — corrected May 2017
Dec 20, 2016 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
May 13, 2016 · Standard
- Extended Congregate Care (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2016
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2016
Aug 31, 2015 · Monitor
- Extended Congregate Care (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2015
Apr 7, 2015 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 7, 2015 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jan 12, 2015 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 23, 2014 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Jul 10, 2014 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
May 13, 2014 · Standard
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2014
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2014
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2014
Mar 25, 2014 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected May 2014
Jan 3, 2014 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 7, 2013 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 7, 2013 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Aug 9, 2013 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 4, 2013 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Feb 14, 2013 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 9, 2012 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Jul 12, 2012 · Standard
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2012