FRESH HORIZONS ASSISTED LIVING — Assisted Living in Vero Beach, Florida
Fresh Horizons Assisted Living is a 8-bed assisted living facility in Vero Beach, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 60 out of 100 (Mixed record), 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 limited nursing services (LNS). It accepts Medicaid. It has operated under Rock Services INC for about 15 years.
The record is comparatively clean with no recent serious enforcement actions noted. Most past citations have been corrected so the remaining issues are limited to a couple of open items, while recurring themes include Admissions, Medication, Resident Care, Adverse Incident Reporting, Risk Management and Quality Assurance, Staffing Standards, and Training; overall the pattern looks improved compared with the cluster of findings in earlier inspections, though a small number of issues remain open.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 60/100 — Mixed 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: 7
- Class 4 violations: 0
- Unclassified: 1
- Substantiated complaints: 0
- Sanctions/final orders: 2
- Serious findings: 0
Care & Payment
- Limited nursing services (LNS)
- Accepts Medicaid
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: 3rd Party 24hr
- Activities: Arts and Crafts, Exercise Classes, Games/Cards, Gardening, Music Programs, Shopping, Social Events/Outings, Theater and Movies
Licensed beds: 8 · Not-For-Profit · Operator since 2010 · Fines: $500 · 4836 35TH AVENUE, VERO BEACH, FL, 32967 · (772) 564-7271
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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 Oct 2025. 15 operational inspection(s) on record, including 4 complaint investigation(s) of which 3 substantiated. 31 deficiency citation(s), 94% corrected. Recurring findings: Medication (cited in 3 inspections), Admissions (cited in 3 inspections), Risk Mgmt & QA; Adverse Incident Report (cited in 3 inspections), Resident Care (cited in 3 inspections), Training (cited in 2 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 2 inspections), Records (cited in 2 inspections).
Oct 20, 2025 · Standard
- Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class Unclassified) — corrected Jan 2026
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2026
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2026
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2026
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2026
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2026
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2026
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2026
Oct 5, 2020 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 24, 2019 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 22, 2018 · Complaint
- Risk Mgmt & QA; Adverse Incident Report (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2018
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2018
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2018
Sep 21, 2018 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Jul 20, 2018 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jul 20, 2018 · Standard
- Emergency Environmental Control (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2018
May 1, 2018 · Standard
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Emergency Plan Approval (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2018
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
Feb 20, 2018 · Complaint
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected May 2018
- Resident Care (Class 3) — open
- Admissions (Class 3) — open
- Results Of Screening & Notification In File (Class 4) — corrected May 2018
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected May 2018
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 4) — corrected May 2018
- Records (Class 3) — corrected May 2018
- Risk Mgmt & QA; Adverse Incident Report (Class 3) — corrected May 2018
May 23, 2017 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
May 6, 2016 · Standard
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2016
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2016
Jun 24, 2015 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Nov 17, 2014 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 15, 2014 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Mar 12, 2013 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2013
- Risk Mgmt & QA; Adverse Incident Report (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2013
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2013