GOLDEN SANDS RETIREMENT HOME — Assisted Living in Ft Lauderdale, Florida
Golden Sands Retirement Home is a 14-bed assisted living facility in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 86 out of 100 (Solid record), based on Florida AHCA inspection findings. AHCA records show no serious (Class 1 or 2) violations. Care options include 24-hour on-site nursing. It accepts Medicaid. It has operated under Golden Diversified Services, INC. for about 27 years.
No serious findings or enforcement actions appear on record, so the facility's inspection history is comparatively clean. Nearly all citations have been cleared while a small administrative citation remains open, recurring themes have focused on Staffing Standards, Training, Records and background screening processes, a small share of complaints were investigated with one substantiation, and the overall pattern of inspections shows an improving trend.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 86/100 — 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: 7
- Class 4 violations: 2
- Unclassified: 2
- Substantiated complaints: 0
- Sanctions/final orders: 0
- Serious findings: 0
Care & Payment
- 24-hour on-site nursing
- Accepts Medicaid
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: Direct 24hr
- Activities: Games/Cards, Music Programs, Social Events/Outings, Theater and Movies
- Special programs & services: Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy
Licensed beds: 14 · For-Profit · Operator since 1999 · 809 NE 20TH AVE, FT LAUDERDALE, FL, 33304-3035 · (954) 524-6054
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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. 11 operational inspection(s) on record, including 3 complaint investigation(s) of which 1 substantiated. 24 deficiency citation(s), 96% corrected. Recurring findings: Staffing Standards (cited in 4 inspections), Training (cited in 3 inspections), Records (cited in 2 inspections), Background Screening Clearinghouse (cited in 2 inspections), Background Screening-compliance Attestation (cited in 2 inspections).
Oct 7, 2025 · Standard
- Records (Class 4) — open
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class Unclassified) — corrected Dec 2025
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2025
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2025
Mar 12, 2024 · Standard
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2024
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2024
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class Unclassified) — corrected Jul 2024
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2024
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2024
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2024
- Staffing Standards (Class 4) — corrected Jul 2024
Sep 29, 2021 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
May 17, 2019 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 8, 2019 · Standard
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Aug 2019
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 4) — corrected Aug 2019
- Emergency Environmental Control (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2019
Jun 22, 2017 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 22, 2017 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Sep 6, 2016 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2016
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2016
Jul 13, 2016 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 30, 2015 · Standard
- Training (Class 4) — corrected Jul 2015
- Records (Class 4) — corrected Jul 2015
- Staffing Standards (Class 4) — corrected Jul 2015
Aug 15, 2013 · Standard
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2013
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2013
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2013
- Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class 4) — corrected Oct 2013
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2013