GUARDIAN ELDER CARE SERVICES, INC. (THE) — Assisted Living in Miami, Florida
Guardian Elder Care Services, INC. (the) is a 6-bed assisted living facility in Miami, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 24 out of 100 (Serious concerns), based on Florida AHCA inspection findings. AHCA records include 1 serious (Class 1 or 2) violation. The record also includes 2 state sanctions or final orders, a formal enforcement signal. It has operated under Guardian Elder Care Services, INC. (the) for about 21 years.
Serious findings are present and weigh heavily on the score, and the facility’s record includes formal enforcement actions. Inspections repeatedly cite records, medications, staff training, staffing standards, resident care, and emergency environmental control issues; most past citations have been corrected though a handful remain open, and recent surveys show a mixed but modestly improving pattern.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 24/100 — 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: 1
- Class 3 violations: 14
- Class 4 violations: 0
- Unclassified: 0
- Substantiated complaints: 0
- Sanctions/final orders: 2
- Serious findings: 1
Care & Payment
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: 3rd Party 24hr
- Activities: Arts and Crafts, Cooking Classes, Dancing, Exercise Classes, Games/Cards, Gardening
Licensed beds: 6 · For-Profit · Operator since 2005 · Fines: $6,000 · 8318 SW 162ND PL, MIAMI, FL, 33193-5130 · (305) 388-1655
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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 May 2026. 16 operational inspection(s) on record, including 1 complaint investigation(s) of which 1 substantiated. 48 deficiency citation(s), 90% corrected. Recurring findings: Records (cited in 7 inspections), Medication (cited in 6 inspections), Training (cited in 4 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 3 inspections), Resident Care (cited in 2 inspections), Emergency Environmental Control (cited in 2 inspections), Food Service (cited in 2 inspections), Background Screening Clearinghouse (cited in 2 inspections).
May 21, 2026 · Standard
- Resident Care (Class 3) — open
- Medication (Class 2) — open
- Records (Class 3) — open
Feb 5, 2026 · Standard
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — open
- Records (Class 3) — corrected May 2026
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2026
- Records (Class 3) — corrected May 2026
- Staffing Standards (Class Unclassified) — open
Oct 3, 2024 · Monitor
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2025
Oct 9, 2023 · Standard
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2024
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2024
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2024
Feb 7, 2022 · Standard
- Emergency Environmental Control (Class 2) — corrected Jun 2022
- Emergency Mgmt (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2022
- Physical Restraints (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2022
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2022
Feb 18, 2021 · Monitor
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2021
Jul 11, 2019 · Standard
- Licensure (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2019
May 2, 2019 · Standard
- Right Of Inspection; Inspection Reports (Class 4) — corrected Jul 2019
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
Feb 19, 2019 · Standard
- Emergency Environmental Control (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
Apr 24, 2018 · Monitor
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2018
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2018
Jan 31, 2018 · Complaint
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2018
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2018
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2018
- Results Of Screening & Notification In File (Class 4) — corrected Apr 2018
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2018
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2018
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Apr 2018
Aug 14, 2017 · Standard
- Pharmacy & Dietary; Uncorrected Deficiencies (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
Jun 27, 2017 · Standard
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2017
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
Apr 4, 2017 · Standard
- Administrative Fines; Violations (Class 4) — corrected Jun 2017
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class 4) — corrected Jun 2017
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2017
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 4) — corrected Jun 2017
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Jun 2017
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
Feb 4, 2015 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 15, 2013 · Standard
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2013