GUIDANCE CARE CENTER INC — Assisted Living in Marathon, Florida
Guidance Care Center INC is a 14-bed assisted living facility in Marathon, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 99 out of 100 (Strong record), based on Florida AHCA inspection findings. AHCA records show no serious (Class 1 or 2) violations. It has operated under Guidance/care Center, INC. for about 11 years.
The facility's record is comparatively clean with no serious findings or enforcement actions and all cited deficiencies corrected. Past issues were mainly routine operational and documentation shortcomings, the lone substantiated complaint involved a care-related concern, and the pattern across inspections looks generally improving.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 99/100 — Strong 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: 0
- Class 4 violations: 0
- Unclassified: 0
- Substantiated complaints: 0
- Sanctions/final orders: 0
- Serious findings: 0
Care & Payment
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: None
- Activities: Arts and Crafts, Cooking Classes, Games/Cards, Shopping, Social Events/Outings, Theater and Movies
Licensed beds: 14 · Not-For-Profit · Operator since 2014 · 67 COCO PLUM DR, MARATHON, FL, 33050 · (305) 743-4129
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 Aug 2025. 11 operational inspection(s) on record, including 3 complaint investigation(s) of which 1 substantiated. 4 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected.
Aug 16, 2025 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Mar 14, 2024 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
May 15, 2023 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 13, 2020 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 4, 2019 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2019
Jun 4, 2019 · Monitor
- Emergency Environmental Control (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2019
Apr 24, 2018 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Feb 9, 2018 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 26, 2016 · Standard
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2016
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2016
Nov 22, 2013 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 12, 2013 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.