HERON HOUSE OF LARGO — Assisted Living in Largo, Florida
Heron House of Largo is a 145-bed assisted living facility in Largo, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 21 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 7 state sanctions or final orders, a formal enforcement signal. It accepts Medicaid and VA benefits. It has operated under Heron House Alf LLC for about 8 years.
Serious findings are present and drive the low score, with the facility’s record showing state enforcement actions and final orders that weigh heavily. Inspections repeatedly flagged problems with medication management, the physical plant, staff training, staffing levels, resident care, and recordkeeping; while cited deficiencies have been corrected, the recurrence of the same care areas across investigations and the number of substantiated complaints indicate the pattern remains concerning rather than clearly improving.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 21/100 — 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: 33
- Class 4 violations: 0
- Unclassified: 0
- Substantiated complaints: 26
- Sanctions/final orders: 7
- Serious findings: 1
Care & Payment
- Accepts Medicaid
- Accepts VA benefits
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: Direct Part-Time
- Activities: Arts and Crafts, Dancing, Games/Cards, Music Programs, Shopping
Licensed beds: 145 · For-Profit · Operator since 2017 · Fines: $10,000 · 2050 E BAY DR, LARGO, FL, 33771-2321 · (727) 559-7776
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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 Dec 2025. 48 operational inspection(s) on record, including 40 complaint investigation(s) of which 19 substantiated. 64 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Medication (cited in 7 inspections), Physical Plant (cited in 7 inspections), Training (cited in 6 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 6 inspections), Resident Care (cited in 6 inspections), Records (cited in 5 inspections), Food Service (cited in 4 inspections), Emergency Management Planning (cited in 3 inspections), Risk Mgmt & QA (cited in 2 inspections), Background Screening-compliance Attestation (cited in 2 inspections).
Dec 17, 2025 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2026
Aug 4, 2025 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 28, 2025 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2025
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2025
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2025
- Emergency Management Planning (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2025
Dec 26, 2024 · Complaint
- Risk Mgmt & QA (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2025
Nov 14, 2024 · Standard
- Alzheimer Disease/dementia; Training (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2024
Apr 24, 2024 · Complaint
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2024
Jan 18, 2024 · Standard
- Emergency Management Planning (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2024
Dec 5, 2023 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Sep 28, 2023 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jul 25, 2023 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
May 25, 2023 · Complaint
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2023
Mar 14, 2023 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Mar 1, 2023 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Dec 16, 2022 · Complaint
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2023
Oct 23, 2022 · Standard
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2022
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2022
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2022
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2022
- Risk Mgmt & QA (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2022
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2022
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2022
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2022
Sep 1, 2022 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2022
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2022
Jun 2, 2022 · Complaint
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2022
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2022
- In-person Visitation (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2022
Apr 19, 2022 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2022
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2022
Feb 15, 2022 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Nov 12, 2021 · Complaint
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2022
Aug 16, 2021 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 29, 2021 · Complaint
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2021
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2021
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2021
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2021
- Medication (Class 2) — corrected Aug 2021
- Emergency Management Planning (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2021
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2021
Feb 25, 2021 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Dec 4, 2020 · Standard
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2021
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2021
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2021
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2021
Jul 6, 2020 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 12, 2020 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 14, 2020 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2020
Feb 19, 2020 · Complaint
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2020
Oct 23, 2019 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
May 30, 2019 · Complaint
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
Dec 27, 2018 · Complaint
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 4) — corrected Mar 2019
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019
Jul 19, 2018 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 14, 2018 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
May 29, 2018 · Complaint
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Results Of Screening & Notification In File (Class 4) — corrected Jul 2018
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2018
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
Mar 27, 2018 · Complaint
- Fiscal (Class 3) — corrected May 2018
Mar 5, 2018 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Dec 18, 2017 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Dec 18, 2017 · Standard
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2018
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2018
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2018
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2018
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2018
Nov 15, 2017 · Complaint
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Feb 2018
Jul 31, 2017 · Complaint
- Resident Contracts (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2017
Jun 8, 2017 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 26, 2016 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 1, 2016 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jan 4, 2016 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Mar 28, 2014 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Sep 30, 2013 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Mar 7, 2013 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jul 9, 2012 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.