NORWOOD ASSISTED LIVING INC. — Assisted Living in Merritt Island, Florida
Norwood Assisted Living INC. is a 6-bed assisted living facility in Merritt Island, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 72 out of 100 (Mixed record), based on Florida AHCA inspection findings. AHCA records include 1 serious (Class 1 or 2) violation. The record also includes 1 state sanction or final order, a formal enforcement signal. It accepts Medicaid. It has operated under Norwood Assisted Living INC. for about 6 years.
Serious findings are present and are the dominant driver of the score, and the facility also has a past state enforcement action on its record. Most cited problems have been in staff training, resident care, staffing standards, records, medications, and admissions; the facility has corrected the cited deficiencies and recent inspections show fewer issues than earlier cycles, so the trend appears to be improving.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 72/100 — 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: 1
- Class 3 violations: 1
- Class 4 violations: 0
- Unclassified: 0
- Substantiated complaints: 1
- Sanctions/final orders: 1
- Serious findings: 1
Care & Payment
- Accepts Medicaid
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: 3rd Party Part-Time
- Activities: Arts and Crafts, Dancing, Exercise Classes, Games/Cards, Gardening, Music Programs, Theater and Movies
Licensed beds: 6 · For-Profit · Operator since 2019 · Fines: $3,111 · 325 NORWOOD ST, MERRITT ISLAND, FL, 32953 · (321) 459-0530
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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 4 complaint investigation(s) of which 3 substantiated. 43 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Training (cited in 6 inspections), Resident Care (cited in 5 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 4 inspections), Records (cited in 3 inspections), Medication (cited in 3 inspections), Admissions (cited in 3 inspections), Food Service (cited in 2 inspections).
Oct 7, 2025 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Jul 15, 2024 · Monitor
- Emergency Environmental Control (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2024
Nov 9, 2023 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 3, 2023 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 2) — corrected May 2023
Oct 27, 2021 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Sep 29, 2021 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 25, 2018 · Complaint
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2018
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2018
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2018
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2018
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2018
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2018
Dec 4, 2017 · Standard
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2018
Oct 19, 2017 · Standard
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2018
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2017
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2018
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2018
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2017
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2018
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2017
- Emergency Plan Approval (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2017
- Results Of Screening & Notification In File (Class 4) — corrected Dec 2017
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Dec 2017
- Admissions (Class 4) — corrected Dec 2017
Oct 4, 2016 · Complaint
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2016
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2016
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2016
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2016
Jan 28, 2014 · Standard
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2014
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2014
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2014
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2014
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2014
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2014
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2014
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2014
- Food Service (Class 4) — corrected Mar 2014
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2014
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2014
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2014
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2014
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2014