PALACE RETIREMENT HOME — Assisted Living in Rockledge, Florida
Palace Retirement Home is a 28-bed assisted living facility in Rockledge, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 65 out of 100 (Mixed record), based on Florida AHCA inspection findings. AHCA records show no serious (Class 1 or 2) violations. The record also includes 3 state sanctions or final orders, a formal enforcement signal. It accepts Medicaid. It has operated under Mel-Mar Enterprises, INC. for about 32 years.
No serious findings or enforcement were cited, and the score mainly reflects the volume and recent routine deficiencies that were largely corrected. Most citations involved resident care, staffing standards, records, reporting requirements, electronic submissions, and training; corrections are documented and the pattern of findings looks generally improving.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 65/100 — 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: 0
- Class 3 violations: 4
- Class 4 violations: 0
- Unclassified: 2
- Substantiated complaints: 0
- Sanctions/final orders: 3
- Serious findings: 0
Care & Payment
- Accepts Medicaid
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: None
- Activities: Arts and Crafts, Dancing, Exercise Classes, Games/Cards, Gardening, Music Programs, Shopping, Social Events/Outings, Theater and Movies
Licensed beds: 28 · For-Profit · Operator since 1993 · Fines: $1,000 · 965 S. FLORIDA AVENUE, ROCKLEDGE, FL, 32955 · (321) 639-0004
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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 Feb 2026. 10 operational inspection(s) on record, including 2 complaint investigation(s) of which 2 substantiated. 24 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Resident Care (cited in 3 inspections), Records (cited in 3 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 3 inspections), Reporting Requirements; Electronic Submission (cited in 2 inspections), Training (cited in 2 inspections).
Feb 10, 2026 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
May 5, 2025 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2025
- Reporting Requirements; Electronic Submission (Class Unclassified) — corrected Jul 2025
Feb 29, 2024 · Standard
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2024
- Reporting Requirements; Electronic Submission (Class Unclassified) — corrected Mar 2024
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2024
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2024
Jun 7, 2021 · Standard
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2021
- Emergency Plan Approval (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2021
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2021
Sep 26, 2019 · Standard
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2019
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2019
May 8, 2019 · Complaint
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Jul 2019
Dec 13, 2018 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 17, 2017 · Standard
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2017
Nov 3, 2015 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Sep 10, 2013 · Standard
- Unlicensed Activity (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2013
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2013
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2013
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2013