PELICAN GARDEN, LLC — Assisted Living in Sebastian, Florida

Pelican Garden, LLC is a 50-bed assisted living facility in Sebastian, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 82 out of 100 (Solid record), based on Florida AHCA inspection findings. AHCA records show no serious (Class 1 or 2) violations. The record also includes 1 state sanction or final order, a formal enforcement signal. It accepts Medicaid. It has operated under Pelican Garden, LLC for about 22 years.

The record is comparatively clean with no recent serious findings or active enforcement actions driving the score. The facility has repeatedly been cited for medication management, records, and resident care and has also shown issues in admissions, staffing standards, and training, but those deficiency citations have been corrected and the overall pattern looks generally improving with fewer and more infrequent findings in the most recent inspections.

CareQED Score

CareQED Score: 82/100 — Solid record. This is CareQED's summary of Florida AHCA's published inspection findings, not an AHCA rating. How the Score works.

Inspection & Enforcement (AHCA)

Care & Payment

Activities & Services

Licensed beds: 50 · For-Profit · Operator since 2004 · 177 EMPRESS AVE, SEBASTIAN, FL, 32958-5642 · (772) 388-4730

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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 2024. 19 operational inspection(s) on record, including 6 complaint investigation(s) of which 2 substantiated. 39 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Medication (cited in 6 inspections), Records (cited in 5 inspections), Resident Care (cited in 5 inspections), Admissions (cited in 3 inspections), Training (cited in 2 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 2 inspections), Risk Mgmt & QA; Adverse Incident Report (cited in 2 inspections), Food Service (cited in 2 inspections).

Dec 5, 2024 · Standard

No deficiencies cited.

Sep 19, 2024 · Complaint

No deficiencies cited.

Aug 17, 2022 · Standard

  • Training (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2022
  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2022
  • Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2022
  • Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2022
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2022

Dec 13, 2021 · Complaint

No deficiencies cited.

Jan 28, 2021 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

Nov 19, 2020 · Standard

  • Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2021

Mar 15, 2020 · Complaint

No deficiencies cited.

Dec 16, 2019 · Complaint

No deficiencies cited.

May 9, 2018 · Standard

  • Resident Contracts (Class 4) — corrected Jun 2018
  • Risk Mgmt & QA; Adverse Incident Report (Class 4) — corrected Jun 2018
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2018
  • Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2018
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2018

Dec 19, 2017 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

Nov 20, 2017 · Complaint

  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2018
  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2018
  • Risk Mgmt & QA; Adverse Incident Report (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2018

Jun 5, 2017 · Standard

No deficiencies cited.

Jun 3, 2016 · Standard

  • Food Service (Class 4) — corrected Aug 2016
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2016
  • Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class 4) — corrected Aug 2016
  • Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Aug 2016
  • Records (Class 4) — corrected Aug 2016
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2016

Sep 22, 2015 · Complaint

  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2015
  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2015
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2015
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2015
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2015
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2015
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2015

Apr 24, 2015 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

Jan 27, 2015 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

Aug 7, 2014 · Monitor

  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2014
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2014
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2014

May 6, 2014 · Standard

No deficiencies cited.

Jun 13, 2012 · Standard

  • Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2012
  • Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2012
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2012
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2012
  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2012
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2012
  • Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2012
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2012
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2012