SANTA TERESITA HOME CARE — Assisted Living in Hialeah, Florida
Santa Teresita Home Care is a 6-bed assisted living facility in Hialeah, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 66 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 and VA benefits. It has operated under P & L Home Care INC for about 21 years.
Serious findings are present and weigh heavily on the score, and the facility has an enforcement action on record. Most citations have been corrected though some remain open, with recurring problems focused on resident records, staffing standards, staff training, background screening attestations, medication handling, and admissions, and the pattern of inspections shows fewer deficiencies in recent reviews, indicating an improving trend.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 66/100 — 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: 7
- Class 4 violations: 0
- Unclassified: 0
- Substantiated complaints: 0
- Sanctions/final orders: 1
- Serious findings: 1
Care & Payment
- Accepts Medicaid
- Accepts VA benefits
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: None
- Activities: Arts and Crafts, Dancing, Games/Cards, Music Programs, Social Events/Outings, Theater and Movies
Licensed beds: 6 · For-Profit · Operator since 2005 · Fines: $3,250 · 538 WEST 40 PLACE, HIALEAH, FL, 33012 · (786) 615-2670
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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. 12 operational inspection(s) on record, including 2 complaint investigation(s) of which 1 substantiated. 52 deficiency citation(s), 96% corrected. Recurring findings: Records (cited in 7 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 4 inspections), Training (cited in 4 inspections), Background Screening-compliance Attestation (cited in 3 inspections), Medication (cited in 3 inspections), Admissions (cited in 3 inspections), Licensure (cited in 2 inspections), Results Of Screening & Notification In File (cited in 2 inspections), Background Screening Clearinghouse (cited in 2 inspections), Resident Care (cited in 2 inspections), Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (cited in 2 inspections).
Feb 4, 2026 · Standard
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2026
- Records (Class 3) — open
- Emergency Mgmt (Class 3) — open
Sep 29, 2023 · Standard
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2023
Jan 12, 2022 · Standard
- Emergency Environmental Control (Class 2) — corrected Apr 2022
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2022
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2022
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2022
Mar 18, 2020 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 27, 2019 · Monitor
No deficiencies cited.
May 8, 2019 · Standard
- Licensure (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
Feb 21, 2019 · Standard
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Fiscal (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Results Of Screening & Notification In File (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Records (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 4) — corrected May 2019
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected May 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Administrative Fines; Violations (Class 4) — corrected May 2019
Jul 24, 2017 · Standard
- Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class 4) — corrected Sep 2017
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2017
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2017
Apr 18, 2017 · Standard
- Licensure (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2017
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 4) — corrected Jul 2017
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2017
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2017
- Resident Contracts (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2017
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2017
- Results Of Screening & Notification In File (Class 4) — corrected Jul 2017
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2017
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2017
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2017
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Sep 2017
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2017
Feb 5, 2015 · Standard
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2015
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2015
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2015
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2015
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2015
Oct 10, 2013 · Complaint
- Change Of Address (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2014
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2014
May 13, 2013 · Standard
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2013
- Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class 4) — corrected Jul 2013
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2013
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2013