SAVANNAH COTTAGE OF LAKELAND — Assisted Living in Lakeland, Florida
Savannah Cottage of Lakeland is a 38-bed assisted living facility in Lakeland, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 23 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 4 state sanctions or final orders, a formal enforcement signal. Care options include memory care. It accepts the Medicaid Assisted Living waiver and VA benefits. It has operated under Senior Living Properties IV, LLC for about 23 years.
Serious enforcement findings are the dominant driver of this low score, with state sanctions and a steady stream of substantiated complaints weighing heavily even though cited deficiencies have been corrected. Recurring problems show up most often in training, records and resident care, with additional issues tied to admissions, staffing standards and medication; while prior citations were formally corrected, the pattern of repeated findings leaves the recent trend steady to concerning rather than clearly improving.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 23/100 — 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: 17
- Class 4 violations: 2
- Unclassified: 0
- Substantiated complaints: 9
- Sanctions/final orders: 4
- Serious findings: 1
Care & Payment
- Memory care offered
- Accepts Medicaid Assisted Living waiver
- Accepts VA benefits
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: Direct Part-Time
- Activities: Arts and Crafts, Dancing, Exercise Classes, Games/Cards, Gardening, Music Programs, Social Events/Outings, Theater and Movies
- Special programs & services: Memory Care
Licensed beds: 38 · For-Profit · Operator since 2003 · Fines: $12,500 · 605 CARPENTERS WAY, LAKELAND, FL, 33809 · (954) 691-1030
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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 Apr 2026. 36 operational inspection(s) on record, including 28 complaint investigation(s) of which 16 substantiated. 68 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Training (cited in 10 inspections), Records (cited in 9 inspections), Resident Care (cited in 8 inspections), Admissions (cited in 4 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 4 inspections), Medication (cited in 4 inspections), Physical Plant (cited in 3 inspections), Background Screening-compliance Attestation (cited in 2 inspections), Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (cited in 2 inspections).
Apr 23, 2026 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 30, 2025 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 28, 2025 · Standard
- Alzheimer Disease/dementia; Training (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2025
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2025
Jul 18, 2024 · Complaint
- Admissions (Class 4) — corrected Aug 2024
- Emergency Management Planning (Class 4) — corrected Aug 2024
Jan 23, 2024 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Aug 28, 2023 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 22, 2023 · Complaint
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2023
Apr 26, 2023 · Standard
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2023
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2023
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2023
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2023
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2023
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2023
Mar 3, 2023 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jan 4, 2023 · Complaint
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2023
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2023
Nov 17, 2022 · Complaint
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2023
- Resident Care (Class 2) — corrected Jan 2023
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2023
Oct 19, 2022 · Complaint
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2023
Jun 9, 2022 · Complaint
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2022
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2022
Jan 13, 2022 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Sep 10, 2021 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2021
Apr 23, 2021 · Standard
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2021
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected May 2021
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2021
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2021
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2021
- Records (Class 3) — corrected May 2021
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2021
Mar 11, 2021 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 2) — corrected Apr 2021
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2021
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2021
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class Unclassified) — corrected Apr 2021
- Results Of Screening & Notification In File (Class Unclassified) — corrected Apr 2021
- Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class Unclassified) — corrected Apr 2021
Sep 17, 2020 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2020
Jul 23, 2020 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 15, 2020 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2020
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2020
Jan 14, 2020 · Complaint
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2020
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2020
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2020
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2020
- Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class 4) — corrected Sep 2020
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2020
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2020
May 3, 2019 · Complaint
- Pharmacy & Dietary; Uncorrected Deficiencies (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2019
Mar 11, 2019 · Complaint
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Records (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2019
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
Mar 11, 2019 · Standard
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2019
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 4) — corrected May 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Emergency Environmental Control (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
Mar 21, 2018 · Complaint
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2018
Jun 21, 2017 · Complaint
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2017
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2017
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2017
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2017
Feb 14, 2017 · Standard
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2017
Feb 14, 2017 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 26, 2016 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Feb 24, 2015 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Feb 16, 2015 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
May 5, 2014 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Nov 27, 2012 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Nov 27, 2012 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 10, 2012 · Complaint
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2012
Aug 13, 2012 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.