SUNSHINE ELDERLY RESIDENCES, CORP — Assisted Living in Hialeah, Florida

Sunshine Elderly Residences, Corp is a 6-bed assisted living facility in Hialeah, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 71 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 1 state sanction or final order, a formal enforcement signal. It accepts Medicaid and VA benefits. It has operated under Sunshine Elderly Residences Corp for about 12 years.

The record is comparatively clean with no serious findings or active enforcement. Most citations involved medication management, resident care, food service, records, staffing standards and limited mental health, and those deficiencies have been corrected; the pattern of recent inspections looks improved.

CareQED Score

CareQED Score: 71/100 — 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)

Care & Payment

Activities & Services

Licensed beds: 6 · For-Profit · Operator since 2013 · Fines: $800 · 870 E 5 ST, HIALEAH, FL, 33010 · (786) 346-6721

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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 Jul 2024. 12 operational inspection(s) on record, including 2 complaint investigation(s) of which 1 substantiated. 41 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Medication (cited in 6 inspections), Resident Care (cited in 5 inspections), Food Service (cited in 4 inspections), Records (cited in 4 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 3 inspections), Limited Mental Health (cited in 3 inspections), Physical Plant (cited in 2 inspections), Training (cited in 2 inspections).

Jul 30, 2024 · Standard

  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2024

May 17, 2024 · Standard

  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2024
  • Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2024
  • Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2024
  • Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2024

Jun 15, 2022 · Standard

  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2022
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2022
  • Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class Unclassified) — corrected Aug 2022
  • Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2022
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2022
  • Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2022
  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2022
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2022
  • Physical Restraints (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2022
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2022
  • Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2022
  • Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2022
  • Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class Unclassified) — corrected Aug 2022
  • Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2022
  • Assistive Devices (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2022

Sep 17, 2020 · Monitor

  • Emergency Environmental Control (Class 3) — corrected Dec 2020

Jul 10, 2020 · Complaint

  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2020
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2020
  • Emergency Mgmt (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2020
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2020
  • Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2020

Jun 5, 2020 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

Jan 30, 2020 · Standard

  • Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2020
  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2020
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2020

Jan 3, 2018 · Standard

  • Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2018
  • Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2018
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2018
  • Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2018
  • Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2018
  • Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2018

Nov 12, 2015 · Standard

  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2016
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2016

Sep 8, 2014 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

May 28, 2013 · Complaint

No deficiencies cited.

Oct 2, 2012 · Standard

  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2013
  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2013