SWEET PARADISE ELDERLY HOME, INC. — Assisted Living in Hialeah, Florida

Sweet Paradise Elderly Home, INC. is a 6-bed assisted living facility in Hialeah, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 45 out of 100 (Notable concerns), 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 the Medicaid Assisted Living waiver. It has operated under Sweet Paradise Elderly Home INC for about 18 years.

Serious enforcement findings are the dominant driver of this score and remain on the facility record rather than being limited to routine citations. Recurring problems have centered on medication management, resident care and records, staffing standards, physical plant issues and background-screening gaps; although the facility has brought cited items into compliance in the past, there is an active enforcement action on file, multiple substantiated complaints, and the most recent inspections show an uptick in the number and severity of findings.

CareQED Score

CareQED Score: 45/100 — Notable concerns. 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 2008 · Fines: $2,750 · 4986 E 9 LN, HIALEAH, FL, 33013 · (786) 635-1202

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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 Sep 2025. 13 operational inspection(s) on record, including 3 complaint investigation(s) of which 3 substantiated. 33 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Medication (cited in 5 inspections), Records (cited in 4 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 3 inspections), Resident Care (cited in 3 inspections), Physical Plant (cited in 2 inspections), Background Screening Clearinghouse (cited in 2 inspections).

Sep 3, 2025 · Monitor

  • Right Of Inspection; Inspection Reports (Class 4) — corrected Oct 2025
  • Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2025
  • Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2025
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2025
  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2025
  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2025
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2025
  • Physical Plant (Class 2) — corrected Oct 2025
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2025

Jun 12, 2024 · Standard

  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2024
  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2024
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2024
  • Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2024
  • Emergency Management (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2024
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2024
  • Infection Control Procedures (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2024

Jun 22, 2022 · Standard

  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2022

Jun 8, 2021 · Complaint

  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2021
  • Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class Unclassified) — corrected Sep 2021

Jul 27, 2020 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

Jul 16, 2019 · Standard

No deficiencies cited.

Oct 4, 2017 · Standard

  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2017
  • Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2017
  • Records (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2017
  • Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Nov 2017
  • Results Of Screening & Notification In File (Class 4) — corrected Nov 2017
  • Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Nov 2017

Jul 7, 2015 · Standard

  • Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2015
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2015

Apr 29, 2015 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

Aug 27, 2014 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

Oct 21, 2013 · Monitor

No deficiencies cited.

Mar 28, 2013 · Complaint

  • Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2013
  • Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2013

Jan 4, 2013 · Complaint

  • Medication (Class 2) — corrected Mar 2013
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2013
  • Medication (Class 2) — corrected Mar 2013
  • Medication (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2013