THE LEGACY AT HIGHWOODS PRESERVE — Assisted Living in Tampa, Florida
The Legacy at Highwoods Preserve is a 88-bed assisted living facility in Tampa, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 89 out of 100 (Solid record), based on Florida AHCA inspection findings. AHCA records show no serious (Class 1 or 2) violations. It has operated under Highwoods Preserve Opco LLC for about 4 years.
The record is comparatively clean with no serious findings or enforcement actions. Inspections have repeatedly raised issues with medication management, staff training, care records, staffing standards, and background screening attestation, and the facility has corrected all cited deficiencies; the pattern of smaller, fewer findings in recent reviews suggests an improving trend although a minority of complaints were substantiated.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 89/100 — 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)
- Class 1 violations: 0
- Class 2 violations: 0
- Class 3 violations: 10
- Class 4 violations: 0
- Unclassified: 0
- Substantiated complaints: 4
- Sanctions/final orders: 0
- Serious findings: 0
Care & Payment
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: Direct Part-Time
- Activities: Arts and Crafts, Dancing, Exercise Classes, Games/Cards, Gardening, Music Programs, Shopping, Social Events/Outings, Theater and Movies
- Special programs & services: Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy
Licensed beds: 88 · For-Profit · Operator since 2021 · 18600 HIGHWOODS PRESERVE PKWY, TAMPA, FL, 33647 · (813) 375-9858
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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 Aug 2025. 20 operational inspection(s) on record, including 14 complaint investigation(s) of which 4 substantiated. 27 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Medication (cited in 4 inspections), Training (cited in 3 inspections), Records (cited in 3 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 2 inspections), Background Screening-compliance Attestation (cited in 2 inspections).
Aug 21, 2025 · Standard
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2025
Jun 10, 2024 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Mar 7, 2024 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2024
Jul 28, 2023 · Standard
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2023
Jan 17, 2023 · Complaint
- Emergency Management Planning (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2023
- Risk Mgmt & QA (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2023
Sep 15, 2022 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 22, 2022 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Nov 18, 2021 · Standard
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2022
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2022
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2022
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2022
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2022
Apr 28, 2021 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Feb 26, 2021 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jan 11, 2021 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2021
Mar 12, 2020 · Standard
- Records (Class 3) — corrected May 2020
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 4) — corrected May 2020
Feb 10, 2020 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Sep 30, 2019 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Mar 21, 2019 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Dec 19, 2018 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jul 10, 2018 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
May 11, 2018 · Standard
- Pharmacy & Dietary; Uncorrected Deficiencies (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
May 11, 2018 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
Mar 13, 2018 · Standard
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2018
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected May 2018
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2018
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 4) — corrected Jul 2018
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018