VILLA RIO VISTA — Assisted Living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Villa Rio Vista is a 50-bed assisted living facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 93 out of 100 (Strong record), based on Florida AHCA inspection findings. AHCA records show no serious (Class 1 or 2) violations. It accepts Medicaid and VA benefits. It has operated under Happy Retirement, INC. for about 29 years.
A clean record with no serious findings or enforcement action is the main reason for the high score, reflecting a comparatively uncluttered AHCA history. Inspectors have most often cited resident care, medication, food service, admissions, staffing standards, and training issues, but those citations have been corrected and the pattern of findings has been trending toward fewer and smaller issues while a modest share of complaints were found valid and addressed.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 93/100 — Strong 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: 1
- Class 4 violations: 0
- Unclassified: 0
- Substantiated complaints: 0
- Sanctions/final orders: 0
- Serious findings: 0
Care & Payment
- Accepts Medicaid
- Accepts VA benefits
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: Direct Part-Time, 3rd Party 24hr
- Activities: Arts and Crafts, Dancing, Exercise Classes, Games/Cards, Gardening, Music Programs, Shopping, Social Events/Outings, Theater and Movies, Yoga
- Special programs & services: Occupational Therapy, Pet Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy
Licensed beds: 50 · For-Profit · Operator since 1996 · 1115 SE 6TH TER, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, 33316-1224 · (954) 763-1044
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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 Mar 2026. 20 operational inspection(s) on record, including 13 complaint investigation(s) of which 6 substantiated. 38 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Resident Care (cited in 5 inspections), Medication (cited in 4 inspections), Food Service (cited in 4 inspections), Admissions (cited in 4 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 4 inspections), Training (cited in 3 inspections), Background Screening Clearinghouse (cited in 2 inspections), Physical Plant (cited in 2 inspections).
Mar 18, 2026 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Aug 18, 2025 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Oct 24, 2023 · Standard
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2024
Jul 6, 2021 · Standard
No deficiencies cited.
Apr 22, 2020 · Complaint
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2020
Jan 17, 2020 · Complaint
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2020
Oct 25, 2019 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2020
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2020
Mar 25, 2019 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jan 25, 2019 · Standard
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Mar 2019
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019
- Resident Care (Class 4) — corrected Mar 2019
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2019
Oct 26, 2017 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
May 18, 2017 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Mar 28, 2017 · Standard
- Physical Plant (Class 4) — corrected Jun 2017
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Jun 2017
Oct 31, 2016 · Complaint
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Feb 2017
Mar 5, 2015 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Mar 5, 2015 · Standard
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2015
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2015
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2015
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2015
- Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class 4) — corrected Apr 2015
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2015
- Risk Mgmt & QA; Adverse Incident Report (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2015
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2015
Jun 25, 2014 · Complaint
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2014
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2014
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2014
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2014
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2014
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2014
Apr 24, 2014 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jan 15, 2014 · Complaint
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2014
Sep 16, 2013 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Mar 26, 2013 · Standard
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2013
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2013
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2013
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2013
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2013
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2013
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Aug 2013