WHISPERING PINES HOME CARE INC. — Assisted Living in Cutler Ridge, Florida
Whispering Pines Home Care INC. is a 6-bed assisted living facility in Cutler Ridge, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 0 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 3 state sanctions or final orders, a formal enforcement signal. It has operated under Whispering Pines Home Care INC for about 18 years.
Serious enforcement findings are present and weigh heavily on the score, including state sanctions and substantiated complaints that drove the low rating. Inspectors have repeatedly flagged medication management, resident records, staff training, staffing standards, food service, and background screening; although prior citations have been corrected on follow up, enforcement actions remain in the facility’s record and recent inspections show an uneven but generally improving trend with recurring problems still appearing.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 0/100 — 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: 34
- Class 4 violations: 0
- Unclassified: 4
- Substantiated complaints: 0
- Sanctions/final orders: 3
- Serious findings: 1
Care & Payment
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: None
- Activities: Dancing, Exercise Classes, Games/Cards, Gardening, Music Programs, Shopping, Social Events/Outings, Theater and Movies
- Special programs & services: Massage Therapy/Spa, Occupational Therapy, Pet Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy
Licensed beds: 6 · For-Profit · Operator since 2008 · Fines: $4,100 · 8830 SW 196 DRIVE, CUTLER RIDGE, FL, 33157 · (786) 808-6598
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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 Jan 2026. 15 operational inspection(s) on record, including 5 complaint investigation(s) of which 3 substantiated. 67 deficiency citation(s), 100% corrected. Recurring findings: Medication (cited in 6 inspections), Records (cited in 5 inspections), Training (cited in 5 inspections), Food Service (cited in 4 inspections), Background Screening Clearinghouse (cited in 4 inspections), Staffing Standards (cited in 4 inspections), Resident Care (cited in 4 inspections), Limited Mental Health (cited in 4 inspections), Admissions (cited in 3 inspections), Physical Plant (cited in 2 inspections), Emergency Environmental Control (cited in 2 inspections), Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (cited in 2 inspections).
Jan 16, 2026 · Standard
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected May 2026
- Fiscal (Class 3) — corrected May 2026
- Pharmacy & Dietary; Uncorrected Deficiencies (Class 3) — corrected May 2026
Nov 12, 2025 · Standard
- Results Of Screening & Notification In File (Class Unclassified) — corrected May 2026
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected May 2026
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2026
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class Unclassified) — corrected Jan 2026
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2026
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2026
- Records (Class 3) — corrected May 2026
Jan 13, 2025 · Monitor
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2025
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2025
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2025
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2025
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class Unclassified) — corrected Apr 2025
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2025
Apr 26, 2023 · Standard
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2023
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2023
Jan 13, 2023 · Standard
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class Unclassified) — corrected Apr 2023
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
- Physical Restraints (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
- Emergency Environmental Control (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
- Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class Unclassified) — corrected Apr 2023
- Resident Care (Class 2) — corrected Apr 2023
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
- Assistive Devices (Class 3) — corrected Apr 2023
Nov 29, 2021 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jul 20, 2021 · Standard
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2021
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2021
- Emergency Environmental Control (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2021
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2021
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2021
Sep 28, 2018 · Complaint
No deficiencies cited.
Jun 14, 2018 · Standard
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Administrative Fines; Violations (Class 4) — corrected Jul 2018
- Licensure (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2018
- Resident Care (Class 2) — corrected Jul 2018
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Admissions (Class 2) — corrected Jul 2018
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Emergency Plan Approval (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2018
Aug 17, 2017 · Complaint
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected Sep 2017
May 10, 2017 · Complaint
- Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class 4) — corrected Aug 2017
Jun 1, 2016 · Standard
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2016
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2016
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2016
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Jul 2016
May 21, 2015 · Complaint
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2015
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2015
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2015
Jul 31, 2014 · Standard
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2014
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Oct 2014
Jul 24, 2012 · Standard
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2012
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2012
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2012
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2012
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2012
- Limited Mental Health (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2012