Assisted Living and Memory Care
Care and Love Retirement Home
642 E 21st St, Hialeah, FL 33013 · Map
Licensed for 20 residents
Care and Love Retirement Home is a state-licensed assisted living, memory care community in Hialeah, Florida. It is licensed for 20 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
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Area costs
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What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
State inspections
Last inspection: Nov 17, 2025. See the record
License
Active, 20 residents
Assisted Living Facility 4223.
Nearest emergency room
1.5 miles
Hialeah Hospital, rated 3 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Care and Love Retirement Home this community | 20 | Not published | Active | 25 deficiencies, 5 sanctions | |
| Sunset Retirement Home | 0.3 mi | 48 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Professional Home ALF | 0.4 mi | 26 | Not published | Active | No record |
| The Palms Assisted Living | 0.7 mi | 72 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Charity Care | 0.7 mi | 20 | Not published | Active | 11 deficiencies, 0 sanctions |
State inspection record25 deficiencies, 5 sanctions
- Last inspection
- November 17, 2025 (standard)
- Inspections
- 7, including 3 complaint inspections
- Deficiencies cited
- 25: 2 Class II, 22 Class III, 1 Unclassified
- Sanctions and fines
- 5, fines $6,850
- Substantiated complaints
- 2 AHCA’s count on FloridaHealthFinder; AHCA does not state the period it covers
- Specialty licenses
- Limited Mental Health
- Every deficiency from the November 17, 2025 inspection was corrected by January 16, 2026
- License active since 2007
Sanctions and final orders
- May 8, 2026: Fine, $1,000 survey final order
- December 19, 2025: Fine, $1,500 survey final order
- December 8, 2025: Fine, $500 survey final order
- October 17, 2023: Fine, $850 survey final order
- September 11, 2023: Fine, $3,000 survey final order
Most recent inspections with deficiencies
- November 17, 2025, standard inspection: 1 deficiency
- Pharmacy and dietary; uncorrected deficiencies Class III, corrected January 16, 2026
- August 18, 2025, standard inspection: 11 deficiencies
- Medication: storage and disposal Class III, corrected January 16, 2026
- Use of personnel; emergency care (defibrillator) Class III, corrected November 17, 2025
- Staffing standards: staff Class III, corrected November 17, 2025
- Training: do not resuscitate orders Class III, corrected November 17, 2025
- Food service: dietary standards Class III, corrected November 17, 2025
- Physical plant: safe living environment and other Class III, corrected January 16, 2026
- Records: facility Class III, corrected April 7, 2026
- Records: staff Class III, corrected November 17, 2025
- and 3 more
- June 21, 2023, standard inspection: 5 deficiencies
- Resident care: supervision Class III, corrected September 13, 2023
- Physical restraints Class III, corrected September 13, 2023
- Staffing standards: staff Class II, corrected September 13, 2023
- Records: resident Class III, corrected September 13, 2023
- Limited mental health: training Class III, corrected September 13, 2023
- March 2, 2023, complaint inspection: 2 deficiencies
- Medication: records Class III, corrected June 21, 2023
- Pharmacy and dietary; uncorrected deficiencies Class III, corrected July 17, 2024
Read the inspection reports on the state’s site → AHCA profile →
What these terms mean
Florida law (section 408.813, Florida Statutes) sorts violations into four classes, plus unclassified violations:
Class I: “Those conditions or occurrences related to the operation and maintenance of a provider or to the care of clients which the agency determines present an imminent danger to the clients of the provider or a substantial probability that death or serious physical or emotional harm would result therefrom.”
Class II: “Those conditions or occurrences related to the operation and maintenance of a provider or to the care of clients which the agency determines directly threaten the physical or emotional health, safety, or security of the clients, other than class I violations.”
Class III: “Those conditions or occurrences related to the operation and maintenance of a provider or to the care of clients which the agency determines indirectly or potentially threaten the physical or emotional health, safety, or security of clients, other than class I or class II violations.”
Class IV: “Those conditions or occurrences related to the operation and maintenance of a provider or to required reports, forms, or documents that do not have the potential of negatively affecting clients. These violations are of a type that the agency determines do not threaten the health, safety, or security of clients.”
Unclassified: A violation “that is not designated as a class I, class II, class III, or class IV violation.” Examples in the law: “Exceeding licensed capacity” and “Providing services beyond the scope of the license.”
Moratorium: “The licensee is prohibited from admitting new patients or residents due to an emergency action issued by the Agency.”
Suspension: “The license is temporarily suspended due to an emergency action issued by the Agency.”
Conditional license: “issued to a facility when one or more class I, II or III deficiencies are not corrected within Agency established timeframes.”
AHCA: “Before penalties for a deficiency are imposed, a licensee has the opportunity to contest Agency findings.”
AHCA: “The legal actions displayed are issued for the licensee of the facility/provider at the time the case was initiated.” They may have been issued to a prior owner. “Final Orders made available through this web page may not always reflect the final disposition of a matter since they may have been appealed.”
This community is licensed for 20 residents; larger communities are inspected and reported on more often, so read counts with size in mind. Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), FloridaHealthFinder and the AHCA Public Record Search, data as of October 15, 2026, showing the last five years. Always visit in person and ask the community about anything listed here.
License and ownershipActive license
- License type
- Assisted Living Facility
- License number
- 4223
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 20
- County
- Miami-Dade County
Source: Florida state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsOn the Florida list of Medicaid providers (2026)
On the Florida list of Medicaid providers. Listed as CARE AND LOVE RETIREMENT HOME, LLC under AHCA Medicaid Services modifier: Assistive Care Services; Medicaid listed under Payment Forms Accepted (facility-reported to AHCA). Medicaid services: Assistive Care Services. (state list, as of Oct 15, 2026)
Being on the list means the community has taken part in the program. Ask whether it has a Medicaid opening now, and how many residents it serves on Medicaid.
How Medicaid pays for care in Florida
- Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) Long-Term Care (LTC) program. Florida Medicaid's Long-Term Care program lists assisted living services as a covered service. There is a wait list, and people are released from it by priority score, not by how long they have waited. (state page)
- Waitlist. The Long-Term Care program has a wait list. People are released by priority score and frailty, not by time on the list. (source)
Staff pay and workplace safety1 federal wage case with violations found
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Oct 5, 2021 to Dec 27, 2022. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $12,448 owed to 9 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Care And Love (Care & Love Retirement Home LLC). Case 1973754.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 1.5 mi, nursing home 1.1 mi, pharmacy 0.8 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Hialeah Hospital, Hialeah. 1.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- The Terrace of Hialeah, Hialeah. 1.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Angel Home Health Care Inc, Hialeah. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 33013 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Kidneyspa Hialeah LLC, Hialeah, 1.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Lejeune Renal Center LLC, Miami, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Arc Dialysis Hialeah, Hialeah, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 11 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 33013.
Amedisys Hospice, office in Hialeah, 2.4 miles away, straight line
Bristol Hospice - Miami Dade, LLC, office in Miami, 4.2 miles away, straight line
Medcare Hospice, office in Miami, 4.3 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Gustavo Forteza, MD, Hialeah Gardens. 3.9 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively moderate; in FEMA's high-risk flood area (Zone AH)
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Emergency power
- Fully Implemented Permanent Generator. (Florida AHCA generator status, as of Oct 15, 2026)
- Flood zone
- Zone AH: 1% annual chance shallow flooding, usually ponding, 1 to 3 feet deep (high risk). This is inside FEMA's Special Flood Hazard Area, where flood insurance is required for federally backed mortgages. Base flood elevation 9 Feet NGVD29. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively high, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding relatively low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- The state recorded a finding in May 2026. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- The Department of Labor found wage violations here for a period ending December 2022. What changed in how staff are paid?
- This address is in FEMA's high-risk flood area. Where do residents go in an evacuation, and how do you move them?
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- How many caregivers work in memory care during the day, the evening and overnight, and for how many residents?
- What dementia training does each caregiver get before working alone, and every year after?
- How do staff respond when a resident is agitated, frightened or tries to leave?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
What we checked16 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) inspection records | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Florida Medicaid provider list | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| Florida AHCA generator status | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | No plain statements of services found |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Care and Love Retirement Home provide?
Care and Love Retirement Home is licensed by the state of Florida for assisted living, memory care in Hialeah, Florida. Its licensed capacity is 20 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Care and Love Retirement Home?
No. We publish state licensing details for Care and Love Retirement Home but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Care and Love Retirement Home cost?
Assisted Living in Florida typically starts at $3,300 to $5,000 a month. Based on 248 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. Care and Love Retirement Home does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Care and Love Retirement Home?
Use Care and Love Retirement Home's website, studentdoc.com, or visit at 642 E 21st St, Hialeah, FL 33013.
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