Nursing home
Avante at Boca Raton
1130 Nw 15Th Street, Boca Raton, FL 33486 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Avante Centers (11 facilities) · 144 certified beds
Avante at Boca Raton is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Boca Raton, Florida. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.41 hours per resident per day, below the Florida average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Sep 5, 2025 cited 20 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Avante at Boca Raton compares
This facility vs. the Florida and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Florida avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.41 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.83 | 0.73 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.06 | 2.34 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 23.8% | 42.3% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 20.0 | 7.3 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the December 9, 2025 inspection was corrected by January 9, 2026
What inspectors found at Avante at Boca Raton
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 9, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 1130 Nw 15Th Street
Boca Raton, FL 33486 - CMS certification #
- 105521
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 144
- Avg residents/day
- 138.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1985-12-25
- Chain
- Avante Centers (11 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Avante Centers
Avante Centers operates 11 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Avante Centers facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Avante at Boca Raton using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation Zone E; in FEMA's high-risk flood area (Zone AH); generator: fully implemented permanent generator (Florida AHCA)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Boca Raton. 0.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Boca Raton Rehabilitation Center, Boca Raton. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Palm Beach Home Health Agency, Boca Raton. 0.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 33486 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Boca Raton Artificial Kidney Center, Boca Raton, 0.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Pinnacle Dialysis Of Boca Raton, Boca Raton, 1.2 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Crown Dialysis Center Of Palm Beach LLC, Boca Raton, 2.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 4 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 33486.
Hospice By The Sea Inc, office in Boca Raton, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Palm Beach Hospice And Palliative Care By Morselife, office in West Palm Beach, 24.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Richard Levine, MD, Boca Raton. 3.3 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 risk
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)
- Hurricane evacuation zone
- Zone E (Palm Beach E) on the Florida Know Your Zone evacuation zones. (Florida Division of Emergency Management, map updated Sep 19, 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. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively high, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire relatively low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, 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.
What we checked
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 |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| 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 | See above | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low |
| 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 | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Avante at Boca Raton a good nursing home?
CMS gives Avante at Boca Raton an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Avante at Boca Raton staffed?
Avante at Boca Raton reports 3.41 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Florida average of 3.86.
Has Avante at Boca Raton had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 20 deficiencies.
How many beds does Avante at Boca Raton have?
Avante at Boca Raton is certified for 144 beds.