Nursing home
Royal Care of Avon Park
1213 W Stratford Rd, Avon Park, FL 33825 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · 90 certified beds
Royal Care of Avon Park is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Avon Park, Florida. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.09 hours per resident per day, above the Florida average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on May 9, 2024 cited 17 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $17,342In CMS records: 2 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Royal Care of Avon Park 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) | 4.09 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.94 | 0.73 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.51 | 2.34 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 48.5% | 42.3% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 17.0 | 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 February 19, 2026 inspection was corrected by March 19, 2026
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $17,342, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Royal Care of Avon Park
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
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Feb 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 9, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · May 9, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways.
Environmental Deficiencies · May 9, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · May 9, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · May 9, 2024 · 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 · May 9, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 9, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · May 9, 2024 · 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 · May 9, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 9, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · May 9, 2024 · 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
- 1213 W Stratford Rd
Avon Park, FL 33825 - CMS certification #
- 105812
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 90
- Avg residents/day
- 78.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1993-07-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Royal Care of Avon Park using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, works with hospice
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2015
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2020, 3 violations cited
- Emergency Generator: fully implemented permanent generator (Florida AHCA)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Royal Care of Avon Park says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Staff pay and workplace safety
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 Aug 16, 2015 to Aug 12, 2017. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $2,800 owed to 2 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Royal Care of Avon Park (Avon Park Royal Holdings, LLC.). Case 1829572.
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.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Mar 16, 2022: follow-up inspection, partial (health). Case closed Mar 16, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Avon Park Royal Holdings, LLC.
- Aug 17, 2020: referral inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jul 21, 2022. 3 violations cited (3 other). Penalties: $12,288 proposed, $12,288 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Avon Park Royal Holdings, LLC.
Details
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(c)(1)). Penalty $12,288 proposed, $12,288 now. To be fixed by Mar 15, 2021.
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now.
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Adventhealth Sebring, Sebring. 6.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Oaks at Avon, Avon Park. 1.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Adventhealth Home Health, Sebring. 6.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 2.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 33825 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Highlands Dialysis Center, Sebring, 6.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Premier Dialysis Service Sebastianllc, Sebring, 6.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care Highlands Home Therapies Clinic, Sebring, 6.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 4 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 33825.
- Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Lakeland Regional Health Systems Inc, Lakeland. 33.3 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)
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively moderate, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively moderate, 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 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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: 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Royal Care of Avon Park a good nursing home?
CMS gives Royal Care of Avon Park 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 Royal Care of Avon Park staffed?
Royal Care of Avon Park reports 4.09 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Florida average of 3.86.
Has Royal Care of Avon Park had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 17 deficiencies.
How many beds does Royal Care of Avon Park have?
Royal Care of Avon Park is certified for 90 beds.