Brookdale Orange Park

Is Brookdale Orange Park a licensed assisted living facility in Florida?

Yes. Brookdale Orange Park at 1248 Kingsley Avenue, Orange Park, FL 32073 holds an active Florida Assisted Living Facility license, #9423, for 102 beds, issued by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) and valid through December 29, 2026.

The current licensee has held this license since 2002 — more than 24 years, one of the longer continuous license histories among Clay County's 14 assisted living facilities.

Check it yourself on FloridaHealthFinder, which shows the license dates, specialty licenses, ownership and any sanctions AHCA has imposed.

What did AHCA inspections of Brookdale Orange Park find?

AHCA's most recent inspection of Brookdale Orange Park on file was a monitor visit on January 29, 2025, which cited no deficiencies. The posted record covers 9 visits from June 2018 to January 2025.

Of those visits, 3 were routine standard surveys and 4 were complaint investigations; 2 of the 9 resulted in at least one citation.

Areas cited in the posted record: staffing standards and medication assistance, storage and records.

Every citation in the posted record was Class III or IV — Florida's less serious categories, typically process, training-record or paperwork issues rather than direct harm — and each lists a correction date.

Read the full AHCA inspection reports for Brookdale Orange Park →

Has AHCA fined or sanctioned Brookdale Orange Park?

Yes. AHCA's profile for Brookdale Orange Park lists 5 administrative fines totaling $14,875; the most recent was initiated March 8, 2016 for a survey violation.

The largest was $5,500 (initiated January 25, 2012, AHCA case 2012001104). That is larger than 69% of the AHCA fines on record for assisted living in the five counties, so ask the facility to walk you through that case.

For context, 2 of the 14 assisted living facilities in Clay County have at least one AHCA fine since 2021. Across the five counties, 69% of AHCA fines on assisted living facilities were $1,000 or less; repeat patterns matter more than a single entry.

Does Brookdale Orange Park offer memory care in Orange Park?

Yes. Brookdale Orange Park's AHCA profile lists a Memory Care program. Florida has no separate memory care license, so memory care is delivered under the ALF license, and a facility that advertises Alzheimer's care must disclose those services and train staff under Florida's ADRD rules.

It holds a Limited Nursing Services (LNS) specialty license, which lets licensed nurses provide a defined set of nursing tasks (for example dressing changes or certain medication administration) that a standard ALF cannot.

Where is Brookdale Orange Park located in Orange Park, FL?

Brookdale Orange Park is at 1248 Kingsley Avenue, Orange Park, FL 32073, in Orange Park along the Blanding and Park Avenue corridors. Hospitals families here commonly use include Orange Park Medical Center and Ascension St. Vincent's Clay County.

4 other licensed ALFs share the 32073 ZIP code: Miller's Adult Home Care, LLC, Premier Assisted Living Facility, LLC, Silver Treasures at Orange Park, LLC, Palagio Senior Living.

Veterans and surviving spouses are served by the VA's Jacksonville outpatient clinics (part of the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System) and may qualify for VA Aid & Attendance toward care costs.

How does Brookdale Orange Park compare with other assisted living in Clay County?

With 102 licensed beds, Brookdale Orange Park is one of the largest among the 14 assisted living facilities in Clay County (number 2 by bed count); the county median is 36.5 beds.

Across Clay County, 2 ALFs hold an ECC license, 3 hold LNS, 0 hold LMH, and 4 list a memory care program on their AHCA profile.

Closest in size among Clay County ALFs, from the same AHCA records:

How much does Brookdale Orange Park cost per month?

AHCA does not publish prices, so ask Brookdale Orange Park for its written rate sheet. Across the Jacksonville metro, memory care typically runs $4,500–$6,800/mo in 2026, with the Beaches, Ponte Vedra and Nocatee at the high end.

Brookdale Orange Park's AHCA profile lists Medicaid among its payment forms and an Assisted Living Waiver service listing. In Florida, the SMMC Long-Term Care program can cover care services (not room and board) for eligible residents in an ALF that contracts with the resident's plan — ask whether a Medicaid bed is open.

What should you ask when touring Brookdale Orange Park?

Start with what AHCA has already cited at Brookdale Orange Park — staffing standards and medication assistance, storage and records — and ask what changed afterward; then cover overnight staffing, the full rate sheet and what would trigger a move-out.

• How many direct-care staff are awake overnight, and how many residents does each one cover?
• Who helps residents with medications on the night shift, and how are missed or late doses caught?
• Is a nurse on site every day, and who covers nights and weekends?
• What happens if a resident runs out of private funds — do you work with SMMC long-term care plans?
• Can we visit unannounced in the evening and at mealtimes?
• Do you accept VA Aid & Attendance or long-term care insurance, and do you help with the paperwork?
• How do you handle a hospital discharge back to the community?
• What is the monthly rate for my parent's exact care level, and what triggers an increase?

Visit twice — once at a meal and once in the evening — and read the residency agreement before paying a deposit. Florida gives ALF residents specific rights under s. 429.28, F.S., including 45 days' written notice before a non-emergency relocation or discharge.

How does moving into Brookdale Orange Park work?

Florida requires a medical examination on AHCA Form 1823, completed within 60 days before or 30 days after admission, so Brookdale Orange Park can confirm it can meet your parent's needs.

• Residency agreement. Florida requires a written contract listing the services, the rate and the notice the facility must give before a rate increase; compare it with other communities before signing.
• Memory care placement. Ask how Brookdale Orange Park decides between assisted living and memory care for a new resident, and whether a move between them changes the rate.
• Payment. Most residents pay privately; long-term care insurance, VA Aid & Attendance and, where accepted, SMMC LTC Medicaid can offset costs.

Most moves take two to four weeks once a room is available; a hospital discharge can compress that to days, which is when a second set of eyes on the contract helps most.

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