The Lakeside at Amelia Island

Is The Lakeside at Amelia Island a licensed assisted living facility in Florida?

Yes. The Lakeside at Amelia Island at 649 Amelia Island Parkway, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034 holds an active Florida Assisted Living Facility license, #13300, for 100 beds, issued by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) and valid through February 29, 2028.

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

What did AHCA inspections of The Lakeside at Amelia Island find?

AHCA's most recent inspection of The Lakeside at Amelia Island on file was a standard visit on November 19, 2025, which cited no deficiencies. The posted record covers 6 visits from April 2021 to November 2025.

Of those visits, 5 were routine standard surveys and 1 was a complaint investigation; 2 of the 6 resulted in at least one citation.

Areas cited in the posted record: elopement (wandering) prevention, food service and dietary standards, medication assistance, storage and records, staff training and dementia (ADRD) training and care.

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 The Lakeside at Amelia Island →

Has AHCA fined or sanctioned The Lakeside at Amelia Island?

No. The Lakeside at Amelia Island's FloridaHealthFinder profile lists no AHCA fines, conditional licenses or other sanctions as of October 2026.

That puts it among the 4 Nassau County assisted living facilities with no fine since 2021. A clean sanction record is a good sign, but still read the inspection reports — most citations never lead to a fine.

Does The Lakeside at Amelia Island offer memory care in Fernandina Beach?

Yes. The Lakeside at Amelia Island'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 Extended Congregate Care (ECC) specialty license, which lets the facility provide more nursing and personal care than a standard ALF — up to total help with daily activities — so residents can age in place longer.

Where is The Lakeside at Amelia Island located in Fernandina Beach, FL?

The Lakeside at Amelia Island is at 649 Amelia Island Parkway, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034, in Amelia Island in Nassau County, about 35 miles north of downtown Jacksonville. Hospitals families here commonly use include Baptist Medical Center Nassau.

3 other licensed ALFs share the 32034 ZIP code: Amelia Springs Assisted Living, Fellowship Amelia Island, Osprey Village at Amelia Island.

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 The Lakeside at Amelia Island compare with other assisted living in Nassau County?

With 100 licensed beds, The Lakeside at Amelia Island is one of the largest among the 7 assisted living facilities in Nassau County (number 2 by bed count); the county median is 56 beds.

Across Nassau County, 2 ALFs hold an ECC license, 1 hold LNS, 2 hold LMH, and 5 list a memory care program on their AHCA profile.

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

How much does The Lakeside at Amelia Island cost per month?

AHCA does not publish prices, so ask The Lakeside at Amelia Island 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.

Its AHCA profile does not list Medicaid as a payment form, so plan on private pay, long-term care insurance or VA benefits.

What should you ask when touring The Lakeside at Amelia Island?

Start with what AHCA has already cited at The Lakeside at Amelia Island — elopement (wandering) prevention, food service and dietary 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 do you assess a resident's wandering risk, and when did you last run an elopement drill?
• Who plans therapeutic diets, and how do you handle a resident who stops eating well?
• Who helps residents with medications on the night shift, and how are missed or late doses caught?
• How do you track annual in-service training, and can I see the schedule?
• What is the monthly rate for my parent's exact care level, and what triggers an increase?
• Which care needs would require a move to a nursing home?
• How long have the administrator and the resident care director been in their roles?
• Is a nurse on site every day, and who covers nights and weekends?

Tour at a mealtime, ask to see this week's activity calendar, and take the contract home. Under s. 429.28, F.S., a Florida ALF must give 45 days' written notice before a non-emergency relocation or discharge.

How does moving into The Lakeside at Amelia Island work?

Florida requires a medical examination on AHCA Form 1823, completed within 60 days before or 30 days after admission, so The Lakeside at Amelia Island 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 The Lakeside at Amelia Island decides between assisted living and memory care for a new resident, and whether a move between them changes the rate.
• ECC services. Ask which residents are on ECC service plans and how the higher care level is priced.
• 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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