Lake Howard Heights
An assisted living facility in Winter Haven, Florida 33881
650 N Lake Howard Dr, Winter Haven, Florida 33881. (863) 293-3171.
What Florida’s list coversAssisted living facilities only
Assisted living facilities only, from the Agency for Health Care Administration’s comparison list. Adult family-care homes, small homes of up to five residents that the Agency also licenses, aren’t here yet.
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The short answer
- 0 deficiencies in AHCA’s count Middle in Polk County: 8
- 0 Class 1 deficiencies, Florida’s most serious kind
- 65 beds, its licensed capacity
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean5
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Florida’s classes (I to IV)
- Florida sorts deficiencies into four classes. Class I, the most serious: an imminent danger to residents, or a substantial chance of death or serious harm. Class II: a direct threat to residents’ health, safety or security. Class III: an indirect or potential threat. Class IV: no potential to affect residents. Source: Florida Statutes 408.813.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
AHCA counts 0 deficiencies for this facility: 0 Florida sorts deficiencies into four classes. Class I, the most serious: an imminent danger to residents, or a substantial chance of death or serious harm. Class II: a direct threat to residents’ health, safety or security. Class III: an indirect or potential threat. Class IV: no potential to affect residents. Source: Florida Statutes 408.813., 0 Class 2, 0 Class 3 and 0 Class 4.
AHCA’s comparison page doesn’t say what period its counts cover; its inspection reports are linked.
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Assisted Living Facilities comparison. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
Is it licensed?
- Assisted living facility, licensed by Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration since Mar 1, 2021 for 65 residents.
- AHCA file number 11910052.
- Licence number 5494, valid to Feb 28, 2027.
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Facility profiles and Assisted Living Facilities comparison. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
Has the state acted against it?
- 1 A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency. complaint, 0 sanctions or final orders and $0 in fines in AHCA’s counts.
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Assisted Living Facilities comparison and Facility profiles. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | Kind | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2021 | Change of Ownership Occurred | Not given |
| Mar 31, 2020 | Rule Variance/Waiver | Not given |
| Jan 2, 2020 | Rule Variance/Waiver | Not given |
| Jul 31, 2019 | Rule Variance/Waiver | Not given |
| May 1, 2019 | Change of Ownership Occurred | Not given |
| May 23, 2016 | Fine | $500 |
| Apr 13, 2007 | Change of Ownership Occurred | Not given |
Who does the caring?
- What the facility reports to AHCA about nurses: Direct 24hr.
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Assisted Living Facilities comparison. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
Who holds the licence?
- Lake Howard 1818 Opco LLC holds the licence.
- Atlas Senior Living, LLC manages it.
- AHCA lists Orgel Family, LP (18%); Layne Held (9%) as owning its management company.
- AHCA lists its board members and officers: Asl 1818 Holdings LLC (BOARD MEMBER/OFFICER); Scott Goldberg (BOARD MEMBER/OFFICER); Wyman Hamilton (BOARD MEMBER/OFFICER).
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Facility profiles. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Howard 1818 Opco LLC | Licensee | ||
| Orgel Family, LP | Owner of the management company | 18% | |
| Atlas Senior Living, LLC | Management company |
How is it rated?
- Florida doesn’t publish quality ratings for assisted living facilities.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 37 facilities of this kind in Polk County, the middle value for deficiencies in AHCA’s count was 8; this one had 0.
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Assisted Living Facilities comparison. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies in AHCA’s count |
|---|---|
| Lake Howard Heights This assisted living facility | 0 |
| Spring Haven Senior Living | 10 |
| Villa at Carpenters (The) | 8 |
| Grace Manor at Lake Morton, LLC | 1 |
| New Horizon Share Home | 2 |
| Sunburst Community Care-Lakeland Hills LLC | 2 |
| Lakeland Manor Alf | 0 |
| Wedgewood of Winter Haven Inc. | 0 |
| Florida Presbyterian Homes Inc. D.B.A. Westminster Lakeland | 5 |
| Meadows at Cypress Gardens, L.L.C. (The) | 9 |
| Lake Morton Senior Living | 6 |
| Ansley Parke at Oakbridge | 5 |
What the record doesn’t say
- AHCA’s comparison page doesn’t say what period its counts cover, or list each deficiency; AHCA’s inspection reports are linked.
- AHCA notes that legal actions may have been issued to a prior owner; each final order names the licensee responsible.
- Activities, nurse availability and services are what the facility reports to AHCA.
- Its AHCA profile (address, licence and owners) was read on Oct 27, 2026.
Sources
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Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Assisted Living Facilities comparison.
Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated (FloridaHealthFinder data disclaimer; Florida public records law, chapter 119).
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Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Facility profiles.
Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated (FloridaHealthFinder data disclaimer; Florida public records law, chapter 119).
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This copy of the record was made on Oct 30, 2026.
From the facility
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