Royal Care Of Avon Park
1213 W STRATFORD RD, Avon Park, FL, 33825
Federal Quality Data
Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed March 2026.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 90 · avg 78 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 48.5% — higher than most Florida nursing homesFlorida avg: 42.3% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 30% — lower than most Florida nursing homesFlorida avg: 45.5% · National avg: 43.6% · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 2 fines · $17,342 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 12290951
- Service type
- Nursing Home
- Licensed capacity
- 90 beds
- Current license effective
- March 1, 2026
- Current license expires
- February 29, 2028
Florida AHCA licensing registry · as of April 18, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Avon Park Royal Holdings, Llc
- Administrator
- Lawrence Petty
Florida AHCA licensing registry · as of April 18, 2026
Federal ownership record
Disclosed owners (3 on record)
- Donald b Geldart
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Eli Strohli
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2007
- Pamela Matheis
Operational/managerial Control · since 2003
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners, as of April 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 25)
- E0924·May 9, 2024
Environmental Deficiencies
Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways.
- E0880·May 9, 2024
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F0867·May 9, 2024
Administration Deficiencies
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
- E0812·May 9, 2024
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D0791·May 9, 2024
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
- E0761·May 9, 2024
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
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.
- D0760·May 9, 2024
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- D0759·May 9, 2024
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20242 fines · $17K
Most recent events
- May 9, 2024Fine · $13K
- May 9, 2024Fine · $4,017
Largest single fine on record: $13K.
Fire-safety citations
6 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: May 9, 2024. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Mar 1, 2026.
Where this information comes from
- License, capacity, ownership, administrator: Florida AHCA licensing registry, snapshot as of April 18, 2026.
- Star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processed March 1, 2026.
Read our methodology for how this information is collected and verified.