Camellia at Deerwood

Is Camellia at Deerwood a licensed assisted living facility in Florida?

Yes. Camellia at Deerwood at 10061 Sweetwater Pkwy, Jacksonville, FL 32256 holds an active Florida Assisted Living Facility license, #12415, for 95 beds, issued by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) and valid through February 23, 2027.

AHCA recorded a change of ownership on February 24, 2025, so the current licensee's own history starts there; older inspections and fines in the record belong largely to the previous operator. Ask who runs the building day to day now.

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

What did AHCA inspections of Camellia at Deerwood find?

AHCA's most recent inspection of Camellia at Deerwood on file was a visit visit on November 6, 2025, which cited 1 deficiency. The posted record covers 10 visits from August 2018 to November 2025.

Of those visits, 3 were routine standard surveys and 4 were complaint investigations; 1 of the 10 resulted in at least one citation.

Areas cited in the posted record: resident rights, contracts and visitation.

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 Camellia at Deerwood →

Has AHCA fined or sanctioned Camellia at Deerwood?

No. Camellia at Deerwood's FloridaHealthFinder profile lists no AHCA fines, conditional licenses or other sanctions as of October 2026.

That puts it among the 41 Duval 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 Camellia at Deerwood offer memory care in Jacksonville?

Yes. Camellia at Deerwood'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 Camellia at Deerwood located in Jacksonville, FL?

Camellia at Deerwood is at 10061 Sweetwater Pkwy, Jacksonville, FL 32256, in the I-95 / J. Turner Butler corridor, close to the St. Johns Town Center and the Deerwood office parks. Hospitals families here commonly use include Baptist Medical Center South, Memorial Hospital Jacksonville and Mayo Clinic Florida.

6 other licensed ALFs share the 32256 ZIP code: Brookdale Southside, Discovery Village at Deerwood, Rosecastle at Deerwood, Sodalis Jacksonville, Sunrise of Jacksonville, Westchester of Jacksonville.

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 Camellia at Deerwood compare with other assisted living in Duval County?

With 95 licensed beds, Camellia at Deerwood is larger than most among the 69 assisted living facilities in Duval County (number 22 by bed count); the county median is 60 beds.

Across Duval County, 8 ALFs hold an ECC license, 19 hold LNS, 18 hold LMH, and 34 list a memory care program on their AHCA profile.

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

How much does Camellia at Deerwood cost per month?

AHCA does not publish prices, so ask Camellia at Deerwood 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.

The profile also lists VA among accepted payment forms.

What should you ask when touring Camellia at Deerwood?

Start with what AHCA has already cited at Camellia at Deerwood — resident rights, contracts and visitation — and ask what changed afterward; then cover overnight staffing, the full rate sheet and what would trigger a move-out.

• Can we take the residency agreement home to review before signing, and what is your visitation policy?
• 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?
• 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?

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 Camellia at Deerwood work?

Florida requires a medical examination on AHCA Form 1823, completed within 60 days before or 30 days after admission, so Camellia at Deerwood 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 Camellia at Deerwood 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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