Brookdale Southside

Is Brookdale Southside a licensed assisted living facility in Florida?

Yes. Brookdale Southside at 9601 Southbrook Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32256 holds an active Florida Assisted Living Facility license, #7464, for 87 beds, issued by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) and valid through December 18, 2027.

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 Southside find?

AHCA's most recent inspection of Brookdale Southside on file was a complaint visit on November 4, 2025, which cited no deficiencies. The posted record covers 10 visits from May 2015 to November 2025.

Of those visits, 5 were routine standard surveys and 4 were complaint investigations; 2 of the 10 resulted in at least one citation.

Areas cited in the posted record: staffing standards and record keeping.

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 Southside →

Has AHCA fined or sanctioned Brookdale Southside?

No. Brookdale Southside'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 Brookdale Southside offer memory care in Jacksonville?

Yes. Brookdale Southside'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 Southside located in Jacksonville, FL?

Brookdale Southside is at 9601 Southbrook Drive, 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: Camellia at Deerwood, 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 Brookdale Southside compare with other assisted living in Duval County?

With 87 licensed beds, Brookdale Southside is larger than most among the 69 assisted living facilities in Duval County (number 25 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 Brookdale Southside cost per month?

AHCA does not publish prices, so ask Brookdale Southside 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 Brookdale Southside?

Start with what AHCA has already cited at Brookdale Southside — staffing standards and record keeping — 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?
• How quickly are changes in my parent's condition documented and shared with family?
• 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?
• 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?

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 Southside work?

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