San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center

Is San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center a licensed assisted living facility in Florida?

Yes — provisionally. San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center holds Florida ALF license #12829 for 64 beds, issued by AHCA as a provisional license on October 1, 2026. AHCA issues provisional licenses to new licensees, including after a change of ownership, until the first full survey is complete.

AHCA recorded a change of ownership on October 1, 2026, 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 San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center find?

AHCA's most recent inspection of San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center on file was a complaint visit on January 27, 2026, which cited no deficiencies. The posted record covers 8 visits from June 2019 to January 2026.

Of those visits, 2 were routine standard surveys and 5 were complaint investigations; 1 of the 8 resulted in at least one citation.

Areas cited in the posted record: staff training and food service and dietary standards.

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 San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center →

Has AHCA fined or sanctioned San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center?

No. San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center'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 San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center offer memory care in Jacksonville?

Yes. San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center'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 San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center located in Jacksonville, FL?

San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center is at 3760 Dupont Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32217, in the San Jose corridor south of San Marco, with quick access to the Baptist downtown campus. Hospitals families here commonly use include Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville and Ascension St. Vincent's Southside.

1 other licensed ALF share the 32217 ZIP code: Some Place Like Home, Inc. #2.

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 San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center compare with other assisted living in Duval County?

With 64 licensed beds, San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center is about typical in size among the 69 assisted living facilities in Duval County (number 30 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 San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center cost per month?

AHCA does not publish prices, so ask San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center 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 San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center?

Start with what AHCA has already cited at San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center — staff training and food service and dietary standards — and ask what changed afterward; then cover overnight staffing, the full rate sheet and what would trigger a move-out.

• How do you track annual in-service training, and can I see the schedule?
• Who plans therapeutic diets, and how do you handle a resident who stops eating well?
• 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?
• What is the monthly rate for my parent's exact care level, and what triggers an increase?

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 San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center work?

Moving into San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center starts with a medical examination recorded on AHCA Form 1823 — done within 60 days before admission or 30 days after — which confirms your parent meets Florida's ALF admission criteria.

• 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 San Jose Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center 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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