The Stratford

Is The Stratford a licensed assisted living facility in Florida?

Yes. The Stratford at 1004 Vicar's Woods Rd, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 holds an active Florida Assisted Living Facility license, #10554, for 40 beds, issued by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) and valid through February 19, 2027.

The current licensee has held this license since 2004 — more than 22 years, one of the longer continuous license histories among St. Johns County's 22 assisted living facilities.

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

What did AHCA inspections of The Stratford find?

AHCA's most recent inspection of The Stratford on file was a complaint visit on January 28, 2026, which cited 1 deficiency. The posted record covers 7 visits from July 2012 to January 2026.

Of those visits, 6 were routine standard surveys and 1 was a complaint investigation; 4 of the 7 resulted in at least one citation.

Areas cited in the posted record: DNR orders and first-aid readiness, staffing standards, elopement (wandering) prevention, medication assistance, storage and records and risk management and incident reporting.

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 The Stratford →

Has AHCA fined or sanctioned The Stratford?

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

That puts it among the 19 St. Johns 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 The Stratford offer memory care?

The Stratford's AHCA profile does not list a Memory Care program, so treat it as assisted living rather than a secured dementia setting, and ask directly how it would care for a resident whose dementia progresses.

It holds no ECC, LNS or LMH specialty license, so its care is limited to standard ALF services; a resident who needs regular nursing care would generally need a facility with a specialty license or a nursing home.

15 other St. Johns County ALFs list a memory care program — see the full memory care list.

Where is The Stratford located in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL?

The Stratford is at 1004 Vicar's Woods Rd, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082, in Ponte Vedra Beach in northern St. Johns County, about 15 minutes from Mayo Clinic Florida. Hospitals families here commonly use include Baptist Medical Center Beaches and Mayo Clinic Florida.

3 other licensed ALFs share the 32082 ZIP code: Ponte Vedra Gardens Alzheimer's Special Care Center, Starling at Ponte Vedra, Vicar's Landing at Oak Bridge.

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 The Stratford compare with other assisted living in St. Johns County?

With 40 licensed beds, The Stratford is about typical in size among the 22 assisted living facilities in St. Johns County (number 15 by bed count); the county median is 66.5 beds.

Across St. Johns County, 4 ALFs hold an ECC license, 3 hold LNS, 0 hold LMH, and 15 list a memory care program on their AHCA profile.

The Stratford is one of 4 nonprofit-operated ALFs in the county.

Closest in size among St. Johns County ALFs, from the same AHCA records:

How much does The Stratford cost per month?

AHCA does not publish prices, so ask The Stratford for its written rate sheet. Across the Jacksonville metro, assisted living typically runs $3,200–$5,500/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 The Stratford?

Start with what AHCA has already cited at The Stratford — DNR orders and first-aid readiness, staffing standards and elopement (wandering) prevention — and ask what changed afterward; then cover overnight staffing, the full rate sheet and what would trigger a move-out.

• How do you handle a Florida DNR order (DH Form 1896), and is someone CPR-certified on every shift?
• How many direct-care staff are awake overnight, and how many residents does each one cover?
• How do you assess a resident's wandering risk, and when did you last run an elopement drill?
• Who helps residents with medications on the night shift, and how are missed or late doses caught?
• 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?

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 The Stratford work?

Florida requires a medical examination on AHCA Form 1823, completed within 60 days before or 30 days after admission, so The Stratford 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.
• Payment. Most residents pay privately; long-term care insurance, VA Aid & Attendance and, where accepted, SMMC LTC Medicaid can offset costs.

If The Stratford has no opening, ask to be put on its waitlist and keep touring — availability at large Northeast Florida communities changes month to month.

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