CCN 105812 · Highlands County, Florida
Royal Care of Avon Park
1213 W Stratford Rd, Avon Park, FL 33825
Royal Care of Avon Park is a 90-bed for-profit nursing home in Avon Park, Florida, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1993. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 77.2 residents a day, about 86% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $7.1 million originally, at 3.73%, with $5.1 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in May 2044.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 90
- Average residents per day
- 77.2 (85.8% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Avon Park Royal Holdings LLC
- Certified since
- Jul 1, 1993
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Florida median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 | State spread: 89 at 1, 143 at 2, 125 at 3, 156 at 4, 178 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.15 | 3.63 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.84 | 0.62 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.47 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 45.4% | 41.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 85.8% | 92.2% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 2 totaling $17,342 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 18 (May 9, 2024) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Royal Care of Avon Park does not meet it today: health inspection rating 1. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strohli, EliIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 10/25/2007 |
| Geldart, DonaldIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2002 |
| Matheis, PamelaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/13/2003 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2014 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Millennium - Royal Care of Avon, 90 beds. Lender at endorsement: Regions Bank | $7,128,000 | Active: 3.73%, $5,107,266 balanceMatures May 1, 2044. Servicer: Lument Real Estate Capital | 06722129 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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