Melbourne Terrace Rehabilitation Center
251 Florida Ave, Melbourne, FL 32901 · Brevard County · 179 certified beds · avg 169 residents/day · certified since Feb 9, 1989
Part of chain: CLEAR CHOICE HEALTHCARE (8 facilities, chain avg rating 3.5★)
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★★★☆☆3/5 · CMS overall rating: 4/5
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and self-reported quality measures.
Most serious findings (actual harm or immediate jeopardy)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, one-off · Sep 19, 2024 · F-0600 · triggered by a complaint
The facility did not protect residents from abuse or neglect. This covers physical, mental, and sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect, by anyone — staff, other residents, or visitors.
Why it matters: Abuse and neglect cause direct physical and emotional harm and are among the most serious failures a nursing home can have.
Severity (J): Inspectors found a situation that put a resident's life or safety in immediate danger, affecting one or a few residents. The facility must fix it immediately — these citations often come with large fines.
Corrected: Aug 20, 2024 (Past Non-Compliance)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, one-off · Sep 19, 2024 · F-0689 · triggered by a complaint
The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls.
Why it matters: This is one of the most common citations and directly relates to falls and injuries, which can be devastating for older adults.
Severity (J): Inspectors found a situation that put a resident's life or safety in immediate danger, affecting one or a few residents. The facility must fix it immediately — these citations often come with large fines.
Corrected: Aug 20, 2024 (Past Non-Compliance)
All citations in the current public record (9)
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 2024 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. |
| Dec 5, 2024 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not run an ongoing quality assurance committee that reviews care problems and creates plans to fix them. |
| Dec 5, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not treat residents with dignity and respect, or did not honor their rights to make their own decisions and communicate freely. This is one of the most fundamental resident rights. |
| Dec 5, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not allow residents to take their own medications when a clinical review showed they could do so safely. Residents have this right if their care team determines it's appropriate. |
| Dec 5, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not develop a resident's complete plan of care within 7 days of the full assessment, or the plan wasn't prepared, reviewed, and updated by a team of health professionals as required. |
| Dec 5, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. |
| Sep 19, 2024 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, one-off | The facility did not protect residents from abuse or neglect. This covers physical, mental, and sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect, by anyone — staff, other residents, or visitors. · from a complaint |
| Sep 19, 2024 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, one-off | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. · from a complaint |
| Apr 13, 2023 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections increased between the last two inspection cycles (1 → 6).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | E |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | J ▲ |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)
2 fines totaling $15,646.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2024 | Fine | $7,823 |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Fine | $7,823 |
Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)
| Measure | This facility | Florida avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 4.06 | 4.03 | 3.95 | top 34% in Florida; top 37% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.57 | 0.76 | 0.69 | bottom 33% in Florida; bottom 48% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 3.55 | 3.68 | 3.50 | top 49% in Florida; top 40% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.42 | 0.53 | 0.48 | bottom 45% in Florida; top 45% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 42.2 | 41.4 | 45.8 | bottom 50% in Florida; top 42% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 30.4 | 46.0 | 42.9 | top 22% in Florida; top 30% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day, case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 4.17, RN 0.59, weekend 3.64. Staffing rating: 3/5.
Self-reported quality measures
Note: these ratings are based on data the facility reports about itself to CMS. They are not independently verified by inspectors, and can look better than inspection findings. Give more weight to the inspection results above.
Quality measures rating: 5/5 · long-stay residents: 5/5 · short-stay residents: 3/5
Who owns this facility
For profit - Limited Liability company
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital One Na | Organization | 5% or Greater Mortgage Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 04/05/2019 |
| Clear Choice Health Care LLC | Organization | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/01/2007 |
| Cone, Tina | Individual | W-2 Managing Employee | NOT APPLICABLE | 12/02/2019 |
| Kennedy, Deborah | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 12/01/2003 |
| Partee, Leslie | Individual | W-2 Managing Employee | NOT APPLICABLE | 12/01/2022 |
| Partee, Leslie | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/01/2007 |
| Partee, Leslie | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/02/2025 |
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "Tell me about this abuse or neglect citation — what happened, and what specific changes did you make afterward?"
- "What is your falls rate, and what specific steps do you take to prevent falls and supervise residents at risk?"
- "What did your most recent kitchen inspection find, and can I see how food is stored and prepared?"
- "How does your quality committee work, and can you give an example of a problem it recently identified and fixed?"
- "Can you give me examples of how your staff protect residents' dignity in everyday care, like bathing and dressing?"
- "If my family member is able to manage their own medications, would you allow it, and how is that decided?"
- "Who is on the team that builds each resident's care plan, and how quickly is it in place after admission?"
- "Who leads your infection prevention program, and how do you make sure staff follow practices like hand hygiene every day?"
- "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
- "Can I see the results and plan of correction from your most recent state inspection?"
Nearby facilities (within 20 miles)
| Facility | Distance | City | Overall | Inspection | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Shores Nursing and Rehab Center | 0.7 mi | Melbourne, FL | ★★★★☆ | 4/5 | |
| Avante at Melbourne INC | 1.7 mi | Melbourne, FL | ★★☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Melbourne Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center | 2.2 mi | Melbourne, FL | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Life Care Center of Melbourne | 2.3 mi | Melbourne, FL | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| West Melbourne Health & Rehabilitation Center | 2.4 mi | West Melbourne, FL | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Anchor Care & Rehabilitation Center | 2.9 mi | Palm Bay, FL | ★★★★☆ | 4/5 | |
| Aviata at Palm Bay | 2.9 mi | Palm Bay, FL | ★★★★☆ | 4/5 | |
| Indian River Center | 4.0 mi | West Melbourne, FL | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Life Care Center of Palm Bay | 4.1 mi | Palm Bay, FL | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of Melbourne | 5.5 mi | Melbourne, FL | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Viera Del Mar Health and Rehabilitation Center | 12.3 mi | Viera, FL | ★★☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Viera Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center | 13.5 mi | Viera, FL | ★★★☆☆ | 2/5 |
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 105635.