Kiva of Mount Dora

    505 E 9th Ave, Mount Dora, FL 32757
    • Assisted Living
    • Skilled Nursing

    Compassionate attentive care homey atmosphere

    My mom has been here for over a year and I'm very pleased. The staff-Julie especially-are loving, patient with memory issues, attentive and communicative, giving me real peace of mind while honoring privacy and belongings. The homey, bed-and-breakfast atmosphere, amazing chefs and home-cooked meals, varied activities and cozy common spaces keep her social and engaged. Rooms are clean and comfortable with private baths, nurses and med techs are attentive, and families are welcomed - truly compassionate, high-quality care.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.38·(16)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      4.7
    • Staff

      4.4
    • Meals

      4.7
    • Amenities

      3.7
    • Value

      4.4

    Pros

    • Compassionate, attentive nursing staff
    • Caring caregiving team that goes above and beyond
    • Home-like, bed-and-breakfast atmosphere
    • Small, intimate facility setting
    • Inviting outdoor porch and patio
    • Regular holiday and family-oriented events
    • Private rooms with en-suite bathrooms
    • Well-maintained common areas and visitor-friendly family room
    • Home-cooked, varied meals prepared by skilled chefs
    • Active, varied activity program (motor skills, memory, reading)
    • Scheduled social events (ice cream socials, seasonal celebrations)
    • Strong family involvement and visit accommodation
    • Proactive communication with families (in many cases)
    • Respect for resident privacy and personal belongings
    • Peace-of-mind and safety for many families
    • Attentive medication technician and supportive nursing leadership

    Cons

    • Inconsistent quality of daily personal care
    • Incontinence-care delays
    • Pressure-injury (skin integrity) monitoring and prevention gaps
    • Variable staff follow-through on promised evaluations and tasks
    • Inconsistent family communication and responsiveness
    • Small resident rooms and constrained corridors limiting accessibility
    • Occasional sanitation and maintenance lapses

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews describe a small, intimate senior living home that many families experience as warm and residential in character. Positive themes include a compassionate and engaged caregiving team, a bed-and-breakfast atmosphere, and a range of social amenities such as a porch, patio, living/TV rooms and a large family visiting space. Dining is frequently praised: reviewers note home-cooked meals, variety, and named chefs who are seen as a strength. Activity programming is varied and socially oriented, with memory and motor-skill activities, reading groups, seasonal celebrations, ice cream socials and organized outings that support resident engagement.

    Care and staffing impressions are mixed. A substantial portion of feedback highlights attentive, thoughtful staff who provide individualized attention, protect resident privacy, and communicate proactively with families — actions that often produce peace of mind. Several reviews single out specific employees and describe nurses and medication technicians as reliable and caring. Conversely, other reviewers describe operational weaknesses that affect basic care delivery. These concerns center on inconsistent daily personal care practices, delays in incontinence care, and reports that raise questions about skin-integrity monitoring and prevention. Related themes include incomplete follow-through on promised evaluations or care tasks and variable responsiveness when families raise concerns.

    Facility features reflect the home's small scale: reviewers value the intimate, home-like setting and social spaces, but also note physical limitations such as small resident rooms, narrow corridors and uneven flooring that may affect accessibility and comfort for some residents. Cleanliness and maintenance are generally perceived as adequate by many visitors, though a minority of comments indicate occasional sanitation or upkeep lapses. Management impressions are likewise mixed: some families praise helpful directors and proactive leadership, while others report inconsistent follow-up, missed evaluation commitments and communication gaps.

    Notable patterns for prospective residents and families are the facility's strong social and culinary offerings and the presence of caring staff who create a homelike environment. At the same time, there is a recurring theme of variability in day-to-day clinical care and operational follow-through. Families considering this facility should verify current staffing consistency, review skin-care and incontinence protocols, ask about documentation and escalation procedures for care concerns, and arrange multiple visits at different times of day to observe routine practices. Those steps can help balance the facility's evident strengths in hospitality and social programming against the operational areas that reviewers identify as needing greater consistency.

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    Location

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    Kiva of Mount Dora is located at 505 E 9th Ave, Mount Dora, FL, 32757.

    About Kiva of Mount Dora

    Kiva of Mount Dora sits at 505 E 9th Ave in Mount Dora, Florida, where the place looks and feels like a bed-and-breakfast tucked under old oaks and where up to 32 seniors can live with help as they need it, whether that's for daily tasks, memory care, or more hands-on nursing care because sometimes folks need different kinds of support as they age and can't always get by at home anymore. The facility offers studio apartments both furnished and unfurnished, and some apartments even let you keep a pet, so you don't have to leave a small friend behind, while meals are handled daily by a dietitian who knows her stuff, so meals aren't just the same old thing every day but can match special diets and health needs, and there's a dining hall where everyone can sit together for food and conversation. Kiva of Mount Dora takes care of all the big things and the little things, since there are caregivers and an administrator who lead the team that'll help residents get dressed, take showers, take medicine, and keep track of things like blood sugar or incontinence if those are problems, and someone is always on staff if anything comes up day or night.

    There's a pretty wide range of health services, like help for people with diabetes or cognitive issues such as Alzheimer's, and if you need physical, occupational, or speech therapy, they can set that up, plus rehab therapists come by on a schedule if you're getting stronger or working on everyday skills after an illness. The facility has a license from the state of Florida, number 7959, so everything runs to state rules, and the onsite staff makes sure medicine shows up when it's supposed to through their in-house pharmacy delivery, which works every day of the week, so you don't have to worry about delays. You've got access to indoor and outdoor gathering spaces-like community rooms for group games or art and craft projects, a dining room for communal eating, game nights, devotional groups, and other activities right there, and sometimes the group heads out for offsite outings, which all helps make the place feel social even if you're quieter by nature. Folks can get haircuts and grooming onsite in the beauty shop, get laundry and dry cleaning done, and the staff keeps rooms clean with housekeeping services, so the basic upkeep isn't anything to fret over.

    Transportation is offered, taking you out to local spots or medical appointments, so you don't need to drive, and the staff helps families keep in touch, share updates about a resident, or support veterans through VA benefit assistance, plus there are advisors for questions on costs or insurance. You can pay with check or card, and the apartments include townhome or luxury options, but information about fees, what rent covers, and utility details isn't available, so some questions may need to be asked if this is something you're considering. The community has earned a 9.4 rating from senior living reviews and a 5.0 based on one review, and while that's not a huge number of opinions, it does speak to folks who've experienced the place. Licensed nurses, caregivers, social workers, and other professionals come together so residents get care with dignity and respect in a community that's locally owned and managed, so things don't fall through the cracks and folks can focus on comfort and belonging, even as health needs change or grow.

    People often ask...

    Kiva of Mount Dora offers competitive pricing, with rates starting at a cost of $3,545 per month.

    Kiva of Mount Dora offers assisted living, continuing care retirement community, and skilled nursing.

    There are 4 photos of Kiva of Mount Dora on Mirador.

    Yes, Kiva of Mount Dora allows residents to age in place and adjust their level of care as needed.

    The full address for this community is 505 E 9th Ave, Mount Dora, FL 32757.

    No, Kiva of Mount Dora does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

    Safety & Compliance

    In Florida, the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) licenses assisted living facilities and publishes the results of its standard, complaint, and monitoring inspections.

    License number11922275
    StatusActive
    Facility typeAssisted Living Facility
    Capacity32 residents
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    Inspection Reports

    24

    Reports

    0

    Type A Citations

    0

    Type B Citations

    10

    Complaints

    14

    Years

    09 Dec 2025Standard
    Found no deficiencies. An unannounced re-licensure survey with Emergency Power Plan and Limited Nursing Services monitoring occurred on December 8-9, 2025.
    07 Mar 2025Complaint
    Found no deficiencies.
    • A0008ADMISSIONS - HEALTH ASSESSMENT
    26 Dec 2024Standard
    Investigated an unannounced re-licensure revisit; deficiencies were corrected on site during the review.
    • A0001DEFINITIONS
    22 Oct 2024Standard
    Identified deficiencies in dementia care training, DNRO (Do Not Resuscitate) orders training, and HIV/AIDS training; several staff members had not completed the required training.
    • Class 3A0078STAFFING STANDARDS - STAFF
    • Class 3A0082TRAINING - HIV/AIDS
    • Class 3A0090TRAINING - DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDERS
    • Class 3CZ875ALZHEIMER DISEASE/DEMENTIA; TRAINING
    31 Jul 2024Complaint
    Concluded that deficiencies identified in a complaint investigation were corrected during a follow-up desk review on July 31, 2024.
    15 May 2024Complaint
    Investigated and found the provider failed to submit the annual Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan for 2023 and 2024.
    • Class 3CZ830EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING
    14 Apr 2022Standard
    Found no deficiencies during the survey conducted on April 14, 2022.
    03 Jan 2022Complaint
    Found no deficiencies identified during the complaint investigation conducted on January 3, 2022.
    11 Mar 2021Complaint
    Investigated and found that the emergency management plan had not been submitted for annual review and approval to the local emergency management authority.
    • Class 3A0181EMERGENCY PLAN APPROVAL
    • A0004LICENSURE - REQUIREMENTS
    07 Dec 2020Complaint
    Concluded that no deficiencies were identified after an unannounced investigation and a COVID-19 infection control survey.
    02 Mar 2020Complaint
    Investigated a follow-up complaint; no deficiencies identified.
    08 Jan 2020Complaint
    Investigated a resident elopement; found deficiencies in reporting, documentation, and adherence to elopement procedures.
    • Class 3A0165RISK MGMT & QA; ADVERSE INCIDENT REPORT
    28 Oct 2019Complaint
    Investigated a complaint and an Emergency Power Plan monitoring survey and found no deficiencies at the time of the survey.
    26 Jul 2019Standard
    Found no deficiencies following a biennial re-licensure and monitoring survey conducted on 2019-07-26.
    03 Aug 2017Standard
    Conducted an unannounced licensure survey; no deficient practices identified.
    23 Jun 2017Monitor
    Found no deficiencies at the time of the unannounced survey. No regulatory findings were identified.
    17 Aug 2015Standard
    Found no deficiencies identified.
    09 Oct 2014Monitor
    Verified prior deficiencies were corrected and no new deficiencies were identified on the follow-up visit.
    08 Aug 2014Monitor
    Investigated deficiencies related to residents’ rights and facility procedures, medication storage/disposal, staffing, staff training, and the physical environment.
    • Class 3A0030RESIDENT CARE - RIGHTS & FACILITY PROCEDURES
    • Class 3A0055MEDICATION - STORAGE AND DISPOSAL
    • Class 3A0078STAFFING STANDARDS - STAFF
    • Class 3A0081TRAINING - STAFF IN-SERVICE
    • Class 3A0090TRAINING - DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDERS
    • Class 3A0152PHYSICAL PLANT - SAFE LIVING ENVIRON/OTHER
    08 Aug 2014Monitor
    Concluded that a previously cited background screening deficiency was cleared during a follow-up visit.
    • Class 3A0030RESIDENT CARE - RIGHTS & FACILITY PROCEDURES
    • Class 3A0055MEDICATION - STORAGE AND DISPOSAL
    • Class 3A0078STAFFING STANDARDS - STAFF
    • Class 3A0081TRAINING - STAFF IN-SERVICE
    • Class 3A0090TRAINING - DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDERS
    • Class 3A0152PHYSICAL PLANT - SAFE LIVING ENVIRON/OTHER
    • CZ815BACKGROUND SCREENING; PROHIBITED OFFENSES
    21 May 2014Monitor
    Investigated a limited nursing services monitoring survey and found a deficiency for failing to conduct a Level II background screening prior to employment.
    • Class 4A0161RECORDS - STAFF
    19 Jul 2013Standard
    Found no deficiencies identified during an unannounced biennial licensure survey conducted July 18, 2013.
    25 Sept 2012Monitor
    Found no deficiencies during an unannounced nursing services monitoring visit conducted on 2012-09-25. The provider complied with Florida statutes and administrative code cited for this survey.
    25 Jun 2012Complaint
    Confirmed no deficiencies were found. Noted compliance with applicable Florida statutes and administrative codes for this survey.

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