A Hialeah assisted living facility where a resident died after stopping breathing is being shut down Friday, after state inspectors found staff allegedly failed to make a timely 911 call, perform CPR correctly or use an automated external defibrillator. The emergency order describes a home where basic care, medication management and emergency readiness had broken down at once.
Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration ordered Our Dream ALF to close by 5 p.m. Friday after issuing an emergency suspension order Tuesday. As detailed by the Miami Herald, the action followed the resident’s death Sunday and a relicensure survey conducted July 20, with the agency calling the conditions an emergency threatening residents’ health, safety and welfare.
Our Dream ALF is licensed for 42 residents and serves people with chronic mental illness. The Florida Health Finder profile lists a limited mental health specialty license and shows the facility’s license status as “in review.”
Inspectors Found Problems Beyond The Medical Emergency
The Miami Herald reported that inspectors found two nonfunctioning generators inside the home, with items piled on top of them. Bedroom and common-area temperatures ranged from 82 to 85 degrees, above the state’s 81-degree limit for resident living spaces, while a bin in the administrator’s bathroom shower held unused medication for 19 residents, including four months’ worth for one person.
The facility also reportedly served residents the same basic meal — corn flakes with milk, toast and café con leche — regardless of their dietary needs. The state’s findings included broader concerns about resident care, medication handling and compliance with doctors’ orders.
Florida Law Requires Resident Transfers To Be Monitored
Under Florida’s assisted-living law, the agency must notify the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program when a facility closes and monitor the transfer of residents. The law also directs the agency, in consultation with the Department of Children and Families, to ensure residents are appropriately relocated.
The shutdown comes as Florida faces continuing scrutiny of assisted living oversight. A Florida Senate health committee document said the state had 2,990 licensed assisted living providers as of January and recorded 104 Class I deficiencies in 2025, the category reserved for conditions posing imminent danger or a substantial probability of serious harm.
