Discovery Village at Tampa Palms

License snapshot: Discovery Village at Tampa Palms — Florida ALF — AHCA #12993 — 120 beds — Tampa, FL — first licensed 2021. Last verified: October 2026.

Is Discovery Village at Tampa Palms in Tampa licensed by the State of Florida?

Yes. Discovery Village at Tampa Palms holds an active Florida Assisted Living Facility license, AHCA license #12993, for 120 residents at 17470 Brookside Trace Ct, Tampa, FL 33647. It holds the standard ALF license with no ECC, LNS or LMH specialty license. The license was first issued on June 25, 2021, and the current license runs through June 24, 2027.

We built this profile from the state's own files, not from marketing material. Nothing here is a rating; it is the license, the inspections and the enforcement history, plus context for Tampa families.

Discovery Village at Tampa Palms license and contact information

What level of care can Discovery Village at Tampa Palms provide under its Florida license?

Discovery Village at Tampa Palms can provide standard assisted living only. With a standard license only, the community can help with bathing, dressing, meals and medication assistance, but it cannot provide the extra nursing that an ECC or LNS license allows. Residents whose needs pass that line generally have to move.

In its AHCA profile the community reports a memory-care program. Florida has no separate memory-care license, so ask how the secured area is laid out and which of the dementia rules in s. 429.178, F.S. it follows. AHCA's profile lists nurse availability as: 3rd Party Part-Time, Direct 24hr. No Medicaid services are listed on its AHCA profile, so plan on private pay, long-term care insurance or VA benefits unless the community confirms otherwise. Languages reported to AHCA: Creole, English, Hindi, Spanish.

What did AHCA find when it inspected Discovery Village at Tampa Palms?

AHCA has posted 6 inspections for Discovery Village at Tampa Palms: 2 standard (routine) surveys, 4 complaint investigations and 0 other visits. In the three years to October 2026, inspectors recorded 6 deficiencies, none of them Class I or II. The most recent visit was a complaint visit on June 4, 2026 with no deficiencies cited.

Complaint visits are triggered by a call to AHCA, so their number reflects how often someone raised a concern, not only what was found. Look at whether those visits produced citations.

Source: AHCA inspection details, retrieved October 24, 2026. Florida grades ALF deficiencies from Class I (an immediate threat or death) to Class IV (paperwork-level); most citations at large communities are Class III.

Has AHCA taken enforcement action against Discovery Village at Tampa Palms?

No. AHCA's final-order record for Discovery Village at Tampa Palms shows no fines, license actions or other disciplinary orders as of October 2026.

That is the public enforcement record only. It does not replace reading the inspection reports above or visiting in person.

Who owns and operates Discovery Village at Tampa Palms?

The AHCA licensee for Discovery Village at Tampa Palms is Britton (tampa Palms)trs LLC, and the facility is managed by American Trust Senior Care, LLC. AHCA lists the administrator as Angeline Hernandez. AHCA records a change of ownership on June 25, 2021, May 20, 2019.

Ask who you would call above the administrator if a problem is not resolved, and whether the operator runs other Tampa Bay communities you could visit for comparison.

Does Discovery Village at Tampa Palms have backup power for hurricanes and outages?

Discovery Village at Tampa Palms reports to AHCA that its on-site backup power is fixed generator, supporting air conditioning, life safety systems, lights, refrigeration, and that the areas kept cool during an outage are: entire facility.

Florida requires every ALF to have an emergency power source able to keep the building at 81°F or cooler for at least 96 hours after an outage. In Hillsborough County, ask which evacuation zone the building sits in, where residents go if an order is issued, and how families are told.

Where is Discovery Village at Tampa Palms, and what is nearby in Tampa?

Discovery Village at Tampa Palms is at 17470 Brookside Trace Ct in Tampa (33647), Hillsborough County. Tampa is the metro's urban core and Hillsborough County seat, with roughly 400,000 residents and a fast-growing 65+ population concentrated in South Tampa, Carrollwood, and New Tampa. The closest major hospitals for the area include Tampa General Hospital, AdventHealth Tampa, Moffitt Cancer Center.

Within about six miles there are 18 other AHCA-licensed assisted living facilities, so families comparing Discovery Village at Tampa Palms have real alternatives close by.

Largest licensed ALFs within six miles (AHCA data):

• Blue Palms Senior Living at Fletcher · Tampa · 175 beds · AHCA #4110 · 5.0 mi
• Renaissance of North Tampa · Tampa · 135 beds · AHCA #7531 · 5.2 mi
• Promise Pointe at Tampa Oaks · Temple Terrace · 130 beds · AHCA #13142 · 5.0 mi
• American House Wesley Chapel · Wesley Chapel · 120 beds · AHCA #13147 · 5.8 mi
• Chapman Manor at Lutz · Lutz · 104 beds · AHCA #9734 · 5.0 mi

How much does memory care and assisted living cost near Discovery Village at Tampa Palms?

In the Tampa area, assisted living typically runs $3,500–$5,500/month in 2026, and memory care $4,800–$7,000/month. These are area ranges, not Discovery Village at Tampa Palms's prices; the community sets its own rates by apartment size and care level.

Ask for the full fee schedule, any community fee, and the 30-day notice terms before you compare.

What should you ask when you tour Discovery Village at Tampa Palms?

Start with the issues AHCA has actually raised at Discovery Village at Tampa Palms, then cover the questions every Tampa family should ask.

• AHCA cited “Medication - assistance with self-admin” on the April 29, 2025 standard survey. Ask who assists with medications on each shift, how a missed or refused dose is logged, and how the community tells families about a medication error.
• AHCA cited “Training - staff in-service” on the April 29, 2025 standard survey. Ask to see how new caregivers are trained in their first 30 days and who signs off that the training happened.
• AHCA cited “Records - resident” on the April 29, 2025 standard survey. Ask for the resident rights notice, the grievance procedure and the refund policy before you sign.
• How is the monthly price built: flat rate, levels of care, or points? What triggers the next level?
• How is the memory-care neighborhood staffed at night, and is it a separate secured area?
• Can we speak with the family of a current resident?

How does Discovery Village at Tampa Palms compare with other Hillsborough County assisted living?

By licensed capacity, Discovery Village at Tampa Palms ranks #20 of 263 AHCA-licensed assisted living facilities in Hillsborough County, and it is one of 68 there that report a memory-care program. Size is not quality; it tells you the community runs at scale, with more staff to manage and usually more amenities.

If Discovery Village at Tampa Palms is on your list, we can check current availability, line it up against nearby licensed communities, and walk you through its AHCA reports before the tour. Families never pay us; a community pays a referral fee only after a move-in.