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3,021 assisted living facilities in Florida

Every licence on the Florida AHCA roll, by city and county.

licensed ALFs
3,021
on the Medicaid waiver list
407
report memory care
824
beds
118,679
Licensed assisted living facility in Florida, a single-storey stucco building with palms

How many assisted living facilities are in Florida

Florida's AHCA roll lists 3,021 assisted living facilities with 118,679 licensed beds between them. 407 are on the Medicaid waiver list and 824 report a memory care program.

Licence statusALFs
Licensed2,267
In review634
Provisional78
In litigation38
Provisional litigation4

What assisted living costs in Florida

Florida and US monthly medians, CareScout Cost of Care Survey 2025
Monthly medianFloridaUnited States
Assisted living, private one-bedroom$5,610$6,200
Nursing home, shared room$10,342$9,581
Nursing home, private room$12,167$10,798
Homemaker services, 44 hours a week$6,101$6,673
Adult day health care, 5 days a week$1,625$2,058

Medians from the CareScout Cost of Care Survey 2025.

More in our guide to the cost of assisted living in Florida.

Who pays: the Medicaid waiver and what it covers

Florida Medicaid pays for assisted living care through the long-term care part of Statewide Medicaid Managed Care. It covers services such as personal care and help with medication. It doesn't pay room and board, so rent and meals still come from your parent's own income.

Browse the 407 ALFs on the waiver list.

Who qualifies for assisted living in Florida

A Florida ALF may take adults who need help with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing or medication, but who don't need 24-hour nursing care. Before a move in, a doctor or nurse completes a health assessment on AHCA form 1823.

To have Medicaid pay for the care, your parent must be 65 or older, or 18 or older with a disability, qualify for Medicaid and need a nursing facility level of care. AHCA sets out these rules.

Florida ALF licences: standard, ECC, LMH and LNS

Every ALF holds a standard licence. Some add a specialty licence that lets them give more care.

Specialty licenceALFs holding it
Extended Congregate Care (ECC)168
Limited Nursing Services (LNS)394
Limited Mental Health (LMH)708

Assisted living by city

Every Florida city with at least five licensed ALFs has its own page, largest first.

Assisted living by county

Florida ALFs by county
CountyALFsBedsMedicaid waiverMemory care
Alachua1173829
Baker1500
Bay963015
Bradford23100
Brevard1294,1312844
Broward2539,8063361
Calhoun25000
Charlotte211,57437
Citrus221,120310
Clay1475014
Collier393,460224
Columbia753102
Desoto29601
Duval694,4391034
Escambia231,555210
Flagler18835310
Gulf13200
Hamilton34810
Hernando231,29929
Highlands131,12143
Hillsborough2637,9293168
Holmes39000
Indian River221,361013
Jackson11800
Lafayette28801
Lake522,543920
Lee844,7691132
Leon181,385112
Liberty14500
Madison64300
Manatee422,596721
Marion312,085613
Martin141,456210
Miami-Dade80810,5788537
Monroe11400
Nassau743605
Okaloosa1591439
Okeechobee13710
Orange1184,2351342
Osceola381,10946
Palm Beach1979,7443069
Pasco483,5691121
Pinellas1348,4473444
Polk432,956718
Putnam924222
Santa Rosa1495824
Sarasota866,1871142
Seminole503,076926
St. Johns221,473315
St. Lucie1151,5991112
Sumter141,586013
Suwannee211200
Volusia874,1631832
Walton552504
Washington34210

Smaller towns with fewer than five ALFs

These towns have one to four ALFs, so they don't get a page of their own. Each name opens the facility's record.

What Florida inspection records show

AHCA has cited 25,059 deficiencies across Florida's ALFs on the comparison record. 2,512 facilities have at least one, and 622 have a Class I or II citation, the two most serious classes.

Families filed 4,699 complaints with AHCA, and 1,231 ALFs were fined $9,794,531 in total.

ClassDeficiencies cited
Class I (most serious)309
Class II1,154
Class III21,140
Class IV (least serious)407
Not classed2,049

Who licenses ALFs and how to complain

The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) licenses and inspects every ALF in Florida. Each facility page here links its own AHCA record, with the inspection findings behind the counts.

To report a problem, contact AHCA. Our guide to Florida assisted living regulations explains the rules a home must follow.

Questions families ask about Florida

How many assisted living facilities are in Florida?

3,021 on the AHCA licence roll.

Will Medicare pay for assisted living in Florida?

No. Medicare doesn't pay rent or personal care in an ALF.

What is the average cost of assisted living in Florida?

$5,610 a month is the Florida median (CareScout 2025).

Who licenses assisted living facilities in Florida?

The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA).

Which assisted living facilities are considered the best in Florida?

We don't rank them. Each city page shows the ALFs with the fewest serious citations.

From the state record: Florida AHCA FloridaHealthFinder.