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Senior living communities in Sarasota, Florida

Compare 105 licensed communities in Sarasota — each with an independent CARES quality score. Free to your family, no referral fees.

Assisted living 45Memory care 56Independent living 54Skilled nursing 25
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Senior living communities in Sarasota, Florida — compared by independent CARES score, care types offered, and resident rating
CommunityCARESCare typesRatingCity
Bayou Oaks Apartments1160 Four Seasons Circle4.0Independent living4.01 reviewsSarasota
Sarasota Point Rehabilitation Center2600 Courtland Street3.9Skilled nursing3.38 reviewsSarasota
Hawthorne Center for Rehabilitation of Sarasota5381 Desoto Road3.9Assisted livingIndependent livingMemory care+13.06 reviewsSarasota
Visiting Angels Living Assistance950 S Tamiami Trail #2053.7Memory care3.63 reviewsSarasota
Anchin Pavilion1959 North Honore Avenue3.6Assisted livingIndependent livingMemory care+1—Sarasota
Award Care at Sarasota1507 South Tuttle Avenue3.5Independent livingSkilled nursing2.07 reviewsSarasota
Crescent Health & Rehabilitation Center5401 Sawyer Rd3.2Skilled nursing2.723 reviewsSarasota
Aviata at Beneva741 South Beneva Road3.0Memory care2.823 reviewsSarasota
Inspired Living At Sarasota - CLOSED1900 Phillippi Shores Drive3.0Assisted living—Sarasota
Arden Courts at Sarasota5509 Swift Road2.9Assisted livingIndependent livingMemory care—Sarasota
Pineapple Place7048 Hawkins Road2.9Assisted living—Sarasota
Crossbreeze Care Center1755 18Th Street2.9Assisted livingCCRCIndependent living+1—Sarasota
Beneva Lakes Assisted Living Center743 South Beneva Road2.8Assisted livingIndependent livingMemory care+1—Sarasota

Senior living in Sarasota, at a glance

Sarasota has 105 residential senior living communities listed with us in Sarasota County, part of Florida's Gulf Coast region: 45 offering assisted living, 56 offering memory care, 54 offering independent living, 25 offering skilled nursing. Many campuses offer several care levels, so a resident can move between them without leaving the people and places they know.

Because Florida has seen active ownership turnover in the recent M&A wave, we track each community's current record — so what you see reflects who runs it today, not two owners ago. Every scored community below carries a CARES score built from care, dining, social life, amenities, and facilities. For budgeting, Florida's statewide median for assisted living is about $5,610/month (Genworth); exact pricing in Sarasota depends on care level and apartment — ask CARA for current quotes.

Common questions about Sarasota senior living

How many senior living communities are in Sarasota, Florida?

Senior Community Stars lists 105 residential senior living communities in Sarasota (Sarasota County) — 45 offering assisted living, 56 offering memory care, 54 offering independent living, 25 offering skilled nursing. Many communities offer more than one care level on the same campus.

How much does senior living cost in Sarasota?

Community-specific pricing varies with care level and apartment, so we don't guess at it — ask CARA or the community for a current quote. As a statewide baseline, Florida's median assisted living cost is about $5,610/month, and a semi-private nursing home room runs about $10,342/month (Genworth Cost of Care data).

What's the difference between assisted living and memory care?

Assisted living helps with daily tasks — bathing, dressing, medication — while residents stay largely independent. Memory care is a secured setting with staff trained specifically for Alzheimer's and dementia, higher supervision, and programming built around cognitive decline. Many communities offer both, so a resident can move between them without changing campuses.

How are Sarasota communities scored?

Every scored community gets an independent 0–10 CARES score built from five dimensions — care, dining, social life, amenities, and facilities — computed from each community's published information and aggregated public reviews, the same consistent way for every community. No community pays us, so no score is ever for sale. (See exactly how it works on our CARES methodology page.)