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10 Best Memory Care Facilities in De Soto County, FL

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Memory care in De Soto County offers 24-hour care and supervision, trained staff, and specialized activities to accommodate the needs of seniors with Alzheimer’s or dementia. These communities typically offer advanced security features and engaging activities to help ensure residents’ well-being. The cost of memory care in De Soto County is about $4,703 per month. To find the best memory care options for your needs and budget, browse the 187 communities, read 5638 reviews of families’ experiences, and learn about available services and amenities. 

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Photo of Shell Point Retirement Community
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Mom is a professional complainer :-) but The Springs has been fabulous working with her and us to insure her safety and well-being!
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
The Springs offers assisted living on a month-to-month private pay basis. This gives you the flexibility to experience Shell Point’s assisted living services on your terms. Welcome HomeFriends and family are always welcome at The Springs. In addition to each resident’s private apartment, intimate...
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We chose Discovery Village at Sarasota Bay because they have 24 hour nursing which was very important for us. There is not someone just on call - they are present in the building at all times. The facility...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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I'm not all that pleased about the head nursing department, I've been calling to see how my mother is doing and it always goes to voicemail. I leave a message and know one calls back.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Heartis is a new and very clean community. My loved ones have been in two other communities in the Sarasota/Venice area, and this is their third—they are quite hard to please. However, they are happy here at...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Based on our experience with Palmview at Gulf Coast we think they could improve on the activities and just having more diverse activities. They could also have special food for events/days/birthdays.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of The Courtyards of Horizon
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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This is a stunning community. The staff were nice and friendly. Mom liked living here, however they are not a locked community so she was not able to stay here. ThIs is a big community that offers...
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Harborview Acres, is an intimate community offering spacious rooms of luxury. We have private or semi-private, 1 bedroom and Studio apartments available. Besides receiving the best care, nearby you will find shopping centers, beautiful beaches, Peace River, and Stone Crabs Stadium!
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Photo of Oakgrove Congregate Living
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Grace Assisted Living LLC
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Sunlight Manor Inc
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Best Care Senior Living at Port Charlotte
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I heard a lot of bad reviews about Vick Street Manor. This is my mother's fourth assisted living facility. In the past, communities would make her go to bed at 8, get up at 7, she was expected to sit in...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Vick Street Manor seeks to provide a comfortable assisted living community to those who are in need of memory care in Port Charlotte, Charlotte County, Florida. This community looks out for the needs of its residents, and it offers a great location. The city of Port Charlotte has much to offer to...
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of The Gardens Of North Port
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They were great. super and very compassionate. I would recommend to anyone who needs elder care. The staff were super, the food is phenomenal and the dining staff were the best and you can see they loved the...
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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It is nice to see that my father is in a very clean community. He is very happy with the meals with a lot of variety. He is trying to get more involved with the great activities. The staff is wonderful and...
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Sunny Hills of Sebring
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Maranatha Manor
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.

Cost of memory care in De Soto County, FL

The average cost of senior living in De Soto County is $4,703 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Lake Placid, FL with an average of $3,349 per month.

Memory care costs in De Soto County, FL, vs. nearby counties

De Soto County, FL
$4,703/mo
$4,616/mo

Memory care costs in De Soto County, FL, vs. state and national averages

De Soto County, FL
$4,703/mo
$4,615/mo
U.S. national average
$5,025/mo

Memory care costs in De Soto County, FL, vs. other senior living options

Memory Care
$4,703/mo

Memory care costs in De Soto County, FL, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$4,672/mo
Studio
$6,014/mo
1 Bedroom
$6,143/mo
2 Bedroom
$9,500/mo

Senior living costs in De Soto County vs. state and national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: De Soto County, FL
Column state: Florida
Column national: U.S.
Community typeDe Soto County, FLFloridaU.S.
Memory Care$4,703/mo$4,615/mo$5,025/mo
Assisted Living$4,428/mo$4,141/mo$4,784/mo
Independent Living$4,227/mo$4,265/mo$4,247/mo
Memory Care
De Soto County, FL:$4,703/mo
Florida:$4,615/mo
U.S.:$5,025/mo
Assisted Living
De Soto County, FL:$4,428/mo
Florida:$4,141/mo
U.S.:$4,784/mo
Independent Living
De Soto County, FL:$4,227/mo
Florida:$4,265/mo
U.S.:$4,247/mo
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Memory care costs in De Soto County, FL, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly memory care costs have shifted over the past five years in De Soto County and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent quarterly averages of what seniors actually paid after moving into A Place for Mom partner communities.

De Soto County, FLFL stateNational

Memory care cost trends in De Soto County, FL

The table below shows how monthly memory care costs in De Soto County have changed in the last two years and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent averages of actual costs paid by seniors who moved into A Place for Mom partner communities in 2023 and 2024.

Cost comparison table showing 2023 and 2024 median costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column location: Location
Column cost2024: 2024 average cost
Column cost2023: 2023 average cost
Column percentChange: Percent change
Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
De Soto County, FL$5,633/mo$5,071/mo+11.1%
Florida$5,266/mo$5,016/mo+5.0%
National$6,492/mo$6,159/mo+5.4%
De Soto County, FL
2024 average cost:$5,633/mo
2023 average cost:$5,071/mo
Percent change:+11.1%
Florida
2024 average cost:$5,266/mo
2023 average cost:$5,016/mo
Percent change:+5.0%
National
2024 average cost:$6,492/mo
2023 average cost:$6,159/mo
Percent change:+5.4%
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What families are saying about memory care in De Soto County

Recent reviews for memory care in De Soto County

The Windsor of Venice

4.6
My loved one was previously a resident at The Windsor of Venice and the overall experience was great. The Memory Care section was awesome. The staff was amazing about taking care of my loved one! I would recommend this facility to others.

Windsor Reflections Memory Care in Lakewood Ranch, FL

5.0
My husband been a resident for 16 months. He is treated with care and respect. If I have a concern, its addressed in a timely manner. Staff members in all departments take a personal interest.

Sun Towers in Sun City Center, FL

5.0
The service was outstanding because [of] the personnel [was] outstanding. The personnel [was] outstanding because the supervisory and management was outstanding.

De Soto County review score based on 1,222 family reviews

8.7
Review score161 facilities1222 reviewsWrite a review
This proprietary review score is based on 1222 reviews of 161 De Soto County memory care communities. All reviews were submitted in the past two years by verified community residents and family members.
The De Soto County review score informs your search by letting you see at a glance how memory care residents and family members rate memory care in your area. Compare review scores in multiple locations to understand how overall satisfaction rates differ from city to city. Based on recent reviews, the maximum possible score is 10.Methodology: How we calculate our city review scores

De Soto County review score compared against nearby cities

8.7
De Soto County, FL161 facilities
8.7
Southeast Arcadia, FL215 facilities
8.7
Arcadia, FL216 facilities

Review subcategories for De Soto County memory care

When memory care residents and family members submit a review on our site, they rate each community on categories such as cleanliness, activities, meals, and more. The chart below is based on 1,222 reviews of 161 De Soto County memory care communities. This chart helps you compare De Soto County resident and family memory care satisfaction rates against national averages. Use it to assess your needs and develop criteria for your own search. If you know that one of these categories is important to you or your loved one, our senior living advisors can help you find communities to match your needs.
De Soto County, FL averageNational average
Cleanliness
3.9
3.9
Friendliness
4.0
4.0
Care services
3.6
3.7
Staff
3.9
3.9
Meals & dining
3.7
3.6
Activities
3.7
3.5
Value for cost*
3.7
3.6
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De Soto County memory care services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in De Soto County memory care communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in De Soto County, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select care services in De Soto County memory care

Memory care communities offer a variety of care services and visiting health care providers to meet seniors’ health needs. The chart below shows the percentage of memory care partners in De Soto County that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
De Soto County, FLNational
Full medication management
Full medication management
62.7%
63.5%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
57.1%
47%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
99.4%
82.2%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
100%
98.2%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
70.2%
69.6%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
50.9%
28.1%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
99.4%
89.3%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
62.7%
59%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
67.1%
69.4%
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*Including nurse, dentist, OT, PT, speech or podiatrist

Availability of select dementia care services in De Soto County memory care

Our community partners provide many services to keep residents with dementia or other memory concerns safe and engaged. Below, take a look at what percentage of De Soto County Memory Care partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
De Soto County, FLNational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
65.8%
71.9%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
48.4%
45.2%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
52.8%
67.8%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
24.2%
26%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in De Soto County memory care

Memory care communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of De Soto County partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
De Soto County, FLNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
40.4%
27.7%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
59.6%
44.3%
No sugar
No sugar
55.3%
41.1%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
49.7%
49.9%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
36.6%
21.8%
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Availability of select dining options in De Soto County memory care

Our memory care communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of De Soto County communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
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Professional chef
Professional chef
56.5%
31.7%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
60.2%
39.7%
Room service
Room service
52.2%
37.2%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
25.5%
22.8%
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Availability of select programs and activities in De Soto County memory care

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered memory care communities in De Soto County offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
De Soto County, FLNational
Activity director
Activity director
65.8%
45.1%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
50.3%
32.8%
Community service programs
Community service programs
40.4%
28.6%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
60.2%
52.9%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
67.1%
50.7%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
64%
59.4%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
60.9%
39.2%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
56.5%
35.4%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
55.3%
36.4%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
66.5%
46.7%
Live performances
Live performances
64.6%
46.9%
Dances
Dances
46.6%
31.7%
Fitness center
Fitness center
32.9%
22%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
64%
45.8%
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State regulations for memory care in De Soto County

Safety is a primary concern when seniors and their families look for memory care. Each state has its own laws and inspection processes to help ensure seniors reside in a safe environment and receive quality care. Learning about Florida memory care regulations will help you understand how memory care communities in De Soto County protect seniors.
Learn about Florida memory care regulationsDownload the Guide to Senior Living Licensure and Inspection Reports
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