Orlando Senior AdvisorHow many senior care providers are licensed in Greater Orlando?
Florida AHCA lists 705 open senior-care licenses in the five counties around Orlando — Orange (330), Seminole (107), Osceola (76), Lake (160), Sumter (32) — across assisted living, nursing homes, adult family care, adult day care, hospice and home health.
Assisted Living Facilities
273 open AHCA licenses across the five counties.
Browse →Memory Care Communities
130 open AHCA licenses across the five counties.
Browse →Nursing Homes
75 open AHCA licenses across the five counties.
Browse →Adult Family Care Homes
38 open AHCA licenses across the five counties.
Browse →Adult Day Care Centers
20 open AHCA licenses across the five counties.
Browse →Hospice Providers
5 open AHCA licenses across the five counties.
Browse →Home Health Agencies
294 open AHCA licenses across the five counties.
Browse →How should I use the Orlando senior care directory?
Pick the care type, filter to your parent's city, then open the full profiles of the larger communities to read their AHCA record.
Each listing shows the AHCA license number to match on FloridaHealthFinder. Full-profile pages add the first-licensed date, ECC/LNS/LMH specialty licenses, Medicaid programs, recent AHCA inspections and any fines or sanctions on file.
What is the difference between assisted living and memory care in Florida?
Both run under the same AHCA assisted living license; memory care adds dementia-trained staff, a secured setting and a written program disclosure.
| Assisted living (standard AHCA ALF license) | Memory care (an ALF delivering dementia care) | |
|---|---|---|
| Is | Help with bathing, dressing, medications and meals in a licensed residence | The same ALF license plus dementia-trained staff, a secured setting and a written program disclosure (s. 429.178, F.S.) |
| Isn't | Not 24-hour skilled nursing — that needs a nursing home license (Chapter 400) | Not a separate Florida license — there is no "memory care license" to look up |
| Fits | Someone who needs daily help but is safe without a secured door | Someone with dementia who wanders, exits or needs structured supervision |
| Check on the AHCA record | License status, beds, Standard vs ECC / LNS / LMH specialty licenses | ECC or LNS license, the Memory Care program reported to AHCA, recent survey deficiencies |
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Data source + refresh cadence
Every listing comes from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) public licensing record on FloridaHealthFinder: the state facility locator, each facility's AHCA profile (license dates, specialty licenses, Medicaid programs, legal sanctions) and AHCA inspection history. Open licenses only, in Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake and Sumter counties. We re-pull the registry quarterly. Last updated: October 24, 2026. Last verified: October 2026.
