The Villages, FL, spans Lake, Sumter and Marion Counties and is home to 79,077 residents. More than four out of five people here are 65 or older. Retirees here can find expert medical care at UF Health The Villages Hospital. Select Specialty Hospital – The Villages provides critical illness recovery services.
Nursing homes accommodate the personal, medical and social needs of ailing individuals who require a high level of care not accessible otherwise. These facilities provide room and board, 24/7 professional medical services and supervision, help with daily activities and in-house recreational opportunities. Such features make nursing home care quite costly compared to other senior living arrangements. Here, in The Villages, the average price for a semiprivate room is $8,973 per month, according to Genworth Financial’s 2020 Cost of Care Survey. This rate is considerably higher than the national median of $7,756. Home health care or assisted living may offer more appropriate and affordable care for those who do not need such extensive support.
This guide further discusses what seniors in The Villages can expect to pay for nursing home accommodations or other senior care. It also shares what nursing homes are charging in nearby cities and provides a list of local free or low-cost resources.
Directory of Nursing Homes in The Villages, FL
1550 El Camino Real, The Villages, FL, 32159
Some of the nurses at Freedom Pointe at The Villages are awesome. They were wonderful to my dad. Some of the aides though, to me, their attentiveness and care was subpar. I didn’t feel that they care
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Some of the nurses at Freedom Pointe at The Villages are awesome. They were wonderful to my dad. Some of the aides though, to me, their attentiveness and care was subpar. I didn’t feel that they care to do their job. They were just basically there collecting a paycheck. The food is also just average.
My dad just turned 90 and he’s having health issues and I was talking to one of the nurses that I truly commended (because she was very good at her job and attending to the residents and everything) about the food being delivered. I told her that if they know or take attention to some of the resident’s capabilities, they should automatically step in and assist in maybe cutting their food. The physician assistant on duty at the facility needs to make notation for the kitchen so they know that the resident needs more grounded up of food so that it’s easier for them to eat it. If I didn’t happen to be there or friends of my fathers didn’t happen to be there at the time he was getting a meal, dinner time especially, they would just plop it down in front of them and it would be like a chicken breast or roast beef. He could feed himself pretty much, but there’s no way he could have cut the food up. Other than that, it is a nicer and clean facility. It’s very welcoming and is one of the nicer ones in The Villages area.
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Some of the nurses at Freedom Pointe at The Villages are awesome. They were wonderful to my dad. Some of the aides though, to me, their attentiveness and care was subpar. I didn’t feel that they care
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Some of the nurses at Freedom Pointe at The Villages are awesome. They were wonderful to my dad. Some of the aides though, to me, their attentiveness and care was subpar. I didn’t feel that they care to do their job. They were just basically there collecting a paycheck. The food is also just average.
My dad just turned 90 and he’s having health issues and I was talking to one of the nurses that I truly commended (because she was very good at her job and attending to the residents and everything) about the food being delivered. I told her that if they know or take attention to some of the resident’s capabilities, they should automatically step in and assist in maybe cutting their food. The physician assistant on duty at the facility needs to make notation for the kitchen so they know that the resident needs more grounded up of food so that it’s easier for them to eat it. If I didn’t happen to be there or friends of my fathers didn’t happen to be there at the time he was getting a meal, dinner time especially, they would just plop it down in front of them and it would be like a chicken breast or roast beef. He could feed himself pretty much, but there’s no way he could have cut the food up. Other than that, it is a nicer and clean facility. It’s very welcoming and is one of the nicer ones in The Villages area.
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16605 SE 74th Soulliere Ave, The Villages, FL, 32162
My husband has been very well taken care of at this facility (and myself, too). Everyone is so caring and pro-active, efficient. I feel they have chosen the best of the best to work there – just ama
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My husband has been very well taken care of at this facility (and myself, too). Everyone is so caring and pro-active, efficient. I feel they have chosen the best of the best to work there – just amazes me at how every need is tended to. I doubt a better facility exists.
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My husband has been very well taken care of at this facility (and myself, too). Everyone is so caring and pro-active, efficient. I feel they have chosen the best of the best to work there – just ama
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My husband has been very well taken care of at this facility (and myself, too). Everyone is so caring and pro-active, efficient. I feel they have chosen the best of the best to work there – just amazes me at how every need is tended to. I doubt a better facility exists.
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3875 Wedgewood Lane, The Villages, FL, 32162
I’m in rehab at Buffalo Crossings. It’s a ten all around. My husband and I both came over here after a hospital stay. The staff has been very helpful. The nurses and the CNAs are wonderful. The physic
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I’m in rehab at Buffalo Crossings. It’s a ten all around. My husband and I both came over here after a hospital stay. The staff has been very helpful. The nurses and the CNAs are wonderful. The physical and occupational therapy has been fantastic. The food is very good. I’m having a chef’s salad today that’s really good. My husband is enjoying his food, too. He said it’s so much better than hospital food. We’re in different rooms, but they’re doing so well with the COVID. All the staff members wear N95 masks. You have to stay in your room, but I couldn’t really move around too much anyway. They are keeping everybody 14 days isolated, but your family can make an appointment and they will wheel you outside. You’re behind partition and they can come up and see you. They can’t come into the facility to see you.
They’re doing everything right as far as I’m concerned with COVID, and the staff is very knowledgeable, especially for me. They have to get me up and out of bed, and the physical therapist and occupational therapist push you, but I want to get myself going and be able to go home, so that’s good. The rooms are beautiful. They look like a hotel room. I can see right out my door if I was able to go out. They bring all your meals to your room because of the COVID restrictions, but normally they have dining areas out there where you can sit. It looks like a hotel lobby out there. There’s a fireplace and a TV over it. As much as I can see, it looks beautiful and upscale, like a Hyatt lobby.
They have an activity director, and because of COVID a lot of things are different, but I happen to have my iPad with me, so I’m either reading, or they have the big screen TVs, or doing research, so I didn’t ask for anything recreation-wise. Today, the staff came and brought a welcome balloon, and they already have my plan of care case management set up for next week. Normally, they have a happy hour, but because we’re in our rooms they come around. They even have beer or wine and snacks and sodas, and they just bring it to your room individually because of COVID. I know my husband is getting a newspaper every day, which he loves. They’re doing what they can during COVID. I’m sure there are other things if I was interested, but I told the young lady that pretty much between the therapies and the things I have to do I don’t really need anything else.
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I’m in rehab at Buffalo Crossings. It’s a ten all around. My husband and I both came over here after a hospital stay. The staff has been very helpful. The nurses and the CNAs are wonderful. The physic
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I’m in rehab at Buffalo Crossings. It’s a ten all around. My husband and I both came over here after a hospital stay. The staff has been very helpful. The nurses and the CNAs are wonderful. The physical and occupational therapy has been fantastic. The food is very good. I’m having a chef’s salad today that’s really good. My husband is enjoying his food, too. He said it’s so much better than hospital food. We’re in different rooms, but they’re doing so well with the COVID. All the staff members wear N95 masks. You have to stay in your room, but I couldn’t really move around too much anyway. They are keeping everybody 14 days isolated, but your family can make an appointment and they will wheel you outside. You’re behind partition and they can come up and see you. They can’t come into the facility to see you.
They’re doing everything right as far as I’m concerned with COVID, and the staff is very knowledgeable, especially for me. They have to get me up and out of bed, and the physical therapist and occupational therapist push you, but I want to get myself going and be able to go home, so that’s good. The rooms are beautiful. They look like a hotel room. I can see right out my door if I was able to go out. They bring all your meals to your room because of the COVID restrictions, but normally they have dining areas out there where you can sit. It looks like a hotel lobby out there. There’s a fireplace and a TV over it. As much as I can see, it looks beautiful and upscale, like a Hyatt lobby.
They have an activity director, and because of COVID a lot of things are different, but I happen to have my iPad with me, so I’m either reading, or they have the big screen TVs, or doing research, so I didn’t ask for anything recreation-wise. Today, the staff came and brought a welcome balloon, and they already have my plan of care case management set up for next week. Normally, they have a happy hour, but because we’re in our rooms they come around. They even have beer or wine and snacks and sodas, and they just bring it to your room individually because of COVID. I know my husband is getting a newspaper every day, which he loves. They’re doing what they can during COVID. I’m sure there are other things if I was interested, but I told the young lady that pretty much between the therapies and the things I have to do I don’t really need anything else.
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16529 SE 86th Belle Meade Circle, The Villages, FL, 32162
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900 Highway 466, Lady Lake, FL, 32159
My grandmother is now in The Villages Rehab & Nursing Center. I like the physical therapy program that they have and occupational therapy. The thing that I don’t like is the cleanliness, it’s a li
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My grandmother is now in The Villages Rehab & Nursing Center. I like the physical therapy program that they have and occupational therapy. The thing that I don’t like is the cleanliness, it’s a little lacking. They had somebody come in and clean her restroom, and all they did was clean the toilet, they left feces on the walls and the grab bars. So I was disappointed with their lack, they only come in to clean her room once a week. The rooms were a decent size, and they have all the little amenities and stuff that you need, they don’t have a refrigerator but they have a TV, then they have like a couple of little dressers and a couple of chairs in there. The staff is good as far as her physical therapy goes like the CNAs and the nurses, it’s just the cleaning service like the janitors that don’t do their job. They provide three meals a day plus snacks, you could ask them for extra stuff. I haven’t tried the food but it looks decent. They have a little calendar that’s posted in every hallway and then one in every patient’s room. And they try to do little activities each day like they’ll have arts and crafts day or they’ll have like movie night, stuff like that. So they usually have like one or two things going on every day.
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My grandmother is now in The Villages Rehab & Nursing Center. I like the physical therapy program that they have and occupational therapy. The thing that I don’t like is the cleanliness, it’s a li
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My grandmother is now in The Villages Rehab & Nursing Center. I like the physical therapy program that they have and occupational therapy. The thing that I don’t like is the cleanliness, it’s a little lacking. They had somebody come in and clean her restroom, and all they did was clean the toilet, they left feces on the walls and the grab bars. So I was disappointed with their lack, they only come in to clean her room once a week. The rooms were a decent size, and they have all the little amenities and stuff that you need, they don’t have a refrigerator but they have a TV, then they have like a couple of little dressers and a couple of chairs in there. The staff is good as far as her physical therapy goes like the CNAs and the nurses, it’s just the cleaning service like the janitors that don’t do their job. They provide three meals a day plus snacks, you could ask them for extra stuff. I haven’t tried the food but it looks decent. They have a little calendar that’s posted in every hallway and then one in every patient’s room. And they try to do little activities each day like they’ll have arts and crafts day or they’ll have like movie night, stuff like that. So they usually have like one or two things going on every day.
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490 S Old Wire Road, Wildwood, FL, 34785
this place is a dump — the hospital discharge planner built it up to get my brother out of the hospital — no care — terrible food — no rehab — avoid at all costs — the patient in the bed across
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this place is a dump — the hospital discharge planner built it up to get my brother out of the hospital — no care — terrible food — no rehab — avoid at all costs — the patient in the bed across the room had died — and when I came in to visit — I was the first one to report it — the staff members who are good bear all the weight for the terrible ones who do nothing —
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this place is a dump — the hospital discharge planner built it up to get my brother out of the hospital — no care — terrible food — no rehab — avoid at all costs — the patient in the bed across
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this place is a dump — the hospital discharge planner built it up to get my brother out of the hospital — no care — terrible food — no rehab — avoid at all costs — the patient in the bed across the room had died — and when I came in to visit — I was the first one to report it — the staff members who are good bear all the weight for the terrible ones who do nothing —
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1460 EL CAMINO REAL DRIVE, Lady Lake, FL, 32159
Nursing Home Costs in The Villages, FL
In The Villages, nursing home semiprivate rooms carry an average monthly cost of $8,973. The median monthly cost for a private room is $9,551.
The Cost of Nursing Home Care in Nearby Cities
Referring to monthly average costs of nursing home semiprivate rooms, The Villages exceeds the average American city by over $1,200. Rates here are $300 above Florida’s state average of $8,669 as well.
Prices in The Villages run along the midrange compared to nearby cities in the state. Ocala’s costs fall about $790 below costs here. Rates in Homosassa Springs come closer, with residents there paying $152 less per month than those in The Villages. Orlando area seniors, on the other hand, pay $152 more than nursing home residents in this city. Tampa has some of the state’s highest rates, over $970 more than The Villages.
The Cost of Other Types of Senior Care
Finding economically feasible care for an aging loved one is a priority for many retirees and families in The Villages. Accordingly, it is helpful to compare the costs of nursing homes and other senior care options. The least expensive is adult day health care with an average price of $1,625 per month. Home care or home health care costs $2,500 more with a median rate of $4,124. Assisted living is about $825 more than in-home services with an average cost of $4,950. Nursing home care has the highest costs, exceeding assisted living by $4,000 or $4,600 for a semiprivate room or private room, respectively.
Nursing home (semiprivate room)
Nursing home (private room)
Financial Assistance for Nursing Home Care in The Villages, FL
Many seniors and their families use some form of financial assistance to help them pay for nursing care. The main options available are Medicare, Medicaid, and veterans benefits. These programs can be complicated, especially when it comes to benefit terms. Below, we give a brief overview of how these programs may be used towards paying for skilled nursing care.
- Medicare: Medicare will typically cover all skilled nursing costs for the first 20 days of one’s stay in a nursing home and a portion of the costs until day 100. After 100 days in a skilled nursing facility, Medicare will not cover any part of the cost of the stay. While this is adequate when short-term care is needed, those in need of long-term care will need to either pay out-of-pocket or use another source of financial assistance.
- Medicaid: Medicaid covers most of the costs of living in a skilled nursing facility for those who qualify. Care, room, and board are covered with no time limit, but residents may be charged for extras like specially prepared food or cosmetic services. Medicaid eligibility standards are strict and complex, so not all seniors are eligible for Medicaid benefits.
- Veterans Benefits: Veterans receiving a VA pension may also be eligible for the Aid and Attendance benefit administered by the VA. Aid and Attendance is a monthly allowance that beneficiaries may use to pay for their long-term care, including skilled nursing care.
If these options aren’t available to you, check if your loved one has long-term care insurance or contact your Area Agency on Aging to ask about any local financial assistance programs for seniors.
Free Resources for Seniors in The Villages, FL
Seniors in The Villages can reach out to the following organizations for a variety of aging-related assistance. Some programs may enable ailing individuals to delay out-of-home placement. Other services provide financial, legal or emotional support for those who opt to enter a nursing home arrangement.
Elder Options is a portal to aging and disability services in North Central Florida. Seniors can call the helpline for information, choices and referrals. Options and Medicaid Benefits Counselors screen and advise seniors, families and caregivers for home and community-based supports, and SHINE counselors educate callers about health insurance. The Care Transitions Program helps people just released from a hospital delay admission to a nursing home. Caregiver training and healthy aging classes are also available.
Caring Neighbors is a volunteer network reaching seniors with free nonmedical assistance. Services include friendly home visits, short-term meals, transportation and errand running, respite care and pet care.
Pickleballers Serving Seniors is also a volunteer-led organization helping older residents in need. They offer visits to residences and nursing homes, grocery and prescription pickup and delivery, legal and financial information, minor handyman repairs and spiritual support. Volunteers can also accompany clients on social outings and assist with using the internet, computers and cell phones.
Florida’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program accepts and works to resolve grievances made by or on behalf of residents in long-term care facilities. Trained volunteers educate residents and their families about their rights and advocate to improve quality of life and protect health, welfare and safety. All services are free and confidential.
