Florida Medicaid help in every county, from the panhandle to the keys

Where we serve

Senior Care Resources helps families anywhere in Florida qualify for and obtain long-term care Medicaid. The application is the same in all 67 counties, and nearly all of the work is done by phone, video, and secure document upload. Choose your region below for the counties, communities, and local agencies involved, or start with a free screening from wherever you are.

Florida regions

HOME OFFICE

Our home region — the only one where we meet families in person, and home to some of the highest private-pay nursing home rates in the state.

Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Sarasota, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry counties. Fort Myers, Naples, Cape Coral, Bonita Springs, Estero.

A dense urban county paired with rural Hardee and Highlands, where facility access and CARES scheduling look very different depending on which side of the region you're on.

Hillsborough, Polk, Manatee, Hardee, Highlands counties. Tampa, Brandon, Plant City, Lakeland, Winter Haven.

One of the older populations in Florida and a dense, long-established senior-living market — many families here are out-of-state adult children managing a parent's care remotely.

Pinellas, Pasco counties. St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Largo, Pinellas Park, Dunedin.

The Orlando metro paired with the Space Coast — Brevard County skews far older than Orange County, and an out-of-state second home is one of the most common snags here.

Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Brevard counties. Orlando, Winter Park, Sanford, Altamonte Springs, Kissimmee.

Home to The Villages, the country's oldest-median-age metro area, where married-couple community spouse protections come up more than almost anywhere else in Florida.

Alachua, Marion, Lake, Sumter, Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Putnam, Columbia, Bradford, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Suwannee, Union counties. Gainesville, Ocala, The Villages, Leesburg, Clermont.

A large veteran and military-retiree population, where VA pension income and Medicaid's income cap have to be sorted out carefully before applying.

Duval, St. Johns, Clay, Nassau, Baker, Flagler, Volusia counties. Jacksonville, Jacksonville Beach, St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra, Orange Park.

Mostly rural, with long driving distances to the nearest nursing home and farmland or timber holdings that raise asset questions most Medicaid guides skip.

Leon, Bay, Gadsden, Jackson, Wakulla, Jefferson, Madison, Taylor, Franklin, Gulf, Calhoun, Liberty, Holmes, Washington counties. Tallahassee, Panama City, Panama City Beach, Marianna, Quincy.

In the Central time zone on the Alabama border, with a large veteran population and cross-state-line assets that Florida Medicaid still counts.

Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton counties. Pensacola, Milton, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Fort Walton Beach.

More complex estates than most of the state, and a persistent myth that a revocable trust already protects assets from Medicaid.

Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, Okeechobee counties. West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Jupiter.

One of the largest assisted living markets in the country, where most families need the SMMC Long-Term Care waiver rather than nursing home Medicaid.

Broward County. Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, Coral Springs, Pompano Beach.

Foreign property and pensions come up constantly here, and the Keys' limited facility access is its own issue.

Miami-Dade, Monroe counties. Miami, Miami Beach, Hialeah, Coral Gables, Kendall.

All 67 Florida counties

Alachua · Baker · Bay · Bradford · Brevard · Broward · Calhoun · Charlotte · Citrus · Clay · Collier · Columbia · DeSoto · Dixie · Duval · Escambia · Flagler · Franklin · Gadsden · Gilchrist · Glades · Gulf · Hamilton · Hardee · Hendry · Hernando · Highlands · Hillsborough · Holmes · Indian River · Jackson · Jefferson · Lafayette · Lake · Lee · Leon · Levy · Liberty · Madison · Manatee · Marion · Martin · Miami-Dade · Monroe · Nassau · Okaloosa · Okeechobee · Orange · Osceola · Palm Beach · Pasco · Pinellas · Polk · Putnam · Santa Rosa · Sarasota · Seminole · St. Johns · St. Lucie · Sumter · Suwannee · Taylor · Union · Volusia · Wakulla · Walton · Washington

Frequently asked questions

Does Senior Care Resources serve my part of Florida?

Yes. We serve every Florida county. Nearly all of a Florida Medicaid application is done by phone, video, secure upload, and mail, and the rules and the application system are the same statewide. Our office is in Bonita Springs and we meet Southwest Florida families in person.

Do I need a local Medicaid planner?

No. Florida Medicaid is administered by Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) under one set of rules statewide, and the application is filed through the same ACCESS Florida system from anywhere. What matters is that whoever prepares the application knows Florida's rules, not that they are in your town.

Can you work with a nursing home or assisted living facility in my county?

Yes. We coordinate with the facility's business office for the medical certification and the admission paperwork, wherever the facility is.

Free Medicaid assessment

Find out where you stand before you apply

We'll email you a short two-page intake form about your family member's care, income, and savings. Once you send it back, a member of our staff reviews it personally and calls you to talk through where things stand and what comes next. Families anywhere in Florida. No cost, no obligation.

This page is general information about Florida Medicaid, not legal advice, and nothing here creates an attorney-client relationship. Medicaid rules change and every family’s facts are different.

Senior Care Resources is a separate company from Zacharia Frey PLLC. Its Medicaid application services are not legal services, and no attorney-client protection applies to them. When an attorney becomes involved, that is a separate legal representation with the law firm.