Every licensed assisted living community in Crystal River
If you are looking at assisted living in Crystal River, this guide puts the licensed communities side by side on what matters most to families: whether a community offers secured memory care, whether it accepts Florida Medicaid, and the direct number to call.
The Manors of Citrus operates The Gardens, a family owned community minutes from downtown and the waterfront. It is listed here using the same public data as every other community.
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The Manors of Citrus communities
The Gardens
Family owned, in Crystal River minutes from downtown and the waterfront. Assisted living and memory care with sunroom dining over the gardens. Accepts Florida Medicaid.
Absolutely love this building. Every time I come in there I am greeted with happy faces and smiling patients. It is a great assisted living facility with a home like feel, and every person in the building knows the name of the resident. The staff are extremely friendly and the administrator there is extremely responsive.Mindy W., on Google
Every assisted living community in Crystal River
Directory sites quote different prices for the same community, sometimes thousands of dollars apart. The prices below come from each community directly, or say plainly when a community does not publish one.
Showing 3 of 3 communities.
The Gardens
Crystal River, FL
From $2,500
Family owned, in Crystal River minutes from downtown and the waterfront. Assisted living and memory care with sunroom dining over the gardens. Accepts Florida Medicaid.
Cedar Creek
Crystal River, FL
Not published
Assisted living in downtown Crystal River, near Kings Bay.
Crystal Palace Senior Living
Crystal River, FL
Not published
A small assisted living community in Crystal River.
Compare them at a glance
We operate Sugarmill Manor and The Gardens. Every community here is listed from the same public records.
| Community | City | Memory care | Medicaid | Price | AHCA license |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Gardens | Crystal River | Yes | Yes | From $2,500 | 10687 |
| Cedar Creek | Crystal River | No | Yes | Not published | 10230 |
| Crystal Palace Senior Living | Crystal River | No | No | Not published | 14049 |
- City
- Crystal River
- Memory care
- Yes
- Medicaid
- Yes
- Price
- From $2,500
- AHCA license
- 10687
Cedar Creek
- City
- Crystal River
- Memory care
- No
- Medicaid
- Yes
- Price
- Not published
- AHCA license
- 10230
Crystal Palace Senior Living
- City
- Crystal River
- Memory care
- No
- Medicaid
- No
- Price
- Not published
- AHCA license
- 14049
License number and Medicaid come from the AHCA public roster. Medicaid marks communities AHCA lists as accepting a Florida Medicaid pathway, so confirm current participation with each one. The price column shows our own starting figures, and for every other community whether it publishes a rate on its own website, checked community by community. Where one does, we point you to it rather than repeat a figure for someone else's business.
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What assisted living costs
Florida median
$5,610a month
National median
$6,200a month
These are market medians published by CareScout, not our rates. Both figures describe a private one bedroom and are not adjusted for how much daily help a person needs, which is the thing that moves a real number most. A median is a middle point across many communities, so any one community sits above or below it.
Source: the CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey, fielded July to November 2025.
What affects the cost of assisted living
Three things move the cost most: how much daily help a resident needs, the room type (a private studio costs more than a shared room), and whether the care is assisted living or a secured memory care neighborhood. Communities that accept Florida Medicaid can also lower the out of pocket cost for families who qualify. Ask the free counselors below what help you may be eligible for. Our own starting figures are published in full.
Help paying for care
Several programs can help Florida families with the cost of assisted living. This is a starting point, not advice. For your own situation, call one of the free counselors below. If you have been searching for a community that takes Medicare, start with which benefits actually pay for assisted living, because Medicare is not one of them.
Florida Medicaid
Florida's Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Long Term Care program can help cover assisted living for residents who qualify financially and medically. Sugarmill Manor and The Gardens both accept it.
Florida SMMC Long Term CareOptional State Supplementation
OSS is a monthly state payment that helps lower income residents with the room and board part of assisted living.
Florida DCF public assistanceVA Aid and Attendance
Veterans and surviving spouses who need help with daily activities may qualify for the VA Aid and Attendance benefit, paid on top of a VA pension.
VA Aid and AttendanceTwo free Florida services can walk you through what you qualify for. They do not sell plans, and we never recommend a specific plan.
Questions families ask
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