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Licensed assisted living communities 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 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 Gardens entrance monument sign among ferns and mossy oaks in Crystal River

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
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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 entrance sign under a canopy of mossy oaks with the building beyond

The Gardens

Crystal River, FL

From $2,500

Assisted livingMemory careAccepts Medicaid

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.

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An illustration of a dining area with round tables and chairs

Cedar Creek

Crystal River, FL

Not published

Assisted livingAccepts Medicaid

Assisted living in downtown Crystal River, near Kings Bay.

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An illustration of a garden path between low shrubs

Crystal Palace Senior Living

Crystal River, FL

Not published

Assisted living

A small assisted living community in Crystal River.

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Compare them at a glance

We operate Sugarmill Manor and The Gardens. Every community here is listed from the same public records.

  • The Gardens

    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.

More Citrus County comparisons

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 Care

Optional 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 assistance

VA 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 Attendance

Two free Florida services can walk you through what you qualify for. They do not sell plans, and we never recommend a specific plan.

SHINE elder helpline: (800) 963-5337Medicaid Choice Counseling: (877) 711-3662

Questions families ask

Four are licensed in the city, according to Florida's facility locator at FloridaHealthFinder.gov. This guide compares the three a family is usually choosing between: The Gardens, Cedar Creek, and Crystal Palace Senior Living. The fourth is a small private home taking only a handful of residents at a time. Read each row rather than assuming, because the three differ on secured memory care and on how a stay gets paid for. Families often widen the search to Homosassa and Lecanto, which the county guide covers.

Yes. The Gardens offers assisted living and memory care in the same community, so a resident can move between levels of care without moving to a new place. The memory care column marks any other community that offers it.

The Medicaid column marks which communities accept Medicaid. The Gardens accepts it. Confirm current Medicaid participation directly with any other community before you decide.

Crystal River sits on the northern side of Citrus County. Homosassa is a short drive south, and Lecanto and Hernando are inland to the east. If you are weighing communities in more than one town, the county guide compares all of them together.

Compare the practical facts in the table, then visit in person. Ask who answers the phone and who runs the community day to day. The right fit is usually the place where a real person has time for your questions.

Ready to see The Gardens in person?

Visit any day. We call to confirm within an hour during business hours.

Open the tour request page for The Gardens

(352) 794-7601