Daytona Beach Senior AdvisorWhat does senior care cost around Daytona Beach and Palm Coast?
No price survey covers Volusia or Flagler County alone; the nearest published figures are CareScout's 2025 Florida medians of about $5,500 a month for assisted living, $10,342 for a shared nursing home room, $6,101 for 44 hours a week of home care and $1,625 for weekday adult day care.
Last verified: November 2026| Care type (Florida, 2025) | Median per year | About per month | Change from 2024 | U.S. median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assisted living community | $66,000 | $5,500 | +3% | $74,400 |
| Nursing home, semi-private room | $124,100 | $10,342 | 0% | $114,975 |
| Nursing home, private room | $146,000 | $12,167 | +5% | $129,575 |
| Home care, non-medical (44 hrs/week) | $73,216 | $6,101 | +7% | $80,080 |
| Adult day health care (5 days/week) | $19,500 | $1,625 | n/a | $24,700 |
CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey, Florida results (Business Wire, March 2, 2026). Monthly, hourly and daily figures are our arithmetic on CareScout's annual medians (annual / 12; home care annual / 2,288 hours; nursing home annual / 365; adult day annual / 260 days).
Which programs help pay for long-term care in Florida?
Private savings and long-term care insurance come first for most families; Medicare covers rehab stays, home health and hospice; Florida Medicaid's long-term care program covers nursing homes and in-home or assisted living services; OSS adds a small room-and-board supplement; and VA pension with Aid and Attendance helps eligible veterans and surviving spouses.
PACE is not open in either county yet: Beacon of Life's program for Volusia, Flagler and Seminole was still awaiting federal approval in AHCA's August 2026 report. The cost Medicaid never covers is assisted living rent and meals.
Where can Volusia and Flagler families get free benefits counseling?
ElderSource, the Area Agency on Aging for both counties, screens for Medicaid long-term care and connects families with local services at 1-888-242-4464; SHINE counselors give free Medicare help at 1-800-963-5337.
Medicaid long-term care plan choice counseling is at 1-877-711-3662.
Every costs & paying guide
What senior care costs in Volusia and Flagler
Florida's 2025 CareScout medians for assisted living, nursing homes, home care and adult day care, what they mean for Volusia and Flagler families, and why no local or memory care median exists.
Read this guide →Florida Medicaid long-term care
How Florida's Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Long-Term Care program pays for nursing homes, home care and assisted living services, the April 2026 income and asset limits, the wait list and ElderSource's role.
Read this guide →Optional State Supplementation (OSS)
How Florida's OSS payment helps low-income ALF and adult family care home residents with room and board, how DCF calculates it, which local ALFs report OSS beds, and how to apply.
Read this guide →What Medicare pays for
Medicare and assisted living, the 100-day skilled nursing benefit, home health, hospice and free SHINE counseling for Volusia and Flagler seniors.
Read this guide →VA pension with Aid and Attendance
How VA pension with Aid and Attendance helps pay for assisted living or home care, the rates effective December 1, 2025, the $163,699 net worth limit, and free claim help.
Read this guide →PACE in Volusia and Flagler
What PACE is, the status of Beacon of Life's planned PACE program for Volusia, Flagler and Seminole in AHCA's August 2026 report, who will be eligible, and what to use until it opens.
Read this guide →Spousal rules, income trusts and the look-back
What a spouse at home may keep under Florida Medicaid in 2026, how a qualified income trust works, the 60-month look-back and transfer penalty divisor, and when to see an elder law attorney.
Read this guide →Paying privately for care
How families pay for assisted living and home care from income, savings, home sales and long-term care insurance, a simple runway test, and when to start the Medicaid or OSS path.
Read this guide →At a glance
| These pages give you | These pages cannot give you | |
|---|---|---|
| Prices | Florida's 2025 CareScout medians, labelled as statewide | A Daytona Beach or memory care median, because none is published |
| Programs | How SMMC LTC, OSS, Medicare, VA pension and PACE work | A decision on anyone's eligibility |
| Thresholds | DCF's April 2026 income, asset and spousal limits | Legal or tax advice for a specific family |
