What senior care costs in Volusia and Flagler

What does assisted living cost around Daytona Beach and Palm Coast?

No survey publishes a Volusia, Flagler or Daytona Beach median; the best public benchmark is CareScout's 2025 Florida median of $66,000 a year, roughly $5,500 a month, up 3 percent from 2024 and below the $74,400 national median.

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).

Expect real quotes to spread widely around that figure. A newer building near the beach or in Palm Coast's Town Center area with private apartments will usually sit above it; a six-bed residential home in Deltona or a shared room in an older building will often sit below it.

What does a nursing home cost per day in Florida?

CareScout's 2025 Florida medians are $124,100 a year for a semi-private room and $146,000 for a private room, about $340 and $400 a day, both above the national medians of $114,975 and $129,575.

Few families pay that for long: Medicare covers short rehab stays after a qualifying hospital admission, and Florida Medicaid pays for most long-term nursing home residents once income and asset limits are met.

What does home care cost per hour?

Florida's 2025 median for a non-medical home care aide works out to about $32 an hour ($73,216 a year at 44 hours a week), so a weekday schedule of 44 hours costs a little over $6,100 a month.

Many families in condominiums on the beachside start with a few hours a week of help with bathing, errands and meals; the table shows where the hours add up to more than the assisted living median.

Is there any published price for memory care?

No: CareScout does not survey memory care, so there is no Florida, Volusia or Flagler memory care median; buildings usually quote an assisted living base rate plus a dementia care charge, so ask for the total monthly figure in writing.

Also ask what triggers a move to a higher care level, how often care levels are reassessed, and whether the price includes incontinence supplies and escorts to appointments.

What does adult day care cost?

Florida's 2025 median for adult day health care is $19,500 a year for five days a week, about $75 a day, against a national median of $24,700.

There are 5 licensed adult day care centers in the two counties: David I. Siegel Adult Day Care Center in Palm Coast, Alba Court Adult Day Care Center in New Smyrna Beach, Beacon of Life Florida LLC D/B/A Boldage PACE in Holly Hill, Sender Retreat in DeLand, Stay for A Day Adult Day Care in Orange City. Adult day can be the cheapest way to cover a working caregiver's weekday hours, and Medicaid long-term care plans can pay for it for enrollees.