Editorial standards

What sources does Daytona Beach Senior Advisor rely on?

Primary ones: Florida Statutes and the Florida Administrative Code for every rule, DCF's April 2026 eligibility tables for Medicaid figures, CareScout's 2025 Florida survey for prices, the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 estimates for Volusia and Flagler population, AHCA's August 2026 PACE report, OIR's October 2025 continuing care map, and AHCA and CMS data for facilities.

• Chapter 429 Part I, Florida Statutes (assisted living)
• s. 429.076, F.S. (memory care services license, ch. 2026-102)
• Fla. Admin. Code ch. 59A-36 (assisted living rules)
• s. 408.811, F.S. (inspections)
• Chapter 651, F.S. (continuing care contracts)
• Florida OIR CCRC map, October 2025
• AHCA FloridaHealthFinder facility locator
• CMS Care Compare Provider Information
• Florida DCF 2026 SSI-related Medicaid standards
• CareScout 2025 Florida cost of care
• VA pension rates
• Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimates
• AHCA PACE Monthly Report, August 2026
• ElderSource (Area Agency on Aging, PSA 4) service area and partner agencies

What do we refuse to put on the site?

Anything we cannot source: no invented prices or ratings, no reviews or testimonials, and no facility claims drawn from marketing material rather than AHCA, CMS or OIR records.

• A Volusia, Flagler or Daytona Beach price median, because CareScout's Florida release is statewide.
• A memory care median of any kind, because the survey does not measure memory care.
• Stars or scores for assisted living, because no government body rates ALFs.
• Entrance fees for the two West Volusia continuing care providers, because OIR reviews contract forms, not prices.
• Amenity or service claims copied from a facility's own marketing.

When was the facility data last pulled?

AHCA's locator, profiles and inspection histories were last pulled November 6, 2026, and the CMS nursing home file carries a data date of October 1, 2026; the whole directory is regenerated from those files on every refresh.

The data date appears in the source note at the foot of every listing and facility page. Our sitemap dates move only when the words on a page actually change, not on every rebuild.

Do we change or score any rating or citation?

Never: CMS stars appear exactly as CMS publishes them, with the data date, and AHCA citations, classes, fines and sanction dates are reproduced as AHCA records them; an ALF simply has no stars, because no agency rates assisted living.

Where a facility page says a number is above or below the Volusia-Flagler median, that is ordinary arithmetic across the local homes, and the median is shown. The memory care flag comes from the facility itself and is labelled as self-reported.

How do we handle corrections?

Write to advisors@daytonabeachsenioradvisor.com naming the page and the error; we fix display mistakes promptly, but a disputed license, citation or rating has to be corrected at its source agency first, and our next data pull will carry the change.

Corrections about Florida rules or benefit amounts are checked against the statute or agency page before anything changes, and if a correction changes a number on a facility or city page, that page's sitemap date changes with it so search engines and readers can see it was updated.