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Choosing a community
Florida licenses, rights, and what to check before you sign.
- How to check a Florida assisted living facility's licenseStep-by-step: how to look up any Florida assisted living facility on FloridaHealthFinder, and what the license status, specialty licenses, and inspection reports mean.
- Florida assisted living license types, explainedStandard, extended congregate care (ECC), limited nursing services (LNS), and limited mental health (LMH): what each Florida ALF license allows, with South Florida counts.
- Florida's new memory care license (2026): what families should knowFlorida's 2026 law (SB 1404, §429.076) creates a memory care services license for assisted living facilities. What it requires, when it takes effect, and what to ask now.
- Your mother's rights in a Florida assisted living facilityFlorida's assisted living resident bill of rights (§429.28) in plain English: visiting, notice before discharge, grievances, retaliation, and the free Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
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