Find Senior Living & Care in Hollywood, FL

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155,082

Population of Hollywood

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28,464

Residents aged 65 and older in Hollywood

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759

Senior Living & Care Options in Hollywood

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$5,777/Month

Average cost of Senior Living & Care in the area.

Hollywood, with a population of 155,082, is home to 28,464 residents aged 65 and older. The city offers 759 senior living and care options. The average monthly cost of senior living & care in the area is $5,777.

Hollywood, FL, makes it easy to spend time outside. The city counts more than 60 parks, seven golf courses, and seven miles of beaches. For anyone weighing senior living in Hollywood, FL, that puts a walk, a round of golf, or a quiet afternoon by the water close to home.

The Hollywood Beach Broadwalk runs along the shore. It's a brick-paved promenade that stretches nearly 2.5 miles beside the Atlantic Ocean, and walkers, joggers, and cyclists all share it. A morning stroll there can easily become part of the week.

Evenings bring their own reasons to get out. On the third Saturday of every month, the city's Community Redevelopment Agency hosts the Downtown Hollywood ArtWalk, with galleries, shops, live music, and murals. Boulevard Heights Community Center and Amphitheater holds Concerts in the Park on the second Saturday of each month, December excepted.

The city calls itself a beachfront community in southeastern Broward County. It sits midway between Miami, FL, and Fort Lauderdale, FL. For a family spread between those two cities, Hollywood, FL, is in the middle, not at one end.

Winters here are mild. NOAA keeps climate normals for its Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Airport station. For 1991 to 2020, they show an average January low of 60.9°F and an average July high of 90.0°F. Winter is an easy season to be outdoors, and July afternoons call for shade and an early start.

Health care is close by, too. Memorial Regional Hospital on Johnson Street has an emergency room open 24/7, which the hospital says is a Level I trauma center, one of seven in Florida. Memorial Regional Hospital South, on Washington Street, has a second adult emergency room open around the clock. Both are inside the city.

Older adults here can also tap city and county programs. They range from a free shuttle to home-delivered meals and Medicare counseling. The FAQs at the bottom of this page cover each one and who qualifies.

The sections below move from in-home help to skilled nursing, one care type at a time. Each closes with a few tour questions to carry along. Senior Care Finder is free for families, and you don't need a login to contact a provider directly.

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Hollywood, FL at a Glance

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The brick-paved Broadwalk runs nearly 2.5 miles along the Atlantic Ocean.
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Fred Lippman Multi-Purpose Center is the city's adult and senior center.
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Holly-Go is a free city shuttle with fixed routes inside Hollywood, FL.
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Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, FL, has a 24/7 emergency room.

Home Care in Hollywood, Florida

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Home care in Hollywood, FL, sends a paid caregiver to the house to handle the chores that now take more effort. Think of bathing, dressing, meals, laundry, and errands. It can also mean simple company on a long afternoon. Home care makes the most sense when the house still suits the person and a few hours of help a day is enough. It's not built for someone who needs a nurse at all hours. Sometimes care at home needs a daytime partner, and two options can sound alike. Broward County's Area Agency on Aging draws a clear line between them. A senior center offers social, educational, recreational, nutrition, and health programs for older people who live on their own. An adult day care center gives supervised care during the day to people who need it. Adding adult day care to a few hours of home care can free up a family caregiver to work or rest. Books can keep coming, too. Broward County Library's Books-By-Mail program sends standard and large print books to people who are homebound. It also serves people who can't reach a branch because of a physical disability, and it takes an application. The Talking Book Library mails audiobooks and Braille materials to the home and back, postage-free. It's for people who can't use regular print. Before you call the agencies listed below, a written list of weekly tasks, with days and times, keeps each call on track. You may want to ask how an agency matches its staff to clients. Another fair question is the backup plan for a caregiver's day off or illness. Some agencies won't book a visit under a set number of hours, so that's good to learn up front, along with who reviews the caregiver's work. Make sure to ask how caregivers are screened and trained. If rides to the doctor or the store matter, it helps to learn whether a caregiver can drive clients, and in whose car. Two or three agencies make a good short list, and each call gets easier with the same questions in hand. The average price of Home Health services in the area is $29 - $31 per hour.
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Independent Living & Active Adult Living in Hollywood, Florida

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Independent living in Hollywood, FL, suits people who handle daily life without help. Residents get an apartment or cottage, and someone else keeps up the property. Many independent living communities also offer meals, housekeeping, activities, and rides, but the details vary. Life outside the community is part of the choice, too. The City of Hollywood's parks department runs senior programs for adults 55 and older. They include fitness classes, educational workshops, and social events. Downtown, the gallery at ArtsPark at Young Circle is free. It's open from 3:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. The Hollywood Art and Culture Center, on Harrison Street, hosts a free curator-led gallery tour before each Downtown Hollywood ArtWalk. For time outdoors, Broward County Parks runs Anne Kolb Nature Center on Sheridan Street. It covers 1,501 acres of coastal mangrove wetland. Its exhibit hall opens at 9 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. every day. By the ocean, the county library's Hollywood Beach Bernice P. Oster Branch opens at 10 a.m. and stays open until 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. On a tour of retirement communities in Hollywood, FL, the monthly fee is a good place to start. It helps to ask what it covers and what costs extra. You may want to know whether the community plans trips to places like these. It's also smart to ask what happens if care needs grow, and whether the same campus offers assisted living or memory care. A recent activity calendar tells you more than a brochure. If you can, stay for lunch and chat with a few residents about their week. Pets, parking, and a spare room for visiting family are fair topics as well. Some residents may want to keep up with the city's senior programs, so it's good to ask whether the community provides rides downtown. You could also ask how newcomers get to know people in their first month there. Touring two or three communities in the same week makes the differences easier to sort out.
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Assisted Living in Hollywood, Florida

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Assisted living in Hollywood, FL, gives people their own apartment plus hands-on help each day. That help might cover bathing, dressing, getting to meals, or keeping track of medicines. The big change from independent living is daily personal care from staff. Each resident gets a written care plan, and staff revise it when health changes. A nursing home sits a step past assisted living. It keeps licensed nurses on hand at every hour for people with serious medical needs, and most assisted living residents don't need that much. Florida gives you a way to look up a community before you tour. The state's Agency for Health Care Administration runs FloridaHealthFinder for consumers. Its assisted living search shows how many complaints were substantiated at each community. It also shows any sanctions or final orders, plus the number of licensed beds. Each profile has a legal actions section and a summary of the emergency power plan. The state notes that a legal action may date to a prior owner. So it's useful to learn when the current owner took over. Bringing those results along gives each tour a starting point. Once there, make sure to ask how staff decide how much help a resident needs. It's fair to ask how often that plan gets reviewed, and by whom. You may want to know who's on duty overnight and how fast a call is answered. Ask what the monthly rate includes and what goes up as care grows. The emergency power plan is a good topic, too, since you'll have read the summary. It's smart to learn how the staff manages a hospital stay, from the ambulance ride to the first days back. Some residents want to keep their own doctors, so that's a fair question as well. Drop by at lunch or dinner to hear the tone staff use with residents when the dining room is full. Assisted living communities in Hollywood, FL, appear below. Using one set of questions for each keeps the answers easy to line up. The average price of care for Assisted Living in the area is $4,608 - $4,893 per month.
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Memory Care in Hollywood, Florida

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Memory care in Hollywood, FL, serves residents who have Alzheimer's disease or a different type of dementia. It fits someone who needs a protected setting and staff who know how to support people with memory loss. Residents get the same daily help found in assisted living. Memory care then adds secured exits, enclosed outdoor space, a calm routine, and activities planned around each person's abilities. Dementia care in Hollywood, FL, often starts with a diagnosis, well before any move. Broward County's Memory Disorder Clinic is a diagnostic clinic authorized by the state, and it's in Deerfield Beach, FL. Floridians of any age who may have a memory disorder can ask it for an evaluation. A clear diagnosis can help a family plan what kind of care comes next. Florida law also sets a training baseline you can ask about. It applies when an assisted living community advertises specialized Alzheimer's or dementia care. Its personal care staff must finish four more hours of dementia training within six months of being hired. After that, each one needs four hours of continuing education a year. On a tour of memory care communities, it's good to ask what training staff have finished beyond that baseline, and when. Another question is how staff handle wandering, late-day restlessness, or a change in sleep. Make sure to find out how staff keep family informed. It helps to learn how the community decides when a resident needs more care than it can give. Pay attention to how staff speak with someone who's confused or upset. A normal day, from breakfast to bedtime, is good to hear about. So is time outside, and how staff encourage residents to eat and drink. Family members may want to join a meal or an activity now and then, so ask how visits like that work. A second visit at another hour shows how the place feels when it's quieter or busier. With those notes in hand, comparing the memory care communities listed below gets simpler.
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Long Term Care & Skilled Nursing in Hollywood, Florida

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Nursing homes in Hollywood, FL, offer skilled nursing, with licensed nurses on duty day and night and therapy to rebuild strength. Their medical care goes deeper than what assisted living or memory care communities provide. A stay can be short, to regain strength after a hospital visit. It can also be long term, for someone with a serious, ongoing health condition. Before a visit, you can look up nursing homes on Medicare's Care Compare, a federal tool. Broward County also has its own district of the Florida Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, serving this county alone. Its help is free and confidential. That gives residents and families a private place to turn with a concern about long-term care. When you visit, it's good to ask about therapy hours and how many nurses work each shift. You can also ask how the staff plans a safe discharge home and how family joins in care decisions. From there, the skilled nursing listings below are ready to compare side by side. The average price of care for Long Term Care in the area is $10,348 - $10,988 per month.
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Compare Assisted Living Costs in Florida

The chart puts Florida's statewide average monthly cost for assisted living next to the national average.

Our Florida page shows what each kind of care costs and how families pay for it. Each care type has its own section there: home care, independent living, assisted living, and nursing homes.

Memory care doesn't have its own cost section on our Florida page so far. Families caring for a person with Alzheimer's or a related form of dementia can turn to Florida's Alzheimer's Disease Initiative. Caregivers can get respite through it, including on an emergency basis. It also offers counseling and support groups. The state delivers it through its 11 Area Agencies on Aging.

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$4,750
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$5,350

Local Resources for Older Adults in Hollywood, FL

Hollywood, FL, residents can reach these offices and programs directly. The links lead to each one's details, like opening times and eligibility.

  • Area Agency on Aging of Broward County. Serves county residents 60 and older with meals, caregiver support, and SHINE Medicare counseling. Area Agency on Aging
  • Fred Lippman Multi-Purpose Center. The city-run center for adults and seniors on Polk Street, home to city senior programs and Elder Grant outings. Fred Lippman Center
  • Holly-Go. The city's free shuttle, with fixed routes that link to Broward County Transit. Transit options
  • TOPS! paratransit. Shared rides from Broward County Transit for riders who can't use the bus because of a disability. Signing up includes an in-person assessment. Paratransit
  • Books-By-Mail. Broward County Library mails books, large print included, to people who are homebound. Books-By-Mail
  • FloridaHealthFinder. The state's lookup for assisted living communities, showing complaints, sanctions, and legal actions. FloridaHealthFinder
  • Medicare Care Compare. The federal lookup for nursing homes. Care Compare

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Fred Lippman Multi-Purpose Center, at 2030 Polk Street, is the City of Hollywood's adult and senior center. It sits next to the downtown arts and entertainment district. The center is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, and until 9 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month. Weekends are for rentals and special events.

Its schedule includes arts and crafts, special interest clubs, and classes. Popular yearly events include a Senior Holiday Luncheon and a Spring Senior Prom. The center's Elder Grant program offers free outings and events, with transportation, for Broward County residents 60 and older. On the beach side of town, the city calls the Hollywood Beach Culture and Community Center primarily an active adult center. Its classes run from Zumba to book club.

The City of Hollywood runs Holly-Go, a free shuttle with fixed routes inside the city. It links to Broward County Transit buses. If a disability rules out the bus, Broward County Transit's TOPS! paratransit offers shared rides. Some older adults can also get free rides through the county's Area Agency on Aging.

Age alone doesn't qualify someone for that service, and neither does a disability by itself. Each rider completes an in-person functional assessment. Riders call between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. to book, one to three days ahead. The agency's rides use Lyft, through a partnership with United Way. They're for eligible adults 60 and older with a transportation barrier, on trips within Broward County. Those rides are booked 24 hours ahead, on weekdays.

Broward County's Area Agency on Aging, a nonprofit for residents 60 and older, is a good first call. Its Helpline office answers from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The agency delivers meals to people who are homebound. It also hosts group meals at sites around the county.

For more hands-on help, Broward County's Elderly and Veterans Services Division offers case management, homemaking, personal care, respite, and adult day care. Its focus is people 60 and older at risk of entering a nursing home sooner than they should. One intake line covers all of it. The Area Agency's group meals add social time and nutrition education, with free rides to many sites. In Hollywood, FL, one site is the Memorial Boulevard Heights Senior Center on Garfield Street, Monday through Thursday.

Broward's Area Agency on Aging supports family caregivers with education, counseling, respite care, and one-on-one help finding resources. Its Caregiver Text Support Line takes questions at any hour, in any language. A caregiver can send a text late at night, after a long day, without waiting for an office to open.

Adult day care can give a regular break to someone caring for a person with Alzheimer's disease. The agency funds five Alzheimer's day care centers in Broward County. Co-payments there follow a sliding scale. It helps to ask the agency which center is closest to Hollywood, FL, and what a typical day includes.

The City of Hollywood lists accessible beach access points along its shore. They're at Carolina, Connecticut, Johnson, New York, Tyler, Harrison, and Oregon streets. The city also lists the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk as one. Choosing one of those spots ahead of time makes a beach day easier to plan for someone who uses a wheelchair.

A visit to one access point before a planned outing shows whether it suits the chair someone uses. When you tour senior living communities nearby, you may want to ask whether beach trips are on the calendar. It's also good to ask how staff help residents get there.

SHINE is a free, confidential Medicare counseling program run through the Area Agency on Aging in Broward County. Its trained volunteers help with enrollment, plan choices, appeals, and Part D drug plan comparisons. It's a good place to bring questions before signing up for a plan or switching to a new one.

The agency also staffs an information table for seniors and caregivers on the second Tuesday of each month. It's in the lobby of the Hollywood Branch of Broward County Library, at 2600 Hollywood Boulevard. Staff are there from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. that day. A quick stop is an easy way to ask about setting up a SHINE appointment.

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