Assisted Living and Memory Care
81 Oaks Senior Living
7850 Hawkins Rd, Sarasota, FL 34241 · Map
Licensed for 125 residents
81 Oaks Senior Living is a state-licensed assisted living, memory care community in Sarasota, Florida. It is licensed for 125 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
Starting prices the community publishes, with the date we checked each one and a link to where it is published. Care charges are usually added after an assessment.
| Care | Starting at | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted Living | $3,995 /mo | Jan 29, 2023 |
| Memory Care | $6,300 /mo | Jan 29, 2023 |
Area costs
Lilisity’s independent report
What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
State inspections
Last inspection: Jul 15, 2026. See the record
License
Active, 125 residents
Assisted Living Facility 13817.
State inspection record17 deficiencies, 1 sanctions
- Last inspection
- July 15, 2026 (complaint)
- Inspections
- 7, including 5 complaint inspections
- Deficiencies cited
- 17: 1 Class II, 15 Class III, 1 Unclassified
- Sanctions and fines
- 1, fines $5,000
- Substantiated complaints
- 6 AHCA’s count on FloridaHealthFinder; AHCA does not state the period it covers
- Specialty licenses
- Limited Nursing Services
- No deficiencies cited at the last inspection (July 2026)
- License active since 2023
Sanctions and final orders
- December 8, 2025: Fine, $5,000 survey final order
Most recent inspections with deficiencies
- June 29, 2026, complaint inspection: 1 deficiency
- Resident contracts Class III
- May 12, 2026, complaint inspection: 2 deficiencies
- Admissions: continued residency Class III, corrected June 29, 2026
- Resident care: elopement standards Class III, corrected June 29, 2026
- September 30, 2025, standard inspection: 13 deficiencies
- Admissions: admission package Class III, corrected January 14, 2026
- Admissions: continued residency Class III, corrected November 18, 2025
- Resident care: supervision Class III, corrected November 18, 2025
- Medication: assistance with self-administration Class III, corrected November 18, 2025
- Staffing standards: staff Class III, corrected November 18, 2025
- Training: staff in-service Class III, corrected January 14, 2026
- Training: HIV/AIDS Class III, corrected January 14, 2026
- Training: first aid and CPR Class III, corrected November 18, 2025
- and 5 more
- February 6, 2025, complaint inspection: 1 deficiency
- Risk management and quality assurance Class III, corrected February 6, 2025
Read the inspection reports on the state’s site → AHCA profile →
What these terms mean
Florida law (section 408.813, Florida Statutes) sorts violations into four classes, plus unclassified violations:
Class I: “Those conditions or occurrences related to the operation and maintenance of a provider or to the care of clients which the agency determines present an imminent danger to the clients of the provider or a substantial probability that death or serious physical or emotional harm would result therefrom.”
Class II: “Those conditions or occurrences related to the operation and maintenance of a provider or to the care of clients which the agency determines directly threaten the physical or emotional health, safety, or security of the clients, other than class I violations.”
Class III: “Those conditions or occurrences related to the operation and maintenance of a provider or to the care of clients which the agency determines indirectly or potentially threaten the physical or emotional health, safety, or security of clients, other than class I or class II violations.”
Class IV: “Those conditions or occurrences related to the operation and maintenance of a provider or to required reports, forms, or documents that do not have the potential of negatively affecting clients. These violations are of a type that the agency determines do not threaten the health, safety, or security of clients.”
Unclassified: A violation “that is not designated as a class I, class II, class III, or class IV violation.” Examples in the law: “Exceeding licensed capacity” and “Providing services beyond the scope of the license.”
Moratorium: “The licensee is prohibited from admitting new patients or residents due to an emergency action issued by the Agency.”
Suspension: “The license is temporarily suspended due to an emergency action issued by the Agency.”
Conditional license: “issued to a facility when one or more class I, II or III deficiencies are not corrected within Agency established timeframes.”
AHCA: “Before penalties for a deficiency are imposed, a licensee has the opportunity to contest Agency findings.”
AHCA: “The legal actions displayed are issued for the licensee of the facility/provider at the time the case was initiated.” They may have been issued to a prior owner. “Final Orders made available through this web page may not always reflect the final disposition of a matter since they may have been appealed.”
This community is licensed for 125 residents; larger communities are inspected and reported on more often, so read counts with size in mind. Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), FloridaHealthFinder and the AHCA Public Record Search, data as of October 15, 2026, showing the last five years. Always visit in person and ask the community about anything listed here.
License and ownershipActive license
- License type
- Assisted Living Facility
- License number
- 13817
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 125
- County
- Sarasota County
- Administrator
- Meghan Houlihan
Source: Florida state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Administrator name from the Florida licensing record, as of Oct 12, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in Florida, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in Florida
- Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) Long-Term Care (LTC) program. Florida Medicaid's Long-Term Care program lists assisted living services as a covered service. There is a wait list, and people are released from it by priority score, not by how long they have waited. (state page)
- Waitlist. The Long-Term Care program has a wait list. People are released by priority score and frailty, not by time on the list. (source)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- The state recorded a finding in June 2026. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- Your published starting price is a base rate. What would the total monthly cost be for my parent's needs?
- How much have prices gone up in each of the last three years?
- How many caregivers work in memory care during the day, the evening and overnight, and for how many residents?
- What dementia training does each caregiver get before working alone, and every year after?
- How do staff respond when a resident is agitated, frightened or tries to leave?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
What we checked10 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) inspection records | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Florida Medicaid provider list | Oct 15, 2026 | Not on the state list we checked. These lists are often incomplete. |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | Could not read the site |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does 81 Oaks Senior Living provide?
81 Oaks Senior Living is licensed by the state of Florida for assisted living, memory care in Sarasota, Florida. Its licensed capacity is 125 residents.
Does Lilisity rate 81 Oaks Senior Living?
No. We publish state licensing details for 81 Oaks Senior Living but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does 81 Oaks Senior Living cost?
Assisted Living in Florida typically starts at $3,300 to $5,000 a month. Based on 248 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. The starting prices it publishes are in the Prices section on this page.
How do I contact 81 Oaks Senior Living?
Use 81 Oaks Senior Living's website, 81oaks.com, or visit at 7850 Hawkins Rd, Sarasota, FL 34241.
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