Assisted Living
Manatee River Assisted Living
820 5th St W, Palmetto, FL 34221 · Map
Licensed for 85 residents
Manatee River Assisted Living is a state-licensed assisted living community in Palmetto, Florida. It is licensed for 85 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
This community does not publish its prices.
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Manatee River Assisted Living says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Has a separate memory care unit, wing or neighborhood.
Memory Care Units
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers respite or short-term stays.
Respite Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: companion suite, semi-private room.
Whether you prefer the privacy of a large or small room, or the camaraderie of a semi-private shared room, our floor plans ensure you will feel right at home.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
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.
License
Active, 85 residents
Assisted Living Facility 11283.
Nearest emergency room
1.4 miles
Manatee Memorial Hospital, rated 3 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manatee River Assisted Living this community | 85 | Not published | Active | No record | |
| Westminster Bradenton, 4th Avenue West | 1.3 mi | 117 | $1,750/mo | Active | No record |
| Magnolia on the Avenue | 1.4 mi | 36 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Constantine Assisted Living | 1.8 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 0 deficiencies, 0 sanctions |
| Aviata at Bradenton Villas | 1.9 mi | 80 | Not published | Active | 21 deficiencies, 2 sanctions |
License and ownershipActive license
- License type
- Assisted Living Facility
- License number
- 11283
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 85
- County
- Manatee County
- Administrator
- April Smith
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.
Staff pay and workplace safety2 federal wage cases with violations found
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Dec 27, 2016 to Jul 2, 2018. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $1,186 owed to 8 employees. DOL marked the employer as a repeat violator. Employer as DOL recorded it: Manatee River Assisted Living (Manatee River Assisted Living Management, LLC). Case 1858805.
- Findings for Dec 6, 2013 to Dec 4, 2015. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $1,540 owed to 18 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Manatee River Assisted Living (Manatee River Assisted Living Management LLC). Case 1777836.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 1.4 mi, nursing home 1.3 mi, pharmacy 0.4 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Manatee Memorial Hospital, Bradenton. 1.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Westminster Point Pleasant, Bradenton. 1.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Residential Home Health Of Wc Fl, Palmetto. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 34221 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Southwest Florida Dialysis Center, Bradenton, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Plantation Dialysis - Ellenton, Ellenton, 2.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Bradenton Dialysis Center LLC, Bradenton, 3.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 4 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 34221.
Affinity Care Of Manatee County LLC, office in Bradenton, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Empath Tidewell Hospice, office in Sarasota, 18.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Affinity Care Of Sarasota, office in Sarasota, 20.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Cornerstone Medical Care Of Brandon LLC, Sun City Center. 18.6 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively moderate; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas; in a hurricane evacuation zone
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Emergency power
- Fully Implemented Permanent Generator. (Florida AHCA generator status, as of Oct 15, 2026)
- Hurricane evacuation zone
- Zone B (Manatee B) on the Florida Know Your Zone evacuation zones. (Florida Division of Emergency Management, map updated Sep 19, 2026)
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane very high, inland flooding relatively low, coastal flooding relatively high, wildfire very low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
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.
- This address is in a hurricane evacuation zone. Where do residents go in an evacuation, and how do you move them?
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- 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?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
- Is the apartment held during a hospital stay, and at what cost?
What we checked16 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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 | See above |
| 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 |
| Florida AHCA generator status | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | See above | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| 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 | See above |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Manatee River Assisted Living provide?
Manatee River Assisted Living is licensed by the state of Florida for assisted living in Palmetto, Florida. Its licensed capacity is 85 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Manatee River Assisted Living?
No. We publish state licensing details for Manatee River Assisted 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 Manatee River Assisted 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. Manatee River Assisted Living does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Manatee River Assisted Living?
Use Manatee River Assisted Living's website, mralwecare.com, or visit at 820 5th St W, Palmetto, FL 34221.
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