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Somerby Santa Rosa Beach

164 W Hewett Rd, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459 · Map

Senior Living Alliance member
Somerby Santa Rosa Beach
Assisted LivingAlso memory care
96 residentsLicensed capacity
$3,300 to $5,000/moTypical assisted living start in Florida, from 248 communities that publish prices
16 interviewsPhone-verified by Senior Living Alliance

What residents and families say

Verified by phone interview

Senior Living Alliance interviews named residents and family members by phone and records each call. Every testimonial is dated and published as given. How we verify

15 more testimonials
★★★★

“They were very easy to work with when we got her placed there, and everyone is very kind and sweet when you talk with them. Mealtime seems to be one of her favorite times. She enjoys all the activities and eagerly participates. I think it's a beautiful facility, from the building to the grounds. The nursing staff keep me well informed and have been very good. I'm very happy with the accommodations, and I would recommend it.”

Elaine WelshAug 2026
★★★★

“I think the woman who manages the community does an excellent job and has everything headed in the right direction. I'm there almost every day, and everything I've sampled from the kitchen is very good. The building is in very good condition; it's very welcoming, modern, nice, and very homey. Maintenance has always been prompt and done a good job, and the driver has always been very helpful. I feel my wife is safe and comfortable, and I would rate my likelihood of recommending it a ten.”

Lynn ConklinJul 2026
★★★★★

“We appreciate the peace of mind it has given us to have my mom there. Management was very helpful in making her transition. The food is very good, and they've been able to work with her needs. Housekeeping has been great; her room is clean and they keep her laundry clean. Her room was well prepared for her move, the building is well maintained, and the nursing care has been great. I would recommend it.”

Marilyn OstrominskiFamily member · Apr 2026
★★★★★

“We're very happy here. Management communicates well and is always polite, and every time we go in there's something going on for the residents. It's very clean, and you can tell they're constantly cleaning; compared to where my mom was before, this is very, very nice. The nurses are so sweet and kind and always very helpful and attentive. We love everybody we interact with there, and we definitely recommend it.”

Kathryn PittsApr 2026
★★★★

“The staff is incredibly friendly and attentive, always ready to help with any concerns. The food is delicious, with a great variety that caters to everyone's tastes. There are plenty of fun activities to participate in, and the housekeeping team keeps everything spotless. Overall, it feels like a warm, welcoming home, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a great place to live.”

Shelby MooreDec 2025
★★★★★

“The food is fantastic, with plenty of options that my mom really enjoys. The activities are engaging and well-suited for everyone, which has helped her become more active. The staff is friendly and attentive, and the maintenance team is prompt with repairs. Overall, I feel my mom is safe and comfortable here, and I would definitely recommend this place to others.”

Della WachtelFamily member · Nov 2025
★★★★★

“The management team is incredibly responsive and kind, making sure everyone feels welcome. My family member loves the variety of activities and enjoys several outings. The overall atmosphere is warm and friendly, with residents and staff alike creating a sense of community. I would highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a supportive environment.”

Jane CarronNov 2025
★★★★★

“The management team is top-notch, always quick to address any questions. The dining options are fantastic, with delicious meals and great service. There's a wide range of activities available, and the housekeeping staff does a wonderful job keeping everything clean and tidy. Overall, it's a great place that truly values its residents!”

Sterling PharesMay 2025
★★★★

“The management team is incredible. They are always attentive and truly in tune with the residents' needs, the dining options are quite varied, and the staff is friendly and quick to help. The housekeeping service also keeps everything spotless, and maintenance has been super responsive. I feel comfortable and safe here, and I would absolutely recommend this place to anyone looking for a community.”

Sam DavisMar 2025
★★★★

“The staff is friendly and welcoming, making us feel right at home from day one. The level of care is top-notch, and they've been incredibly attentive. The apartment is cozy and comfortable, perfect for her needs. Plus, I love that we can bring our dog along. Overall, I'm really impressed and would definitely recommend this place to others.”

Bonnie HammakerMar 2025
★★★★★

“My brother lives at the community, and I would definitely recommend it. He has had a great experience living there. The management at the community are respectful and knowledgeable. My brother likes the food that they offer at the community. His apartment is always clean when I visit and he always has clean clothes. They take good care of him. When he uses the community transportation, he is not late. He is happy with it. The healthcare staff working at the community are always respectful and accessible when dealing with him.”

James GrimaldiFamily member · Brother lives here · Oct 2024
★★★★★

“My father lives at this community and the staff is wonderful. They made sure everything with the move went easy and they made sure everything was set up properly. They also provide food that my dad is so happy with. He is thoroughly enjoying the food. He isn't entirely verbal but he can still tell them if he likes it and he can still pick out what he wants to eat. They also encourage him to participate in the activities, the building is very nice, and he is definitely getting what he needs. They are open with me and I love how they interact with all the residents. Overall everything is definitely to his liking and mine too and he is definitely safe and comfortable. This was a major transition for him but they helped him through it.”

Raymond S HilderbrandFamily member · Father lives here · Sep 2024
★★★★★

“My mom has recently moved into the community, and our entire family could not be happier. Everybody came in on my mom's first day and introduced themselves. We talked to Michael over the phone, the head of nursing. Allison has kept in contact with us the whole time. They really do care and respect their residents at this community.”

Carol EvansFamily member · Sep 2024
★★★★★

“They went above and beyond to make sure my parents needs were met and they were comfortable. We are thankful they have three square hot meals a day. They have a chef that puts a lot of thought into what they feed them. Mom and dad clean their plates. They have plenty to do in activities if they choose to participate. They are very responsive when my parents use their call button. I can sleep at night knowing if something happens they are going to be taken care of.”

Walter StephensFamily member · Jul 2023
★★★★★

“I think it's a beautiful facility and the activities they have to try and include the families have been well received. I would highly recommend it to anybody that has to put a loved one in a facility.”

Gaynelle MooreApr 2023

About the community

Written by Somerby Santa Rosa Beach

The closest senior living community to the Gulf, Somerby Santa Rosa Beach sits minutes from scenic Highway 30A with Mediterranean-style courtyards, a pond with fountain, and a June 2024 refresh through its two-story coastal lobby. The chef builds menus around Gulf seafood with carving stations and themed culinary events, the indoor heated pool keeps wellness easy, and the bus runs to the beach.

  • Closest senior community to the Gulf, near 30A
  • Gulf seafood and themed culinary events
  • Indoor heated pool with accessible entry
  • Bus trips to the beach and seaside restaurants
  • Common areas refreshed June 2024

Life at Somerby Santa Rosa Beach

Dining

An executive chef prepares restaurant-style meals using fresh, locally sourced ingredients, served in the community's dining room. Assisted living residents receive three chef-prepared meals a day plus an all-day menu, and meals are planned around residents' dietary needs.

Activities

The calendar includes hobby groups and clubs, trips to the beach, on-site wine tastings, guest speakers, celebrations and continuing education. The community also organizes winery tours and restaurant outings. Transportation is provided within a 10-mile radius for appointments and outings.

Beach LifeBus trips to the Gulf, winery tours, and seaside dining along 30A.

Gulf-to-TableFresh local seafood, carving stations, grazing tables, and signature mocktails.

Heated PoolAn indoor pool with accessible steps and chair lift for aquatic therapy.

Lilac TraceA secure Lilac Trace neighborhood led by Certified Dementia Practitioners, with the R.E.A.C.H. for Life daily engagement program.

Amenities

  • Restaurant-style dining room
  • Hair salon
  • Garden
  • Secure walking paths
  • Landscaped outdoor spaces
  • Kitchenettes in apartments
  • Walk-in showers
  • Wi-Fi
  • Emergency call system

Memory care program

Lilac Trace Memory Care follows the "Meet Me Where I Am" philosophy and adds the R.E.A.C.H. for Life engagement program, with dementia-capable care associates and a personalized lifestyle plan for each resident.

Awards
U.S. News & World Report Best Assisted Living
American Health Care Association Deficiency Free designation

Floor plans

5 layouts from Somerby Santa Rosa Beach’s website. Sizes and prices are as the community lists them; ask which are available now.

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.

CareStarting atChecked
Assisted Living$5,345 /moOct 11, 2026
Memory Care$5,345 /moOct 12, 2026

Area costs

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.
Memory Care in Florida typically starts at $4,450 to $6,500 a month. Based on 148 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price.

Care and services

From the community’s website

What Somerby Santa Rosa Beach 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. Our memory care neighborhood provides specialized Alzheimer’s and dementia care in a secure, thoughtfully designed setting. (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
  • Offers respite or short-term stays. Short-Term & Respite Stays: (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
  • Provides transportation. We offer delicious dining, medication management, transportation services, and more. (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
  • Has a secured outdoor area. Our community is a coastal oasis surrounded by beautifully landscaped outdoor spaces and secure walking paths. (page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
  • Apartment types named: studio, two-bedroom. Relax in one of our studio, 1-, or 2-bedroom suites, each featuring a full bath and plenty of closet and linen space. (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
  • Community fee: charged. for more information about our community fee. (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)

How this page is paid for. Lilisity is operated by Senior Living Alliance. Somerby Santa Rosa Beach is a member and pays SLA for its resident and family interview program. Payment never changes a testimonial, a rating or the order of search results. The description, features and photos come from the community. Testimonials come from SLA phone interviews. Prices, license details and inspections come from the community’s published rates and public records. How we verify testimonials · How we are paid

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What the public record shows

Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.

License

Active, 96 residents

Assisted Living Facility 12667.

Nearest emergency room

3.4 miles

Sacred Heart Hospital On The Emerald Coast, rated 3 of 5 stars by CMS.

License and ownershipActive license
License type
Assisted Living Facility
License number
12667
License status
Active
Licensed capacity
96
Administrator
Aisha Chanel Thompkins

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.

Location and nearby careNearest hospital 3.4 mi, nursing home 1.3 mi, pharmacy 3.7 mi
Nearest hospital with an emergency room
Sacred Heart Hospital On The Emerald Coast, Miramar Beach. 3.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars. Location approximate.
Nearest Medicare nursing home
Grand Boulevard Health and Rehabilitation Center, Miramar Beach. 1.3 miles away, straight line.
Nearest home health agency office
Centerwell Home Health, Shalimar. 18.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
Nearest pharmacy
CVS Pharmacy. 3.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
Area
USDA classes ZIP code 32459 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
Dialysis within 15 miles
Fmc - Niceville, Niceville, 12.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Hospice
4 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 32459.
Nearest geriatric medicine practice
Megumi Maguchi Aldrete, MD, Pensacola. 56.5 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 high; 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 C (Walton C) 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 high. By hazard: hurricane very high, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively moderate, 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.

  1. This address is in a hurricane evacuation zone. Where do residents go in an evacuation, and how do you move them?
  2. Your published starting price is a base rate. What would the total monthly cost be for my parent's needs?
  3. How much have prices gone up in each of the last three years?
  4. How many caregivers work in memory care during the day, the evening and overnight, and for how many residents?
  5. What dementia training does each caregiver get before working alone, and every year after?
  6. How do staff respond when a resident is agitated, frightened or tries to leave?
  7. How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
  8. What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
  9. What fees are charged at move-in?
  10. How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
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.

SourceData as ofWhat we found
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) inspection recordsOct 15, 2026Nothing on record
Florida Medicaid provider listOct 15, 2026Not on the state list we checked. These lists are often incomplete.
U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour casesOct 15, 2026Nothing on record
OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016Oct 15, 2026Nothing on record
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants kitchen inspectionsOct 15, 2026No kitchen matched
Florida AHCA generator statusOct 15, 2026See above
Hurricane evacuation zone mapsSee above
FEMA flood mapSee above
USDA wildfire riskApr 15, 2026Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low
FEMA National Risk IndexSee above
CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmaciesSee above
HUD Multifamily Properties - AssistedJul 6, 2026Nothing on record
State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory)Sep 20, 2026Nothing on record
CMS Hospice - General InformationAug 19, 2026Nothing on record
CMS Home Health Care AgenciesMay 27, 2026Nothing on record
The community’s own websiteSee above
Common questionsAnswers to 6 questions families ask
What levels of care does Somerby Santa Rosa Beach offer?

Assisted living, Lilac Trace Memory Care, and short-term respite stays. Every resident has care support built in.

What floor plans are available?

Assisted living offers The Egret, The Heron, and The Osprey; Lilac Trace Memory Care offers The Pelican and The Sandpiper: all with walk-in showers and emergency call systems.

What makes Lilac Trace Memory Care different?

Dementia-trained caregivers follow the 'Meet Me Where I Am' philosophy with the R.E.A.C.H. for Life program: and families stay connected through the Bridge App with real-time updates.

Does Somerby Santa Rosa Beach have verified testimonials?

Yes. 16 residents and family members have shared testimonials about Somerby Santa Rosa Beach through phone interviews verified by Senior Living Alliance.

How much does Somerby Santa Rosa Beach 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 Somerby Santa Rosa Beach?

Use Somerby Santa Rosa Beach's website, somerbysantarosabeach.com, or visit at 164 W Hewett Rd, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459.

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