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Senior Living in Port St. Lucie, FL: Verified Testimonials & 2026 Costs

Data updated November 2026·Testimonials verified by phone through Aug 2026·Ratings from CMS Care Compare

Senior living in Port St. Lucie, Florida spans 1 verified communities and 15 Medicare-certified nursing homes across St. Lucie and Martin counties in Florida. Published starting rates at featured communities run $5,000–$5,000 per month, 2 area nursing homes hold a 5-star CMS rating, and every community testimonial here comes from a verified phone interview, 20+ in total. 129 state-licensed assisted living, memory care, and independent living communities are listed below by county.

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Every community below has testimonials from recorded phone interviews with its own residents and families. Prices shown are the operators’ published starting rates — not estimates, and not gated behind a form.

CommunityLocationCare typesStarting pricePhone-verified testimonialsCMS rating
Addington Place of StuartStuart, FLAssisted LivingMemory CareIndependent LivingSkilled NursingFrom $5,000/mo20+ verifiedlatest Aug 2026—

Starting rates published by each operator, verified June 2026. Skilled nursing is typically billed by payer (Medicare/Medicaid/private) rather than a monthly rate. CMS ratings apply to Medicare-certified skilled nursing only — assisted living is state-licensed and has no federal rating.

Addington Place of Stuart

Stuart, FL · Assisted Living · Memory Care · Independent Living · Skilled Nursing
“My mother lives in this community and they treat her with respect and listen to me when I have questions. They've been extremely attentive to my mother and we…”
— Harriet Malamut, Oct 2024 · phone-verified
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All senior living in Port St. Lucie: 129 licensed communities by county

Every assisted living, memory care, and independent living community licensed by the state in St. Lucie and Martin counties in Florida, from state licensing records. Listing here is not a rating: Lilisity publishes no score for any community that has not earned an award. Communities marked verified testimonials have phone-verified resident and family interviews on file.

Also listed from public records: 3 income-restricted senior apartment buildings. Independent living is not licensed by the state, so they are listed apart on each county page.

St. Lucie County, FL 115 communities

Martin County, FL 14 communities

How much does senior living cost in Port St. Lucie?

Verified starting rates at featured Port St. Lucie communities range from $5,000 per month at Addington Place of Stuart (assisted living) to $5,000 at Addington Place of Stuart (assisted living and memory care). Memory care generally runs $1,000–$1,500 above assisted living; skilled nursing is billed through Medicare, Medicaid, or private pay rather than monthly rent.

Care typeTypical Port St. Lucie rangeWhat it covers
Independent living$3,000 – $4,500Private apartment or cottage, meals and services optional
Assisted living$4,500 – $6,500Daily personal care, meals, medication management
Memory care$5,500 – $8,000Secured neighborhood, dementia-trained staff
Skilled nursingPayer-based24/7 medical care; Medicare/Medicaid/private pay

Ranges reflect published rates at verified Port St. Lucie-area communities plus operator-published market rates, November 2026. Florida’s Medicaid waiver programs and VA Aid & Attendance can offset costs — see the FAQ below.

What are the highest-rated nursing homes in Port St. Lucie?

2 of the 15 Medicare-certified nursing homes in the Port St. Lucie metro hold the highest possible 5-star overall rating from CMS — including Palm Garden of Port Saint Lucie in Port Saint Lucie. Every facility below links to its full inspection history, staffing hours, and deficiency record.

Facility ↕Location ↕CMS rating ↕Beds ↕Operator ↕
Palm Garden of Port Saint LuciePort Saint Lucie, FL★★★★★ 5/5120Palm Garden Health And Rehabilitation
Waters Edge Health and RehabilitationPalm City, FL★★★★★ 5/536Life Care Services
Port St Lucie Rehabilitation and HealthcarePort Saint Lucie, FL★★★★☆ 4/5180Independent
Palm City Nursing & Rehab CenterPalm City, FL★★★★☆ 4/5120Sovereign Healthcare Holdings
Stuart Rehabilitation and HealthcareStuart, FL★★★★☆ 4/5120Independent
Life Care Center of Port Saint LuciePort Saint Lucie, FL★★★☆☆ 3/5123Life Care Centers Of America
Ardie R Copas State Veterans Nursing HomePort Saint Lucie, FL★★★☆☆ 3/5120Florida Department Of Veterans' Affairs
Martin Coast Center for Rehabilitation and HealthcareHobe Sound, FL★★★☆☆ 3/5120Independent
Savannas Park Health and Rehabilitation CenterPort Saint Lucie, FL★★★☆☆ 3/5120Robert Schoenfeld
Seabranch Health and Rehabilitation CenterStuart, FL★★★☆☆ 3/5120Simcha Hyman & Naftali Zanziper
Solaris Healthcare ParkwayStuart, FL★★★☆☆ 3/5117Solaris Healthcare
Vivo Healthcare Fort PierceFort Pierce, FL★★★☆☆ 3/579Vivo Healthcare
Tiffany Hall Nursing and Rehab CenterPort Saint Lucie, FL★★☆☆☆ 2/5120Sovereign Healthcare Holdings
Sandgate Gardens Rehab and Nursing CenterFort Pierce, FL★★☆☆☆ 2/5107Aston Health
Aviata at Saint LucieFort Pierce, FL★☆☆☆☆ 1/5171Aviata Health Group

Source: CMS Care Compare, federal five-star quality rating system, retrieved November 2026. Lilisity republishes this government data unmodified; no facility can pay to change its rating.

Which Port St. Lucie areas have senior living?

Senior living in the Port St. Lucie metro is spread across St. Lucie and Martin counties in Florida. The cities with the most licensed communities and nursing homes are listed below; most sit within a short drive of the region’s hospital systems, which matters for families coordinating specialist care or hospital discharge.

Florida

  • Port Saint Lucie (91)
  • Port St Lucie (20)
  • Fort Pierce (13)
  • Stuart (11)
  • Palm City (4)
  • Jensen Beach (3)
  • Hobe Sound (2)

How these testimonials were collected and how we’re paid

  1. We interview residents and family members by phone, voice to voice — never web forms, never scraped from other sites.
  2. Every testimonial is named and dated, and verified against the community’s current resident or family list before publishing.
  3. Testimonials are published as given, including critical ones. Of the 20 on this page, 20 are five-star and 0 are four-star. None were removed.

How Lilisity is paid: Communities can pay Lilisity a flat monthly fee to manage their own listing: photos, prices, contact details, and receiving the inquiries families choose to send them. The fee is the same no matter how many families contact them or move in. Senior Living Alliance, which runs Lilisity, offers the same listing to its member communities as part of their membership; members pay SLA for its resident and family interview program. No community pays Lilisity per inquiry, per referral or per move-in. Payment never changes a testimonial, a rating, or the order of search results. The "Nearby Senior Living Alliance communities" box shows member communities only. CMS ratings come from the federal government, and testimonials come from residents. Read the full methodology → · How we are paid →

Recent verified testimonials from Port St. Lucie families

★★★★★

“I love this place. Management does a wonderful job. The food is wonderful; I go down for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and it never gets boring. I play canasta and do the cooking classes, and it keeps me busy. They wash and iron my clothes every week, make all the beds and keep everything very…”

Charlene Palmisano · Aug 2026 · Addington Place of Stuartphone-verified

Assisted living and memory care by city

Assisted Living in Port Saint Lucie 85Assisted Living in Port St Lucie 20Assisted Living in Fort Pierce 10Assisted Living in Stuart 8

Port St. Lucie senior living questions, answered

Most states, including Florida, offer a Medicaid waiver that covers care costs (not room and board) at participating assisted living communities for people who qualify financially and medically. Not every community accepts the waiver, so ask early. Veterans and surviving spouses may also qualify for VA Aid & Attendance, worth up to roughly $2,300 per month toward care.

Assisted living provides housing, meals, and help with daily tasks like bathing and medications in an apartment setting, state-licensed and mostly private pay. Nursing homes (skilled nursing) provide 24/7 medical care, are federally certified and CMS-rated, and are typically paid through Medicare, Medicaid, or long-term-care insurance.

Every facility in the table above links to its full record — CMS star ratings, health-inspection findings, staffing hours per resident, and any fines or penalties, sourced from Medicare's Care Compare data. 2 Port St. Lucie-area facilities currently hold a 5-star overall rating.

Assisted living moves can happen in days when a community has availability — after a nurse assessment and paperwork. Memory care placements after a crisis often complete within one to two weeks. Ask each community about openings when you call.

Yes. All 20 testimonials on this page come from recorded, voice-to-voice phone interviews with named residents and family members, conducted and verified by Senior Living Alliance. Nothing is scraped, anonymous, or edited, including the four-star testimonials.

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