Respite care in Florida
Respite care gives a family caregiver a break, for a few hours, a day or a short stay. It can happen at home, at an adult day center or in a residential setting.
Get help finding respite care in Florida
Who is the care for?
Case manager or discharge planner?
Free·About a minute·Carevo is not a care provider
Respite care by city in Florida
- Jacksonville 92
- Miami 68
- Tampa 96
- Orlando 61
- St. Petersburg 48
- Port St. Lucie 36
- Hialeah 83
- Cape Coral 11
- Tallahassee 28
- Fort Lauderdale 106
- Pembroke Pines 89
- Hollywood 99
- Gainesville 15
- Miramar 82
- Palm Bay 11
- Coral Springs 66
- West Palm Beach 44
- Lakeland 37
- Pompano Beach 66
- Clearwater 45
- Miami Gardens 93
- Davie 109
- Palm Coast 2
- Boca Raton 46
- Plantation 104
- Deltona 18
- Sunrise 86
- Fort Myers 15
- North Port 7
- Deerfield Beach 63
- Melbourne 12
- Daytona Beach 6
- Homestead 13
- Kissimmee 37
- Doral 75
- Miami Beach 70
- Boynton Beach 46
- Largo 51
- Lauderhill 90
- Tamarac 79
- St. Cloud 17
- Weston 58
- Ocala 31
- Delray Beach 34
- Sanford 44
- Port Orange 6
- Palm Beach Gardens 27
- Wellington 42
- Jupiter 18
- Apopka 88
- North Miami 71
- Margate 66
- Winter Haven 45
- Coconut Creek 67
- Bradenton 13
- Sarasota 14
- Bonita Springs 6
- Pensacola 12
- Pinellas Park 56
- Ocoee 102
- Clermont 30
- Fort Pierce 34
- Coral Gables 42
- Titusville 7
- Winter Garden 71
- Altamonte Springs 98
- North Lauderdale 74
- Cutler Bay 29
- Oakland Park 81
- North Miami Beach 81
- DeLand 13
- Greenacres 45
- Ormond Beach 5
- Lake Worth Beach 46
- Plant City 34
- Hallandale Beach 92
- Haines City 36
- Royal Palm Beach 47
- Oviedo 49
- Aventura 82
- Winter Springs 68
- Parkland 64
- Riviera Beach 41
- Estero 9
- Leesburg 26
- Lauderdale Lakes 88
- Panama City 7
- Dunedin 32
- Cooper City 106
- Miami Lakes 86
- New Smyrna Beach 3
- Dania Beach 106
- Casselberry 98
- Rockledge 9
- West Melbourne 11
- Winter Park 101
- Crestview 1
- Venice 5
- Palm Springs 48
- Temple Terrace 77
- Sebastian 6
- Tarpon Springs 23
- Palmetto Bay 39
- Key West 1
- Eustis 31
How respite care is paid for
- If someone is on Medicare hospice care, Medicare covers a short inpatient respite stay that the hospice team arranges.
- Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) let people who qualify for Medicaid get care at home or in their community instead of an institution. Your state Medicaid agency decides who qualifies.
- Many families pay privately, and some long-term care insurance policies pay toward care. Check what your policy covers before care starts.
See Florida Medicaid and caregiver programs.
Sources
- Medicare.gov: Hospice care accessed October 27, 2026
- Medicaid.gov: Home and community-based services accessed October 27, 2026