Fort Myers Senior AdvisorHow do I look up an assisted living facility's license in Florida?
Go to AHCA's FloridaHealthFinder Facility/Provider Locator at quality.healthfinder.fl.gov, search by name or choose the facility type and Lee County, then open the profile, which shows the license number and status, licensed beds, specialty licenses, license dates, the licensee, sanctions and a link to the inspection history.
Status values include Licensed, Provisional (often a new or newly sold facility) and In Review (a renewal or change being processed). Across Lee County's 102 licensed ALFs and nursing homes, the locator shows 94 licensed, 5 in review, 2 provisional, 1 in litigation (retrieved November 6, 2026).
What else is on a Florida ALF's AHCA profile?
Beyond the license, the profile lists the original license date, the current license period, private and semi-private room counts, beds approved for ECC and for Optional State Supplementation, Medicaid services offered, nurse availability, languages spoken, emergency power data and self-reported programs such as memory care.
License, sanction and inspection data come from AHCA. Program, language and payment data are reported by the facility. Our facility pages mark which is which so you know what has been checked by the state.
How can I find out who owns a Lee County assisted living facility?
The AHCA profile names the licensee and any management company and records each change of ownership with its date, so a recent sale shows up on the state's own record.
AHCA profiles record a change of ownership within the last three years for 16 Lee County ALFs. A sale is not a warning sign by itself, but it is a reason to ask who stayed: the administrator, the nurse, the night staff.
How do I check a home health agency or hospice in Lee County?
Use the same locator, choosing Home Health Agency or Hospice and Lee County; for Medicare-certified agencies, also look the agency up on CMS Care Compare, which publishes patient survey results and quality measures.
AHCA's locator shows 112 licensed home health agencies with offices in Lee County, 73 of them in Fort Myers and 22 in Cape Coral; agencies travel well beyond their office addresses. Companions and homemakers may work through a nurse registry or a non-medical provider; ask any agency which license it holds and confirm it on the locator.
What if a Cape Coral or Fort Myers home is caring for adults without a license?
Operating an assisted living facility without an AHCA license is illegal under s. 429.07 and s. 408.812, and you can report a suspected unlicensed home to AHCA's complaint line at 1-888-419-3456.
If you believe someone is being harmed, call the Florida Abuse Hotline at 1-800-962-2873, or 911 in an emergency, before anything else.
The short version
| FloridaHealthFinder tells you | FloridaHealthFinder does not tell you | |
|---|---|---|
| License | Number, status, beds, specialty licenses and dates | Prices or availability |
| History | Sanctions, ownership changes and inspection visits | A quality rating for assisted living |
| Programs | Self-reported services such as memory care | Whether those programs have been verified |
Built from Chapters 400, 408, 429 and 651 of the Florida Statutes, Fla. Admin. Code chapters 59A-4, 59A-36 and 65A-2, and AHCA, DCF, OIR, Elder Affairs, CMS, VA and CareScout publications cited on the page; see our editorial standards.
