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In-Home Dementia Care in Tampa
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What in-home dementia care costs in Tampa
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A week
$700
A month
$3,031
A year
$36,400
Using the $35 an hour rate Dementia In Home quotes for Tampa. A month is 4.33 weeks. Overnight and live-in arrangements are often priced per shift rather than per hour; the live-in preset is an approximation.
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What changes the number, and how families pay it: the cost of care in Tampa.
Dementia in Tampa: what families should know
Real local data, not generic national averages.
Local senior population
51,900
Residents 65+ in Tampa
5,194
Residents 85+ (highest dementia risk group)
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Who this affects locally
15,921 senior households in Tampa have someone 65 or older living alone - exactly the situation where in-home supervision matters most. With 5,194 residents aged 85 and over, the group at highest risk of dementia, the need for local care is concentrated and growing.
Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Long-Term Care Program (SMMC LTC)
Administered by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration with the Florida Department of Elder Affairs, through long-term care managed care plans.
Dementia-specific eligibility
A person must be 65 or over and eligible for Medicaid, or 18 or over and eligible for Medicaid by reason of a disability, and the Comprehensive Assessment and Review for Long-Term Care Services (CARES) unit at the Department of Elder Affairs must find them at nursing home level of care and meeting one or more established clinical criteria. The cited page does not describe any dementia-specific route, so ask the local Aging and Disability Resource Center how a dementia diagnosis is weighed in that assessment.
Asset limits: This state does not publish asset limits on its own program page. Confirm the current figures with the office that administers the program.
What makes FL different: Florida delivers this help through managed care plans that must each offer the same minimum list of services, including personal care, adult companion care, respite, adult day care and caregiver training, and the program has a waitlist, for which the local Aging and Disability Resource Center is the contact.
How to apply: Contact the local Aging and Disability Resource Center, which is the contact point for the program's waitlist, or call the statewide Elder Helpline at 1-800-96-ELDER. Enrollment depends on the CARES assessment of nursing home level of care, and once enrolled, services come from a long-term care managed care plan, chosen with help from Florida's Choice Counseling service.
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More resources for Tampa families
How many people here are living with dementia, how many are alone, and what care costs, sourced and dated: dementia in Tampa, 2026 statistics.
Home health providers in Tampa
From Medicare's own provider records, with the quality rating Medicare publishes. We do not rank these and we have no relationship with any of them.
| Provider | Type | Medicare rating | Telephone |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTERWELL HOME HEALTH4511 N HIMES AVE STE 240, TAMPA, FL 33614 | home health agency | 5 of 5 | 8139618446 |
| TRILOGY HOME HEALTHCARE4042 PARK OAKS BLVD STE 400, TAMPA, FL 33610 | home health agency | 4.5 of 5 | 8139631200 |
| MEDICAL SERVICES OF AMERICA HOME HEALTH9280 BAY PLAZA BLVD STE 726, TAMPA, FL 33619 | home health agency | 4.5 of 5 | 8136269888 |
| CONCIERGE HOME CARE5810 W CYPRESS ST STE 5810-A, TAMPA, FL 33607 | home health agency | 4 of 5 | 8136365017 |
| MEDERI CARETENDERS1413 TECH BLVD STE 123, TAMPA, FL 33619 | home health agency | 4 of 5 | 8132828520 |
| ACCOMPLISHED HOME CARE10508 N DALE MABRY HWY, TAMPA, FL 33618 | home health agency | 4 of 5 | 8138728566 |
Verified against Medicare's records October 23, 2026.
Dementia specialists practising in Tampa
Listed in the federal NPI registry with a dementia-relevant specialty. This is public reference information: none of these clinicians is affiliated with us or endorses this service.
- FAIZI AHMED · neurologistNPI 1356572119
- KEERTHANA AKKINENI · neurologistNPI 1275928715
- ERFAN ALBAKRI · neurologistNPI 1104998376
- USHTAR AMIN · neurologistNPI 1588083596
- SONIA ANAND-NICHOLS · neurologistNPI 1427205939
- ENA ANDREWS · neurologistNPI 1962443143
Where our numbers come from
Last verified October 23, 2026
Every Tampa figure on this page comes from a public record you can open yourself - not from an estimate and not from us. Every figure links back to the source it came from.
- U.S. Census BureauAmerican Community Survey
- Medicare Care CompareCMS provider ratings
- NPI RegistryLicensed specialists
- CDCDementia research
- National Institute on AgingCare and planning guidance
These are the public records we cite. They are sources of data, not partners, and none of them endorses this service. See how we use them city by city.
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