Bethesda Assisted Living, LLC

At five licensed beds, Bethesda Assisted Living, LLC sits at the very smallest end of Florida's assisted living scale, a size that functions essentially as a private household with one or two caregivers responsible for the entire group. Barber Avenue sits in Lake Worth Beach, a Palm Beach County city known for its walkable downtown arts scene and its stretch of the Intracoastal Waterway a short drive from most residential streets. With so few residents, families can generally expect a high degree of individual attention, though the tradeoff is limited backup staffing if a caregiver is unavailable. Lake Worth's downtown has undergone a fair amount of revitalization in recent years, bringing new restaurants and galleries to what was once a quieter commercial strip. A worthwhile question for a home this size is who covers care duties when the primary caregiver is off for the day.