Marilin Adult Living Facility, INC

Southwest 16th Street in Miami is the address for Marilin Adult Living Facility, INC, a six-bed home in Miami-Dade County's 33155 zip code, an area that overlaps the Westchester and Coral Gate neighborhoods west of Coral Gables. Miami-Dade licenses hundreds of small residential ALFs like this one, most operating out of single-family houses converted to meet state care and life-safety requirements. A six-bed license means a small, consistent staff rather than departments and shift rotations, which some families prefer for a relative who does better with fewer new faces. Before choosing a home this size, it helps to ask what training the caregivers have received and how the operator handles a resident whose needs change over time. Coral Gables' medical offices and Baptist Health's South Florida facilities are within a short drive of this address.