Jennifer Gardens

Port Richey, on the Gulf side of Pasco County north of Tampa, is a lower-key retirement market than the larger cities to its south, with older mobile-home communities sitting alongside newer developments along US 19. Jennifer Gardens, on Jennifer Street, is licensed for 50 beds, a size that generally supports a formal activities calendar and a staff large enough to rotate through shifts, distinct from the single-caregiver model of a small residential home. Pasco County has seen a steady influx of retirees priced out of Pinellas County just to the south, and a community this size in Port Richey may draw residents from a wider radius than a small home would. Families should ask how far the community's transportation service reaches for medical appointments, since Port Richey itself has fewer specialists than Tampa.