The Cove At Tavares Village

Tavares, in Lake County, calls itself "America's Seaplane City" for the float planes that still operate off Lake Dora, and the small downtown along the lakefront gives the city a different feel than the sprawl of nearby Orlando suburbs. The Cove at Tavares Village, on Sunshine Parkway, is licensed for 94 beds, a large-campus scale where a resident's daily experience is shaped as much by which unit or floor they live on as by the community as a whole. Communities in this range typically employ a dedicated activities staff and multiple dining seatings rather than one shared mealtime for everyone. A tour worth asking pointed questions on: how the 94 beds break down between standard assisted living and any higher level of care, since that split affects both pricing and the kind of neighbors a resident will have.