With 286 licensed beds and an active Florida AHCA license (#4991), Sun Towers Retirement Community ranks among the larger assisted livings serving Sun City Center. Here we pair the state record with the things worth watching for when you visit.
| Provider | Sun Towers Retirement Community |
|---|---|
| Type | Assisted Living (AHCA-licensed) |
| City | Sun City Center, FL 33573 |
| Address | 101 Trinity Lakes Drive |
| Licensed beds | 286 |
| AHCA license # | 4991 |
| License status | LICENSED |
| County | Hillsborough County |
How Florida regulates assisted livings
In Florida, assisted living is licensed by AHCA under Chapter 429, F.S. Communities hold a Standard license, or an Extended Congregate Care (ECC) or Limited Nursing Services (LNS) license that lets residents stay as needs increase, plus a Limited Mental Health (LMH) designation where relevant. Always verify the exact license type — it determines how long your parent can remain as care needs grow.
Sun City Center location & hospital context
Sun City Center and its Kings Point community form one of Florida's largest age-restricted retirement hubs — a self-contained, golf-cart-friendly town where the great majority of residents are over 65.
Nearby hospitals: South Bay Hospital (HCA), St. Joseph's Hospital-South (nearby). Proximity matters for hospital discharges, emergencies, and specialist visits, so families weighing Sun Towers Retirement Community often factor drive time to these. Nearby areas: Kings Point, Sun City Center core, Renaissance.
What assisted living costs near Sun Towers Retirement Community
Assisted Living in the Sun City Center area typically runs $3,450–$5,400/month (2026). Pricing at any specific community depends on care level, room type, and size. Florida's SMMC Long-Term Care Medicaid waiver and VA Aid & Attendance can offset much of the care cost for those who qualify — ask us what applies.
How to evaluate Sun Towers Retirement Community
At an assisted living community, the clearest quality signals are staffing and transparency — not the chandeliers. Pin down the awake-overnight staffing level, how often caregivers leave, and how long the key leaders have stayed. Ask for an itemized, all-in monthly figure for your parent's exact care level, and learn what pushes a resident into a higher, pricier tier. Dig into how the community responds to a decline — a fall, new incontinence, or slipping memory — and how it keeps families in the loop. Come back more than once, unannounced and at different hours, and read the AHCA inspection history on FloridaHealthFinder for any pattern of repeat deficiencies before you sign on.
Is Sun Towers Retirement Community the right fit?
Assisted living fits an older adult who needs daily help — bathing, dressing, medication reminders, meals — but does not require round-the-clock skilled nursing. It's the most common first move when living alone stops being safe. Sun Towers Retirement Community is licensed for this level of care in Sun City Center; whether it's right for your parent depends on their specific needs, budget, and preferences. A free advisor can compare it head-to-head with other licensed Sun City Center-area options.
How we help with Sun Towers Retirement Community
We're a free, local senior-care advisory service — families never owe us a thing. If Sun Towers Retirement Community makes your shortlist, we can show you how it stacks up against nearby licensed options on cost, care level, and availability, sit in on the tour or the call, and help you make sense of the AHCA record. We only earn when you move in somewhere and are happy you did, so what drives us is a real fit rather than any one building. We'll point out solid Sun City Center alternatives that don't pay us a dime, too.
About this page: the facility facts above come from current Florida AHCA / FloridaHealthFinder licensing data. You won't find unverified reviews or star ratings here — we stick to the public record and help you judge the community in person. Before you sign anything, confirm the current license at quality.healthfinder.fl.gov.
