Fort Lauderdale Senior Resources: A Local Directory

Quick answer: This is the Fort Lauderdale-specific companion to our Broward County senior services directory. County-wide programs — the Elder Helpline, TOPS paratransit, legal aid and the hurricane registries — are covered in that county guide. What follows here is what exists specifically inside the city of Fort Lauderdale, including the two hospitals where most local home care arrangements begin, usually at short notice.

Summary: This is the Fort Lauderdale companion to our Broward County senior services directory. The county-wide programs, the Elder Helpline, TOPS paratransit, legal aid and the hurricane registries, all live there. What follows is what exists specifically in Fort Lauderdale: which hospital your parent will most likely be discharged from, where the day programs are, and the places that get an older adult out of the house and among people.

Hospitals and the discharge conversation

Most home care arrangements in this city begin in one of two buildings, usually at short notice.

• Broward Health Medical Center — 1600 S Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 · 954-355-4400
• Holy Cross Health — 4725 N Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 · 954-771-8000

One piece of practical advice worth more than any phone number here: ask for the case manager or discharge planner on day one, not on the day of discharge. They are the person who knows what your parent will actually need at home, and they work to a timetable that moves faster than most families expect. If you are arranging care after a hospital stay, our guide to transitional and post-hospital care covers what the first two weeks at home usually involve.

Senior centers and adult day programs

Adult day programs are the most under-used resource in Broward. They give an older adult a full day of activity and company, and give a family caregiver a genuine break, usually for far less than a full day of one-to-one care.

• Sylvia L. Poitier and Theodora S. Williams Senior Center — 2185 NW 19th Street, Fort Lauderdale. Run by the Northwest Federated Woman's Club, which also operates the Irma E. Allen Adult Day Care Center on the same site.
• Broward Adult Day Care Center — 2615 Davie Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 · 954-791-1611 · Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm. Runs a memory care program with music, painting and crafts.

Broward PACE

PACE stands for Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, and it is worth understanding because it is unlike anything else on this page. Rather than piecing together separate services, PACE bundles medical care, prescriptions, adult day care, dental care, meals, therapies, transport, personal care and home care under one program.

The Broward center is at 1700 NW 49th Street, Suite 150, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309. Eligibility is specific: it is generally for people aged 55 and over who are assessed as needing a nursing-home level of care but who can live safely in the community, and it usually runs through Medicaid, Medicare or both. It is not for everyone, but for the families it fits, it fits very well.

Staying active: Club 55+

The City of Fort Lauderdale runs Club 55+, which gives active adults access to programs at twelve city parks for an annual membership of $55, with a possible fee reduction for residents. For an older parent who is still independent but increasingly isolated, this is one of the better-value things in the city.

• Club 55+: 954-828-7275
• Senior recreation activities: 954-828-5383 or 954-828-4610

Isolation is not a soft problem. It shows up later as decline, and a membership that gets someone out three mornings a week is doing real work.

The Main Library

The Broward County Main Library at 100 S Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 · 954-357-7444, is more useful to older residents than most people assume: free technology help, large-print and audiobook collections, talking-book services, and a program calendar that regularly includes sessions aimed at seniors and caregivers. It is also air-conditioned, central and free, which matters in August.

Everything county-wide

The programs that serve all of Broward rather than Fort Lauderdale specifically, the ADRC and Elder Helpline, SHINE Medicare counseling, TOPS paratransit, meal programs, the Alzheimer's Association Southeast Florida chapter, legal aid for seniors, and the two hurricane registries, are all listed with current phone numbers in our Broward County senior services directory. Start there if what you need is not on this page.

How DavidStar fits in

Our Fort Lauderdale office is at 300 SE 2nd Street, Ste. 600, and you can reach it on (954) 737-1910. We are a licensed, non-medical home care agency, which means companion care, personal care, respite, and 24-hour and live-in care, rather than skilled nursing. If you are not sure whether what your parent needs is home care at all, call and ask. We would rather point you to the right program on this page than sell you something that does not fit. More about home care in Fort Lauderdale.

Addresses, phone numbers and eligibility rules change. This page was checked in August 2026. Confirm details with each organization directly. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.