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Families overwhelmingly describe 81 Oaks as a beautiful, welcoming community with friendly staff, good food, and a lively activity calendar. Reviewers frequently mention the family ownership and hands-on leadership as a distinguishing feature. However, one detailed report raised serious concerns about staffing levels and sanitary conditions in the memory care unit, and another noted unresponsive staff.
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81 Oaks Senior Living is a senior living community in Sarasota, Florida offering Assisted Living, Memory Care and Independent Living. Amenities include Guest Meals, Restaurant style Dining Room and Outdoor Patio. Families rate it 4.8 out of 5 across 39 reviews.
81 Oaks Senior Living in Sarasota, Florida offers assisted living, memory care, and independent living options within a larger intergenerational master-planned community that includes a charter school, church, auditorium, basketball court, and park.
The assisted living neighborhood is designed to support residents' independence while providing personalized care tailored to individual lifestyles. The memory care neighborhood serves those living with Alzheimer's or dementia, emphasizing dignity, safety, and purposeful engagement in a secure, thoughtfully designed environment.
Residents choose from studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom floor plans. The community features seasonally inspired dining with locally sourced ingredients, on-site salon services including hairstyling, manicures, and massages, an art studio, walking paths and garden courtyards, a private dining space for family gatherings, and an on-site movie theater.
A full calendar of programs includes social events, classes such as smartphone instruction and exercise, stretching, and movie nights. Additional amenities and activities are designed to foster connection and engagement.
81 Oaks is family-owned and operated, founded by Larry Baucom, an educator and community leader. Leadership is directly involved in daily operations, emphasizing personalized attention to residents and families rather than corporate management.
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kim barr
Jun 2026
What a beautiful community. I have spent most of my career working in Independent, Assisted and Memory Care facilities. 81 Oaks is by far one of best I have seen. From the moment you walk inside you are greeted by attentive, smiling staff. The thoughtful design of the community is exceptional.
Matthew Petronio
Apr 2026
Amazing Place and Amazing People!<br><br>My brother lived here for over a year and we feel blessed to have found 81 Oaks. The exceptional facilities and amenities are only surpassed by the quality of the leadership team and staff.<br><br>From the top all the way to the cleaning crew, the 81 Oaks team is focused on the comfort and care of the residents. There are always fun activities going on and residents can be as involved as they like.<br><br>From a fully equipped gym, movie theater, computer room, and game room to a very comfortable dining area, it was all designed to provide the best possible experience for the residents.<br><br>You will not find a better place for a loved one to maintain their independence and quality of life.
Elaine Sager
Apr 2026
All of the people at 81 Oaks are wonderful. It’s a pleasure to live with them. I enjoy the owner, the administration, the nurses, the caretakers, med techs, housekeeping,, maintenance, servers, and kitchen help. The concierges are also fabulous. The facility is clean and a nice place to live. There are fun activities run by fun people to keep us going. The dining room is open from 7:00am until 7:00 pm for ease of making dining plans.
Jennifer
Oct 2025
Thank you to Nancy and TerriAnne who welcomed us warmly when we took our first tour, when we came back again and when we moved our dad into 81 Oaks. You have both been available in person and over the phone. We appreciate that a lot since it’s been a big change for all of us and it was nice having such amazing support. Being invited to the open bar at happy hour made us all happy as well! :)<br>Thank you to all of your staff who are friendly and the residents who encouraged us to join them for happy hour and dinner. We had shrimp cocktail, filet mignon and a couple daily specials. Everything was very delicious. Conversations with the other residents at the table were fun and lively. Great group of residents. Hope to see them again next time. Our dad has new friends now.
Michael W
Sep 2025
Building is beautiful. Lots of open lobby and dining space for residents to eat, drink and socialize. That is what appealed to me and my family when we toured a couple times. The residents were friendly and happy.<br>As were the little dogs who live there and were hanging out in the lobby. We don’t have a dog but definitely having a dog friendly community is a plus for those residents who do and for the other residents who enjoy seeing a dog every day. We heard the memory care residents have regular pet therapy sessions.<br>Once my mom actually moved in to the assisted living side we still see all the friendly residents but now we also have very nice interactions with the staff.<br>Happy to be at 81 Oaks.
81 Oaks Senior Living offers Assisted Living, Independent Living and Memory Care.
81 Oaks Senior Living is located at 7850 Hawkins Rd in Sarasota, Florida.
Families overwhelmingly describe 81 Oaks as a beautiful, welcoming community with friendly staff, good food, and a lively activity calendar. Reviewers frequently mention the family ownership and hands-on leadership as a distinguishing feature. However, one detailed report raised serious concerns about staffing levels and sanitary conditions in the memory care unit, and another noted unresponsive staff.
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