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Best of 2025 Senior Living Award Winners: Independent Living

Top Independent Living Communities

These are the best independent living communities of 2025, representing the top 1-2% of senior living providers nationwide based on reviews. Families and residents celebrated the friendly staff, beautiful facilities, delicious food, and engaging activities.

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The Cottages of Fox Lake

16 Lilac Ave, Fox Lake, IL 60020

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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16
16 Photos available
9.9
Review Score
76 reviews

They are attentive and understanding of my mother's changing needs. Everyone including director, business manager, nurses, caregivers have been open to my questions, comments, and requests. The facility is...

Best of Senior Living All Star
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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The Cottages of Fox Lake - A Charter Senior Living Community - is a unique, retirement lifestyle which opened in 2005. Located on a beautiful campus, each of the four assisted living homes caters to only 16 residents. Our residents can feel the warmth of home and experience individualized...

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Villas of Holly Brook Chatham

825 E. Walnut Street, Chatham, IL 62629

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.9
Review Score
37 reviews

This is a beautiful, well-appointed home. The staff are caring and knowledgeable, and STABLE. They don't leave! Everyone has worked so hard to make sure that our mom has a good, welcoming environment whwre...

Provides: Assisted Living
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We are Chatham's only ALL INCLUSIVE community. We are pet friendly as well. Tours and admissions accepted 7 days per week.

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Sunrise of Rocklin

6100 Sierra College Boulevard, Rocklin, CA 95677

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
16
16 Photos available
4
4 Floor plans available
9.9
Review Score
57 reviews

What we like the most about Sunrise of Rocklin is the size and the community. Yes, we would absolutely recommend this community to other families based on the experience we have had so far .

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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Community & Location Highlights:Conveniently located in a country-like, residential neighborhood in Rocklin, CANurses on staff to manage resident well-being and complex medical situationsAccommodate couples who want to stay together, but have different care needsProviding placement in...

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Dominion Senior Living of Louisville

6000 Hunting Rd, Louisville, KY 40222

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
11
11 Photos available
9.9
Review Score
52 reviews

Dominion has made our mothers life amazing and the experience for us has been seamless! What a great family atmosphere. The people are so caring and in tune with the residents. We could not have asked for a...

Best of Senior Living All Star
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Dominion Senior Living of Louisville at Northfield strives to meet and exceed seniors’ spiritual, mental and physical needs on a daily basis through technological integration, life enrichment activities and professionally trained nurses and caregivers who are available 24 hours a day. The 42,000...

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Twin Cedar Senior Living

364 Little Walker Rd, Shohola, PA 18458

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.9
Review Score
85 reviews

The staff is very friendly and they treat the residents like family. [name removed] is fabulous!!! She communicated the whole time with me and my family while my grandmother was a resident there. This...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Life at Twin CedarTwin Cedar Senior Living is an award winning assisted living/personal care home that offers a wonderful lifestyle in a perfect location, bordering New York and New Jersey giving our residents family and friends the ability to visit with ease. Our home is a 37-bed assisted living...

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Watercrest at Mansfield

250 East Debbie Lane, Mansfield, TX 76063

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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3
3 Floor plans available
9.9
Review Score
61 reviews

Water aerobics. Zumba, Happy hour with soda, tea, corn dogs, ending with "Proud To Be An American " sung by all while our flag is carried throughout the room.

Provides: Independent Living
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Watercrest at Mansfield is an independent living community that is a part of Mansfield, TX. This community, located in Tarrant County, offers adults the chance to live independently yet supportedly. The city of Mansfield provides much to do outside, including spending time at the Hawaiian Falls...

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Elmbrook Village at Bozrah

380 Salem Turnpike, Bozrah, CT 06334

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
21
21 Photos available
9.9
Review Score
32 reviews

Mom is well taken care of on memory unit. All the staff know her name as well as mine. The facilty is beautiful and very clean. Staff is always encouraging my mom to join activities and I see mom smiling...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Now doing in person tours!Elmbrook Village at Bozrah opened in September 2019. Offers independent living, assisted living, and memory care. Elmbrook Village was designed to maximize the amount of natural light available and has 115 apartments with a variety of styles. We have some of the largest...

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Village at Mill Creek

2950 E. Douglas Avenue, Visalia, CA 93292

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
3
3 Photos available
9.9
Review Score
21 reviews

The staff here at village at mill creek are incredibly kind and patient, always going above and beyond to ensure all residents feel comfortable and cared for. The meals are delicious and well-prepared with...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Keystone Villa at Douglassville Independent Living

1180 Ben Franklin Hwy E, Douglassville, PA 19518

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
19
19 Photos available
9
9 Floor plans available
9.8
Review Score
93 reviews

Beautiful place! Friendly staff! My mom was in a studio apt which was a perfect size for her and had everything she needed in it. I can't speak for the other apartment types because I never saw them.

Provides: Independent Living, Senior Apartments
See all Heritage Senior Living, LLC. communities

At Keystone Villa at Douglassville, an Independent Living retirement community, there are no entrance fees, long-term leases or hidden costs. You will find everything you need to enjoy a worry-free, healthy and active retirement community lifestyle. This is an ideal setting for seniors who want...

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Summit Point

9633 Valley View Rd, Macedonia, OH 44056

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
11
11 Photos available
6
6 Floor plans available
9.9
Review Score
69 reviews

The staff is amazing, warm, helpful always cheerful. The building is clean and bright. The apartments are spacious and geared towards an older person's needs. The food is really good with allot of meal...

Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
See all Sonida Senior Living communities

Reach a pinnacle in life at Summit Point, where thoughtfully designed floor plans and myriad recreational and social opportunities keep our residents happy and active. The Macedonia, Ohio, Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care community provides a relaxed atmosphere of warmth and...

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Best of 2026 Senior Living Awards criteria

Receive 10 or more reviews on APlaceforMom.com

Attain an overall Review Score of at least 9.5 based on review

Offer assisted living, independent living, skilled nursing, or memory care in the United States or Canada

*Based on reviews and ratings collected from APlaceforMom.com during the awards period, Jan. 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 2025. U.S. and Canada only.

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The best independent living communities in the U.S. earned A Place for Mom’s 2025 Best of Senior Living Awards based on resident and family reviews. The highly rated featured communities represent the top 2-3% of independent living providers nationwide.