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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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Patriot Heights

5000 Fawn Meadow, San Antonio, TX 78240

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.8
Review Score
79 reviews

Everything has been great besides the food. They could improve by offering better quality food and they have daily specials that run out with 20 min of mealtime starting.

Best of Senior Living All Star
Provides: Independent Living
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Our luxurious continuing care retirement community (CCRC) provides a wide range of care options, activities and amenities for seniors in an upscale, elegant environment. We’re located in San Antonio, Texas, a culture-rich, historic and vibrant city with deluxe entertainment options and plenty of...

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Truewood by Merrill, Clovis

675 W Alluvial Ave, Clovis, CA 93611

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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5 Floor plans available
9.8
Review Score
74 reviews

Truewood by Merrill, Clovis was the first and only facility we toured. There is something special about Beau and the staff that let us know our grandmother would be cared for. Truewood is clean, the staff go...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Since 1990, we've provided compassionate and professional assisted living and other senior care services to residents in the Fresno and Clovis areas. Each member of our staff is dedicated to the betterment and enrichment of our residents' lives, whether they're administering dementia care or...

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Trustwell Living at Miller Place

1506 Meadowview Drive, Celina, OH 45822

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.8
Review Score
50 reviews

Nice, bright clean facility with nice rooms as well. Staff is very helpful and meals are generally very good. Overall my mom is thriving there. It’s been a good decision for me and my siblings. We’d...

Best of Senior Living All Star
Provides: Assisted Living
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At Miller Place, our senior living community provides thoughtful, compassionate care to help our residents thrive. We develop individual care plans to meet the needs of each resident, and a full-time registered nurse is available 24 hours a day to provide clinical oversight and coordination of...

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Grand Villa of New Port Richey

6120 Congress St, New Port Richey, FL 34653

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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2 Floor plans available
9.8
Review Score
159 reviews

5 for all! Best place for my Mom and if I decide to have her live anywhere other then with me , it would be Grand Villa, that's how impressed I was and it has changed my thinking of assisted living. The...

Best of Senior Living All Star
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Welcome to the new Grand Villa of New Port Richey! Our lovely assisted living and memory care community in New Port Richey, Florida, is just north of Tarpon Springs in Pasco County. Grand Villa is a resort style community with fabulous features and amenities designed to help our residents enjoy...

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The Remington at Valley Ranch

8707 Valley Ranch Parkway West, Irving, TX 75063

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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4 Floor plans available
9.8
Review Score
95 reviews

We were attracted to them because of the proximity to my house - 7 minutes away. I would recommend- staff is caring and very consistent. Residents seem to enjoy living there.

Provides: Independent Living
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Become a part of our flourishing family at The Remington at Valley Ranch, offering Independent Living services in Irving, Texas. Our inviting community puts residents in the capable hands of experienced staff. The Remington at Valley Ranch offers the privacy and freedom to live the way residents...

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Brighton Gardens of St. Charles

600 Dunham Road, Saint Charles, IL 60174

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.8
Review Score
101 reviews

Brighton Gardens was recommended to us by A Place For Mom, as a place that could provide the assisted living services that my mother-in-law needed. My MIL was opposed to going to an assisted living but being...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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We stop at nothing to make our residents' experience engaging and inviting, and we've learned that the little things make a big difference! With over 35 years of experience, the Brighton Gardens of St. Charles provides both Assisted Living and Memory Care in a cozy and warm setting that offers...

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Vista Corona Senior Living

737 Magnolia Avenue, Corona, CA 92879

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.8
Review Score
90 reviews

[name removed] was very helpful, and explained everything. The staff seemed nice. The community was clean. The area is nice too! We had a great experience !! Great place...

Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
See all Sunny Hill Management Co. Inc. communities

Live your best life every day.If you’re ready more freedom and a fun lifestyle, our assisted living community in Corona, California, might be the perfect fit for you.With assisted living, you’ll have assistance with medications, dressing and bathing, as well as services like housekeeping and...

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Grand Villa of Altamonte Springs

433 Orange Dr, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.8
Review Score
188 reviews

Moving your mother to a new home without family members in it is the hardest thing I ever had to do. The staff was wonderful. Kept me reassured. I was doing the right thing put up with my crying then I begin...

Best of Senior Living All Star
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Grand Villa of Altamonte Springs was designed specifically for Assisted Living. Its spacious apartments are inside a community filled with thoughtful services and generous amenities. Lifestyle options include a continuum of care to provide peace of mind now, and also in the future should a...

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Westmont of Encinitas

1920 S El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA 92024

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.8
Review Score
15 reviews

Westmont of Encinitas is a community that I would definitely recommend to anyone looking for assisted and or an independent living experience. The staff is extremely welcoming, caring and supportive of each...

Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Pine Ridge of Plumbrook Senior Living

8350 Plumbrook Road, Sterling Heights, MI 48313

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.8
Review Score
114 reviews

Overall experience is very satisfactory. All through I'm very satisfied giving an excellent review, there is always room for improvement and this is not meant to be negative. I come from a life long career...

Provides: Independent Living
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Discover the unparalleled joys of retirement living at Pine Ridge of Plumbrook!Nestled in the heart of Sterling Heights, our top-rated 55+ active adult community provides a warm and welcoming atmosphere and all-inclusive living.The woodsy grounds at Pine Ridge of Plumbrook make residents feel...

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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.