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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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Danbury Broadview Heights

9500 Broadview Rd., Broadview Heights, OH 44147

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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11
11 Floor plans available
9.5
Review Score
42 reviews

The residence is bright, cheerful, wide hallways that my mother enjoys walking daily.....staff are helpful and available for whatever my Mom's needs might be....

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Welcome to Danbury Broadview Heights! This isn’t just a place to reside — it’s a place where our community members truly shine, and we are glad to share this experience with them. Our senior living options include assisted living and memory care. Throughout each service level, we strive to make...

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StoryPoint Chattanooga

1148 Mountain Creek Rd, Chattanooga, TN 37405

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.5
Review Score
70 reviews

I found everyone at Storypoint to be welcoming and genuinely concerned about how my Dad was settling in. They plan a lot of resident activities, which has been great for him.

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Welcome to StoryPoint Chattanooga! This isn’t just a place to reside — it’s a place where our community members truly shine, and we are glad to share this experience with them. Our senior living options include assisted living and memory care. Throughout each service level, we strive to make...

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The Avalon of Lewis Center

8875 Green Meadows Dr, Lewis Center, OH 43035

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.5
Review Score
36 reviews

The staff and residents are the most helpful. kind and caring that I have ever experienced. Everyone you see in hallways, dining rooms, very friendly and know you name. Physical therapists and occupational...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Welcome to The Avalon of Lewis Center!If you’re looking for a community that understands and honors you as a unique individual, you’ve come to the right place. We understand you probably have many questions, and we’re here to help make the process as simple and straightforward as possible. In...

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Renaissance North Tampa

16001 Lakeshore Villa Dr, Tampa, FL 33613

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.5
Review Score
104 reviews

That it feels more like a nice hotel rather than a retirement home. The private rooms have upscale amenities and feel very homey

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Renaissance is an upscale senior living community in Tampa, Florida.Renaissance has been renovated with an upscale, modern feel and offers a continuum of care without expensive buy-ins. This multi-million-dollar renovation brings a renewed vibe and reawakened energy to the community.

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Five Star Residences of Banta Pointe

6510 N U.S. 31, Indianapolis, IN 46227

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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22 Photos available
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4 Floor plans available
9.5
Review Score
45 reviews

Everyone was very friendly. When she moved in there was a nurse on duty 24-7, that got changed at some point. Everyone was always helpful though. Staff knew all of the residents by name. The restaurant...

Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Five Star Residences of Banta Pointe is a senior living community featuring Independent Living and Assisted Living feels like home from the moment you walk through the door. Play cards with the card club, read in our cozy library or enjoy popsicles in the courtyard. And when that sense of...

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Harvard Square by Cogir

10200 E Harvard Ave, Denver, CO 80231

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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13 Photos available
7
7 Floor plans available
9.5
Review Score
194 reviews

The minute my brother walked into the facility, he said, "This is home." They were very helpful and always greeted me when I entered the facility.

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Live at Harvard Square by Cogir in Southeast Denver, and you will experience service beyond the expected. Way beyond in fact. Our friendly, experienced staff really goes the extra mile (or two, or twenty) whenever needed. You'll find examples of this in every area. So not only do we offer fresh,...

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Danbury Brunswick

3430 Brunswick Lake Pkwy, Brunswick, OH 44212

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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21 Photos available
9.5
Review Score
46 reviews

Facility is clean and well maintained. My mom is in memory care and the staff is attentive and provides good care. We had a few issues and they were very responsive to her changing needs. Staff tried to...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Welcome to Danbury Brunswick! This isn’t just a place to reside — it’s a place where our community members truly shine, and we are glad to share this experience with them. Our senior living options include assisted living and memory care. Throughout each service level, we strive to make every...

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The Birches at Harleysville

691 Main Street, Harleysville, PA 19438

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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6
6 Floor plans available
9.5
Review Score
121 reviews

I really like it. The Birches is very clean, the staff are nice and the meals are pretty good too. Everyone is so nice and helpful. I would like to add that [name removed] in Marketing has been such an...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Need assistance with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing or medication management? At The Birches at Arbour Square Personal Care and Dementia Care Community located on a 20-acre campus in Harleysville, PA, you will find all the services you need to live a healthy and happy life. The...

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Atria on Roslyn Harbor

100 Landing Road, Roslyn, NY 11576

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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24 Floor plans available
9.5
Review Score
55 reviews

Both my mom and dad (who passed in 2016) have had the opportunity to live at the Atria on Roslyn Harbor (collectively 11 years)! Today, the facility continues to evolve as an exceptional and beautiful place...

Provides: Independent Living
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Atria on Roslyn Harbor is a luxury Senior LIving property offering Signature level amenities, dining and programs, while giving seniors the ability to "age in place" Located within walking distance to the quaint village of Roslyn on Long Island's Gold Coast, the community overlooks the beautiful...

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Ormond In The Pines

101 Clyde Morris Boulevard, Ormond Beach, FL 32174

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.5
Review Score
94 reviews

I would recommend "Ormond In The Pines" for your consideration. We checked four other communities before we selected "Ormond In The Pines". Our selection was influenced with the fact this facility is a...

Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Ormond In The Pines provides a fulfilling, independent lifestyle in a welcoming environment. Located in a landscape full of beautiful pines just miles from Daytona Beach, we're the destination you've been waiting to come home to. Residents enjoy our proximity to fun shops, fine dining 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.