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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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Highlands Village Senior Living of Mansfield

120 Regency Pkwy, Mansfield, TX 76063

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

They have weekly Christian services at the facility. They make it a point to get the residents out of their rooms and into a social setting. They are attentive to the residents needs. I appreciate them very...

Provides: Assisted Living

Highlands Village Senior Living is offering the seniors in the area top-notch assisted living and memory care services. The community has a variety of floor plans to choose from as well as activities to enrich it's residents lives.

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Sand Hill Cove Retirement Living

1500 SW Capri St, Palm City, FL 34990

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

We have lived in Florida since 1986 and retired from our teaching careers in 2010. We had family living in Palm City and it became our second home . We discovered Sandhill Cove when my step father passed in...

Provides: Independent Living
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Sandhill Cove is a resort-style Life Plan retirement community located on the South Fork of the St. Lucie River. Sandhill Cove is owned and managed by Life Care Services, an LCS Company. LCS has over 50 years of experience and manages more than 132 communities across the country. They've given...

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The Waterford at Westover Hills

4315 Rogers Rd, San Antonio, TX 78251

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

I can not express enough how thankful I am for the exceptional care my loved one received at The Waterford at Westover Hills. From the moment we arrived, the staff welcomed us with open arms and made us feel...

Best of Senior Living All Star
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Conveniently located in the SeaWorld – Lackland areas of San Antonio, The June offers comforts and choices that you and your loved one are seeking. Our resident-focused Assisted Living and Memory Care communities offer beautifully designed living options with lovely apartment-style residences,...

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Meadowstone Place

10410 Stone Canyon Rd, Dallas, TX 75230

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

We are a community. We care about one another. We love the upkeep. Something breaks, we just call maintenance. They come! Yard is maintained. Lots of age/ appropriate activities. But best is the community of...

Best of Senior Living All Star
Provides: Independent Living
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Discover the unparalleled joys of retirement living at Meadowstone Place!Nestled in the heart of Dallas, Texas, in Preston Hollow, our 55+ active adult community finds the perfect harmony between independence and connection. Our apartments open directly to the outside, granting effortless access...

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Atria Longmeadow Place

42 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01803

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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8 Floor plans available
9.9
Review Score
55 reviews

The Atria is AMAZING! My mom has been here 5 months, and she loves it. I toured 9 places before mom & I chose Atria. Every staff member is warm, helpful & has the patience of a saint. They work together as...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Atria Longmeadow Place is a welcoming senior community nestled in a wooded area of Burlington, Massachusetts. The community is adjacent to town conservation land and located directly across the street from the world-renowned Lahey Clinic. Residents at Atria Longmeadow Place enjoy the best of both...

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Carriage Crossing Senior Living of Arcola

909 Green Mill Road, Arcola, IL 61910

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

I love all the people that I live with here at Carriage Crossing Arcola. This has been a great experience for me and I’ve made great friends! The food is awesome and very kind staff. Christmas was amazing...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Carriage Crossing Senior Living is your premier choice for assisted living in seven beautiful locations, Arcola and Champaign, Decatur, Bloomington,Rochester Illinois. We are committed to providing our residents a safe and meaningful lifestyle.Our vibrant assisted living apartments offer you...

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StoryPoint Gahanna

5435 Morse Rd, Gahanna, OH 43230

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

Storypoint is amazing!! They have been beyond helpful in our dealings with the facility and staff. We would absolutely give them 5s.

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Welcome to StoryPoint Gahanna! 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 active adult, independent living, assisted living and memory care. Throughout each service...

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Sunrise of Fair Oaks CA

4820 Hazel Avenue, Fair Oaks, CA 95628

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

I was going to move mom but she has been so well cared for and improved every time from serious issues there care and understanding is awesome.

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Located just one mile from HWY 50, Sunrise of Fair Oaks is centrally located between El Dorado and Placer Counties. Nestled between oak trees on the corner of Hazel Ave. and Sunset Ave., residents enjoy the intimate and home like feel of Fair Oaks. We offer a large range of individualized...

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Keystone Villa at Fleetwood

501 Hoch Rd, Blandon, PA 19510

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

Activities dept. has great variety of activities feel that people genuinely care about the residents. My mom enjoys going out to eat. She is now a reader likes book club and chimes.

Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Brookdale Cape May

591 Route 9 South, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
16
16 Photos available
3
3 Floor plans available
9.9
Review Score
41 reviews

The phone call that changed our lives. [name removed] answered our call the day I began my search for my Mom's new home. She invited me to come to the community & see for myseld what they had to offer....

Best of Senior Living All Star
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Here you get to define your day every day.If you’re living a mostly independent lifestyle, but you could use an extra hand with some of your day-to-day activities, our assisted living and memory care community could be the right fit for you. You’ll have help with medications, dressing 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.