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Best of 2025 Senior Living Award Winners: All Categories

Best of Senior Living Communities

The top senior living communities stand out for their exceptional care and support of seniors in independent living, assisted living, memory care, and in-home care. Our Best of Senior Living Award winners represent the top 1-2% of senior care providers nationwide based on reviews from those who matter most: residents and families. Below are the winners from the 2025 Best of Senior Living Awards. The 2026 award winners will be announced in February 2026.

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Assisted living provides long-term housing and care for seniors. Assisted living residents are generally active, but may need support with activities of daily living (ADLs).
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Memory care provides housing and 24-hour care for seniors with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. Memory care facilities focus on improving quality of life, reducing confusion, and preventing wandering.
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Independent living offers a carefree lifestyle for older adults who want to enjoy retirement with ease. Senior independent living facilities provide a variety of convenient services and amenities.
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Home care provides non-medical care and companionship for seniors living at home. From help with daily activities to medication management, home care services can be tailored to seniors needs.
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Independent living offers a carefree lifestyle for older adults who want to enjoy retirement with ease. Senior independent living facilities provide a variety of convenient services and amenities.
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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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20
20 Photos available
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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17 Photos available
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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18 Photos available
8
8 Floor plans available
9.9
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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 Photos available
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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Options for Senior America - Gaithersburg, MD

6 Montgomery Village Ave, Suite 330, Gaithersburg, MD 20879

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
4
4 Photos available
9.9
Review Score
100 reviews

They were able to meet our needs in terms of live-in and then transition to part time day care. They were flexible in finding the timeframes we needed. Questions to ask: What experience do the caregivers...

Provides: Home Care
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Options For Senior America Corp. started providing home care services in late 1989 to the residents of the Washington, DC metropolitan area. What started as a handful of customers grew substantially due to the personal customer service that the company's management has always been keen to...

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Cinco Ranch Alzheimer's Special Care Center

3206 S. Fry Rd, Katy, TX 77450

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
14
14 Photos available
2
2 Floor plans available
9.9
Review Score
49 reviews

Moving my father into Cinco Ranch has been the relief and blessing we've looking for. The much needed engagement he's benefiting from makes my heart break with joy. All of his friends who've stopped by agree...

Provides: Memory Care
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One of the best Alzheimer's care centers is Cinco Ranch which is located in Katy, TX. If you find yourself with an elderly parent or relative that is suffering from dementia or Alzheimer's, you will be thrilled with Cinco Ranch's adult care assisted living home. As with many assisted living...

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StoryPoint Gahanna

5435 Morse Rd, Gahanna, OH 43230

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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16 Photos available
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
16
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
13
13 Photos available
4
4 Floor plans available
9.9
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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 senior 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 highest-rated senior living communities represent the top 1-2% of senior living providers nationwide.