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Best of 2025 Senior Living Award Winners: Assisted Living

Top Assisted Living Facilities

These are our 2025 best assisted living facilities, representing the top 1-2% of senior living providers nationwide based on reviews. Residents and families praised the top assisted living communities for their exceptional staff, facilities, food, and more.

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Inspired Living at Ivy Ridge

7179 40th Avenue North, Saint Petersburg, FL 33709

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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21
21 Photos available
4
4 Floor plans available
9.7
Review Score
83 reviews

The staff for the most part are wonderful and attentive. From [removed names] at the front desk to [removed name] the nurse and everybody in between the staff is friendly. There were a few bad apples there...

Provides: Memory Care
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Located in northwest St. Petersburg, Inspired Living Ivy Ridge provides personalized care for those with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or other memory impairments. The care your loved one receives at Inspired Living Ivy Ridge is tailored to each resident. We begin by learning his or her life...

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Summit Place

107 Perpetual Square Drive, Anderson, SC 29621

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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21 Photos available
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2 Floor plans available
9.6
Review Score
111 reviews

My wife was a resident at Summit. I could not have chose a better place. The care team, house keeping dietary, manager team were all wonderful to my wife. The activity was good

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Live the good life at Summit Place, where desired amenities and world-class services excite our residents and provide a rewarding, enriching lifestyle. Our caring and professional staff provides a helping hand for residents who may appreciate assistance with activities of daily living. You can be...

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Brookdale Hoffman Estates

1515 Barrington Road, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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3 Floor plans available
9.7
Review Score
149 reviews

I am pleased with everything. Everyone is friendly. I like the fact you can sit with different people at every meal. They have many different activities so you can do what ever you want. Weather permitting,...

Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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When it comes to home upkeep, less is more.Our community, located next door to a golf course and across the street from Arthur L. Janura Forest Preserve, has both independent living and assisted living so you’ll have care options if you need more care later.  When something needs to be...

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Brookdale College Square

11000 Oakmont Street, Overland Park, KS 66210

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
3
3 Floor plans available
9.7
Review Score
67 reviews

The quality of care is a bit suspect when it comes to medication being giving. I believe over medicating is being applied in certain situations. The food lacks flavor and not near enough activities are being...

Provides: Memory Care
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A Warm and Welcoming CommunityWe know how difficult it is to care for a loved one dealing with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. We also understand how challenging it can feel to transition their care to someone else. But after you visit our memory care community in Overland Park, Kansas,...

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Cottonwood Creek

1245 E Murray-Holladay Rd, Salt Lake City, UT 84117

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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17 Photos available
5
5 Floor plans available
9.7
Review Score
74 reviews

Great employees at this place. They actually show that they care and yes we would recommend Cottonwood Creek to other families based on the experience so far.

Provides: Assisted Living
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Cottonwood Creek is an assisted living community in Salt Lake City, Utah. Salt Lake City is located in Salt Lake County and is the most populous city in the state. It offers a wide variety of cultural amenities, recreational opportunities and more, making it a wonderful place to live or visit. ...

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Isle at Watercrest - Mansfield

200 East Debbie Lane, Mansfield, TX 76063

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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2
2 Floor plans available
9.6
Review Score
84 reviews

We were actually able to move MIL to the independent living side of Watercrest in [date removed] since the therapy staff at Isle had helped her regain her strength on her right side since her stroke in...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Glorious sunny apartments, customized levels of care, at-your-service amenities, a way of life designed for your pleasure... Once you experience the resort lifestyle of Isle at Watercrest-Mansfield, TX, you'll never want to leave. And you won't have to, even if your health care needs change....

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Prairie Pointe Assisted Living and Memory Care

58 W Park Ave, Sugar Grove, IL 60554

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.6
Review Score
59 reviews

The size of the community is nice for seniors as it's not too big or overwhelming. The care is good from the staff. They are good with making sure the patrons get any PT/OT needed. Good activities. Food is...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care

From personalized assisted senior living to day care services, we offer expansive services, inspirational programs and tasteful environments where seniors thrive. Prairie Pointe leads the way in meeting the changing needs of senior adults and their families. We are dedicated to providing world-...

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Avalon Memory Care - 7140

7140 Hwy 287 S, Arlington, TX 76001

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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3
3 Floor plans available
9.7
Review Score
56 reviews

Entrusting a loved one with memory loss to others is never easy, but this community has truly been a blessing. The staff treats residents with dignity, patience, and genuine kindness. I see the difference in...

Provides: Memory Care
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If you are a resident of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas, then you may need to be aware of the services that Avalon Memory Care can provide for you or a loved one. Located in various locations throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area and in Austin, this...

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Avalon Memory Care - Carrollton

4229 Marsh Lane, Carrollton, TX 75007

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
10
10 Photos available
3
3 Floor plans available
9.7
Review Score
31 reviews

We researched several facilities before deciding on Avalon Memory Care for our beloved Aunt and we are very happy with our decision. Avalon provided excellent care and services over many years. We cannot say...

Provides: Memory Care
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At AVALON, we set ourselves apart from other residences with the level of care and compassion we show to our residents. Our care is unique in that we treat our residents as people with individual needs rather than grouping them as 'those with dementia.' After all, a lack of cognitive ability...

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The Opal at Lakes Park

14521 Lakewood Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL 33919

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.7
Review Score
95 reviews

Everyone is very welcoming and lovely. The atmosphere walking in is homelike. There were people watching a movie and the smell of popcorn was in the air when I first visited. All the staff are incredibly...

Provides: Assisted Living
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A Community That’s Redefining IndependenceTucked into a quiet corner near the center of all that Fort Myers has to offer is a premier assisted living community that provides a wonderful retirement lifestyle. Our residents trade the stress and isolation that often come with life at home for a...

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Best of 2026 Senior Living Awards criteria

Receive 10 or more reviews on APlaceforMom.com

Attain an overall average rating of at least 4.5 stars for reviews

Offer assisted living, home care, independent living, skilled nursing, memory care or continuing care retirement communities

*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 assisted 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 assisted living communities represent the top 2-3% of assisted living providers nationwide.