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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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Villas of Holly Brook Effingham

904 West Evergreen, Effingham, IL 62401

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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11
11 Photos available
9.6
Review Score
31 reviews

My mother is a resident at Holly Brook in Effingham IL, the staff is very friendly and knowledgeable and caring . Everyone has worked very hard to make my mothers stay enjoyable. May God bless this facility...

Provides: Assisted Living
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Ashford Court

37501 Joy Road, Westland, MI 48185

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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7 Photos available
4
4 Floor plans available
9.6
Review Score
158 reviews

Staff is great and really cares about the residents. Cleanliness is excellent. Food is very good and rooms are a good size with good individual temperature control. Single floor layout is nice, some...

Provides: Memory Care, Independent Living
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At Ashford Court, we provide all the comforts of home without the responsibilities of home. All our apartment suites include kitchenettes, private bathrooms, heating, air conditioning, and 24/7 emergency response services. Rent at Ashford Court includes regular housekeeping and linen services,...

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Atria El Camino Gardens

2426 Garfield Avenue, Carmichael, CA 95608

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9 Floor plans available
9.6
Review Score
183 reviews

Staff was great; room was comfortable; food was good. I have a suggestion on coffee... it should be served by the staff because those pots are so heavy and also to prevent waste ... Some of those pots are...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Atria El Camino Gardens welcomes you to come for a visit to see our warm and welcoming community where people gather and enjoy life together. Our residents know and rest assured we have the services and amenities they are looking for from our deliciously prepared meals choosing from three...

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Legend at Rivendell Memory Care

2800 SW 131st St, Oklahoma City, OK 73170

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
23
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9.6
Review Score
87 reviews

Care for my loved one during the week was excellent. Care over the weekend was inconsistent depending on who was working. I would recommend to others.

Provides: Memory Care
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Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's or other memory impairments is a very personal, loving dedication to service. It requires service for specific and individual needs. More often, the resident with memory loss needs assistance with life's daily activities including personal care, but the...

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American House St. Petersburg

1101 66th St N, Saint Petersburg, FL 33710

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
6
6 Photos available
12
12 Floor plans available
9.6
Review Score
76 reviews

American House, is a great facility, I wish I had started there. For sure a 5 star rating, great staff, quality care and superior food. Oh, and the building is wonderful!

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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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American House St. Petersburg is the newest senior living community in St. Petersburg, Florida, breaking ground in May 2019. Located on the corner of 9th Avenue and 66th Street, this beautiful, contemporary community will offer independent living, assisted living and memory care services,...

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Merrill Gardens at Barkley Place

36 Barkley Circle, Fort Myers, FL 33907

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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8
8 Floor plans available
9.6
Review Score
74 reviews

My father was only there for about a week. Before he passed. But I would rate all the categories five for categories one through five. The food is probably a four.. we didn't get to experience the...

Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Merrill Gardens at Barkley Place is a beautiful community located in a quiet, charming neighborhood, with shopping, restaurants, and local attractions just around the corner. From the beautiful sun porches, balconies, and landscaped grounds, to the fitness center, library, pool, and social...

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Landings of Sidney

1150 West Russell Road, Sidney, OH 45365

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
10
10 Photos available
9.6
Review Score
46 reviews

My mother has been at The Landing of Sidney for 4 months. She has wonderful care and attention from all of the various staff front office. Nurses aides dietary etc. They all greet her by name when they see...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Landings of Sidney provides seniors with assisted living that they need in the city of Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. Sidney offers a peaceful place for seniors to call home. This area provides beautiful natural features, and it also offers the quiet that seniors are looking for. Guests of our...

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Ormond In The Pines

101 Clyde Morris Boulevard, Ormond Beach, FL 32174

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
13
13 Photos available
9.6
Review Score
99 reviews

The staff at OITP is so thoughtful and caring. They are always accommodating for my parents needs or with anything we ask of them. The executive staff are always pitching in to serve meals if need be or even...

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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Brookdale Harbor Bay

9324 North Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor, WA 98332

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
8
8 Photos available
2
2 Floor plans available
9.6
Review Score
30 reviews

Absolutely everyone there is so kind and helpful and caring. Based on the experience we have had so far, we would without hesitation recommend this community to other families.

Provides: Memory Care
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Memory Care at its FinestIt’s time to get some help on the senior journey. Fortunately, you’ve found one of the premier memory care communities in the Harbor Bay area.We are a warm and welcoming memory care community located in Gig Harbor, Washington. Our community features a valued location with...

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Home Place of Burlington

118 Alamance Rd, Burlington, NC 27215

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
5
5 Photos available
9.6
Review Score
35 reviews

My dad recently moved into Home Place and we have been quite pleased. He seems happy, has learned the routine, talks about being well fed and enjoying the food. What we appreciate is that the women manning...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Homeplace of Burlington is centrally located between Raleigh and Winston-Salem in Burlington, North Carolina. Our community is two miles north of I-85/40 close to downtown, shopping and 3.5 miles from Alamance Regional Medical Center. Upon entering our community our comfortable interior,...

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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.