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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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Woodlawn Meadows Assisted Living and Memory Care

1821 N East St, Hastings, MI 49058

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

Don't even know where to begin to share my feelings about Woodlawn Meadows Memory care. First off, the facility and rooms are exceptionally maintained which was of a high priority for me to place my mother...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Woodlawn Meadows, a Leisure Living Community, is located in Hastings, Michigan. Here, we’re passionate about serving our senior-living residents and sharing life’s journey together. Offering assisted living and memory care options, our purpose is to provide high-quality senior lifestyle services...

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Aiello Adult Foster Care

26071 Denning Road, New Boston, MI 48164

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

The staff was wonderful took such care and pride of my Aunt I never visitor the home without a wonderful welcome. My aunt was always dressed and well groomed.

Best of Senior Living All Star
Provides: Memory Care, Care Homes

Aiello Adult Foster Care, a 6 bed ranch residential home, is located in a quiet neighborhood in New Boston, MI. Our mission is to provide a safe, secure, and loving home environment for seniors, allowing them to maintain as much self sufficiency as possible, while giving you peace of mind that...

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StoryPoint Fort Wayne North

3715 Union Chapel Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46845

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

They are always very kind and helpful. Having independent and assisted living available in the same building as needed and many services included in rent like transportation, stuck out over other places.

Provides: Independent Living
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Welcome to StoryPoint Fort Wayne North! 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 independent living and enhanced living. Throughout each service level, we strive...

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Watercrest at Katy

200 S Katy Fort Bend Rd, Katy, TX 77494

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9 Floor plans available
9.9
Review Score
95 reviews

From the moment I moved into Watercrest, I felt at home. The flexibility of their living options—whether you want to be more independent or need full support—makes it ideal for all types of seniors. I’ve...

Best of Senior Living All Star
Provides: Independent Living
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ENJOY, EMBRACE AND EXPERIENCE for yourself the warm hospitality, value, and high quality that await you at Watercrest at Katy. We are Katy's newest 55+ retirement community for active adults. Watercrest at Katy is a distinctive, independent living community developed to offer a lifestyle that...

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Brookdale Colonial Park

4730 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota, FL 34233

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

Very friendly and lots of places to go to get fresh air and have buses to take you shopping. They need better communication between the selling manager and when someone needs special assistance. They told us...

Provides: Assisted Living
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Rethinking Senior Living. Redefining Independence.There’s a different way to do senior living that doesn’t include living an isolated life at home. There’s a different way to be retired that doesn’t include spending days with the hassles and worries of home ownership and upkeep like cleaning and...

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Sycamore Trace

1098 Bradford Way, Kingston, TN 37763

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

I am going to say 4 across the board. They try hard to be a 5. Staffing is tough in these times. As good as we could have asked for. Very friendly and take the initiative to involve the residents in...

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Provides: Assisted Living
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Sycamore Trace is an exclusive assisted living community for seniors located in Kingston, Tennessee. Sycamore Trace is home to inviting waterways, a robust Recreational life and breathtaking vistas. Nestled on hill just a few short steps down a walking path to the lakeside parks … Residents can...

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The Watermark at 3030 Park, a CCRC

3030 Park Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604

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

They do a great job welcoming and introducing new residents into the community. They could digitize the events though, they just have a newsletter and bulletin board, a digital reminder through phone or...

Most Friendly
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Over twenty years of experience have taught us that today's seniors want more choices and are leading a more active lifestyle than generations before. That's why we created a community filled with choice. Great restaurants, brain and body fitness courses, a Health Care Center with assisted...

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Sugar Creek Alzheimer's Special Care Center

505 E Vernon Ave, Normal, IL 61761

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

The cleanliness, friendliness and the way they took care of our mother. Everyone cared for her like their own grandmother. We couldn't expect anything more. Great Place to have your loved one go.

Provides: Memory Care
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Sugar Creek Alzheimer’s Special Care Center is located in Normal, a charming suburb of Bloomington, Illinois. The one-story community features an outdoor courtyard, cozy common spaces, and a homelike atmosphere. Just off interstates 55 and 74, residents enjoy easy access to shopping and dining...

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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
56 reviews

I spent a great deal of time touring the top reviewed memory care unit units in my area. All of them were very good, but Atria stood out for their presentation, the initial meeting, and their memory care...

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 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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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 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.