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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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Emerald Gardens

201 Overland Dr, Greenwood, SC 29646

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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79 reviews

I think it a wonderful place to be and it was a great decision for me to move here. I feel the employees are great individuals who cares so much for us residents.

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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
See all Premier Senior Living, LLC communities

Emerald Gardens Assisted Living and Memory Care is in the heart of Greenwood, SC and have been serving Seniors for over 25 years. We are two blocks from Self Regional Healthcare and many other medical specialist in our area. We offer a wide array of services, amenities and activities that...

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Atria Draper Place

25 Hopedale Street, Hopedale, MA 01747

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76 reviews

My brother talked about making a change to community living but felt it unattainable due to financial constraints required just to be considered. After a health scare, priorities changed and the decision...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Atria Draper Place offers a relaxing senior community in the historic New England town of Hopedale. Residents enjoy taking a stroll down to the pond or quietly reading a book from the public library. A variety of lectures and entertainment provide social interaction for residents, friends and...

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Hearthstone Communities Sterling I

42660 Dequindre Rd, Sterling Heights, MI 48314

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62 reviews

What can I say Hearthstone is the best. My Father was at 3 different facilities they were not a great fit for my Dad. We discovered Hearthstone from a family friend . My Dad has finally found a home he is...

Best Activities
Provides: Memory Care, Care Homes
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Welcome to HearthStone Communities. Assisted Living, Licensed Group Home where our family atmosphere and qualified caregivers provide our residents compassionate care, a dignified, safe and secure living environment.Residents will enjoy the same activities and interests they always have. Helping...

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61 reviews

Coming into this facility, it allows an individual to feel like home when they’re in the presence of a great team from front to back. Excellent care plans put together as well as staffing appropriately with...

Provides: Memory Care
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For nearly 25 years, Arden Courts Memory Care has catered to the special needs of individuals with memory loss. Staffed by specially trained caregivers, Arden Courts cares for individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Each community features home like common areas,...

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Azalea at Cinnaminson

605 US Route 130, Cinnaminson, NJ 08077

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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36 reviews

What we like the most about the community is the location, their staff, the overall atmosphere and design. Yes, we would recommend The Azalea of Cinnaminson community to other families based on the...

Best of Senior Living All Star
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
See all Leisure Care, LLC/One Eighty communities

NOW OPEN! Azalea at Cinnaminson offers life-enhancing independent living, assisted living, and memory care in Cinnaminson, New Jersey. Here, you and your family can expect high-end hospitality and concierge-level services that inspire and delight. Everything in our community is designed to...

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Sycamore Trace

1098 Bradford Way, Kingston, TN 37763

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98 reviews

Visiting my mother and knowing she so well cared for and happy keeps me at ease. This place is well maintained with a very courteous staff! They always go above and beyond. I’m thankful to know I don’t have...

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Best Activities
Provides: Assisted Living
See all Greenbrier Senior Living communities

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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North Woods Village at Edison Lakes

1409 East Day Road, Mishawaka, IN 46545

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51 reviews

Northwoods Village at Edison Lakes is by far one of the best memory care facilities in the Michiana area. We toured many facilities for our Mother and Northwoods was hands down the best!! The staff are so...

Provides: Memory Care
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North Woods Village Edison Lakes provides residents with an assisted living community that is located in Mishawaka, Indiana, a part of St. Joseph County. This community offers residents a comfortable place to live, and the city of Mishawaka is a beautiful location to visit or to call home. Guests...

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Keystone Woods

2335 N Madison Ave, Anderson, IN 46011

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24 reviews

Staff is very friendly. Residents express a good feeling. Activities Department is fabulous. I enjoy all of the outings. I go to all events that are offered. Some apartments could use a refresh maintenance...

Provides: Assisted Living
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Keystone Woods is a licensed assisted living community that offers comfortable one-bedroom apartments and 24-hour services tailored to our residents' needs. Close to shopping, dining, hospitals, and doctors' offices, our community has many gracious features, including a beauty shop, private...

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Cogir of Cedar Creek

500 N Westberry Blvd, Madera, CA 93637

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.9
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45 reviews

They ensure the level of care a resident's doctor recommends is taken into account and is followed for the well-being of the resident.

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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We are locally owned yet professionally managed by Integral Senior Living.

Hearthstone Communities - Sterling Heights

36688 Briarcliff Road, Sterling Heights, MI 48312

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.9
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73 reviews

My mother-in-law has been a resident at Hearthstone in Sterling Heights for the last three years. She is happy, well cared for, and safe. When you ask her if she likes her home, she will tell you, “if...

Best of Senior Living All Star
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Provides: Memory Care, Care Homes
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Welcome to HearthStone Communities. Assisted Living, Licensed Group Home where our family atmosphere and qualified caregivers provide our residents compassionate care, a dignified, safe and secure living environment.Residents will enjoy the same activities and interests they always have. Helping...

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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.