Places With the Best Services for Seniors

Burgess Square Healthcare Centre is the highest rated facility for senior citizens in the Midwest on Yelp. It prides itself on being a family-run, stand alone center. In addition to daily games, activities and exercise and cooking classes, the center also offers musical events and animal therapy to residents.

Part of the Horizon Realty Group, Evanston’s signature senior living, as it calls itself, is family owned and has been operating in the Chicago metropolitan area for more than three decades. The senior center prides itself in providing customized assistance — developing a care plan based on individual basis residents’ physical, emotional, and social needs. The Merion’s proximity to Northwestern University gives residents easy access to continuing education.

U.S. News & World Report recently rated St. Paul’s, a nonprofit and rent-free home, among the best nursing homes in the country. It has been open since 1921. According to the center’s website, what sets it apart is the memory care offered, which is designed to assist residents with memory loss.

The center is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, an esteemed health care accrediting group, which accredits more than 21,000 health care organizations and programs. Whitehall was awarded the “National Quality Approval Seal,” which means it has met high national performance standards.

Texas Family Services is the top rated senior center in the South, according to Yelp reviews. Operating in the Austin area since 2010, the facility says on its website it has hospice as well as home health and case management experience. Texas Family Service offers independent living options ranging from apartments to retirement communities.

The Village’s outreach program claims to provide a holistic approach, with focus on the mind, body, and spirit. The center says its main objective is to help people live a healthy life by providing caregiver support, nutrition, illness prevention. Dance, exercise, creative arts, and even competitive games are also offered.

Brookdale says it wants to create a socially connected community to challenge its residents and lift their spirits. Some of the programs the facility has designed to do so include Optimum Life, a holistic program helping people make their dreams a reality; and Brookdale Celebrates, which introduces an annual theme encouraging people to unleash their imaginations.

Pacifica Senior Living Forest Trace is the highest ranking senior center on the East Coast, according to Yelp reviews. The facility prides itself in its amenities, which include a 30-acre lake, one- and two-bedroom apartments with balconies, happy hour cocktails, a tennis court, and a heated pool.

Sterling Aventura, which offers memory care services, advertises itself as a resort-style living with a location just five miles away from the beach and in the vicinity of many local attractions. Programs and new clubs are created at the request and with the help of residents.

United Hebrew has been operating in the Westchester County region since 1919. Now, the 7.5-acre comprehensive care campus takes care of more than 1,000 residents. The facility has been named among the “Best Nursing Home” by U.S. News & World Report, “America’s Best For Extended Care” by Women’s Choice Awards, and has received the Bronze Award for quality by the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living.

Providence Place is the top rated senior center on the West Coast because it has the most positive Yelp reviews. Providence offers assisted living, dementia care, and flexible day care services, which can provide up to six to 12 hours of respite for family caregivers. The service is also available for seniors who need additional care.

Assisted Living Connections is in second place in the West Coast region because it got just one fewer positive review on Yelp than Providence Palace. Serving as local guides, the facility helps the elderly find the perfect senior center for their needs. In addition to Thousand Oaks, California, Assisted Living Connections covers Agoura Hills, Westlake Village, Simi Valley, and the vicinity.

Forever Young specializes in what it calls “purposeful living” by engaging residents on individual basis through various ways, including hobbies, music, and the outdoors. The facility was created based on how the owner wished his grandmother would live.

American Senior Home Finders’ purpose is to help seniors find the best assisted living community or residential care home for their needs. The family-owned business also offers guidance for the relatives at home on how to cope during the initial adjustment period.

This is another service, the goal of which is to find the right assisted living facility for senior citizens, without charging the relatives a consultation fee.

Raya’s Paradise prides itself on providing a feeling of warmth, comfort, and coziness. The facility provides services for incontinence, diabetes, hypertension, medication supervision, among other services. WanderGuard, a device to help people with “wandering issues” due to dementia, is also available.

Lakeside Park specializes in caring for people with dementia. The retirement home is located near Lake Merritt and the Lakeside Park, which is best known for its accessibility. Shopping, dining, entertainment and health care in Berkeley are easily accessible. Living accommodations range from a studio to a shared suite.