The U.S. News Best Senior Living finder features each community’s ratings on independent living, assisted living, memory care and continuing care retirement.
U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice, today revealed its 2023-2024 Best Senior Living ratings to assist seniors and their families with researching and choosing the best senior living community for them.
Now in its second year, U.S. News’ Best Senior Living ratings evaluate nearly 4,000 communities in the U.S. in one or more of the following categories: independent living, assisted living, memory care and continuing care retirement.
“U.S. News provides in-depth information on multiple community types to help potential residents and their families find, in consultation with their doctors as needed, the best place to help meet their needs,” said Zach Adams, senior health data engineer at U.S. News. “Communities that are highly rated excel in making residents feel safe, well cared for and highly satisfied by the services provided.”
For the 2023-2024 ratings overall, 43% of all communities surveyed earned at least one “Best” recognition. Additionally, there are 17 senior living companies with more than 20 participating communities that received awards for more than half of those communities:
Kisco Senior Living: 86% of communities recognized
HumanGood: 85% of communities recognized
Brightview Senior Living: 84% of communities recognized
Aegis Living: 83% of communities recognized
Principal Senior Living Group: 80% of communities recognized
Brandywine Living: 77% of communities recognized
Leisure Care: 75% of communities recognized
Agemark Senior Living: 71% of communities recognized
The Arbor Company: 70% of communities recognized
Americare Senior Living: 68% of communities recognized
Morning Pointe Senior Living: 65% of communities recognized
Benchmark Senior Living: 63% of communities recognized
Ebenezer Senior Living: 62% of communities recognized
Belmont Village Senior Living: 53% of communities recognized
Grace Management: 53% of communities recognized
Sunrise Senior Living: 52% of communities recognized
Sagora Senior Living: 51% of communities recognized
To be recognized as one of the 2023-2024 U.S. News Best Senior Living communities, individual locations had to earn a specific final weighted score tabulated in the independent methodology developed by the U.S. News health data analytics team.
The U.S. News Best Senior Living finder features each community’s ratings on independent living, assisted living, memory care and continuing care retirement. As part of the community finder tool, U.S. News created new senior living profiles that include photos and detailed information for communities that participated in this year’s survey.
I have pictures and facts detailing poor maintenance and service at Brookdale Lakeshore in Chicago. I am a new resident who is now contractually obligated here for a year. I can back all this up with pictures and emails.
Please be very careful when selecting senior living, everyone here has told me is that given what senior care is like - this is one of the better ones. I think it’s time for a seniors to get what we are paying for.