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We toured many places when my father in law was in need of care we could no longer give him. The place he was at turned out to be horrible. We knew we would never put my mother in law in a place like that....
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Aston Gardens at The Courtyards is a well-established independent living and assisted living community offering Alzheimer's care in the heart of Sun City Center, Florida. Aston Gardens at The Courtyards sits within three miles of shopping, golfing, medical centers, a public library and many...
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Overall a very welcoming setting and staff. The rooms were perfect for the residents in terms of size. They kept the place immaculately. It felt like you were walking into a house. I felt welcomed there....
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Cloudberry Lodge at Brandon welcomes members to an inviting and homelike atmosphere. With our staff that is resident centered focused. We offer spacious private suites where one can maintain their independence and physical well-being. Members can enjoy an active and social calendar. We are pet...
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Everyone working there is very friendly. The facility is kept very clean. The thing most important to me is that my mother needs a lot of care and the girls that work with her really do a nice job. I would...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Welcome to Cypress Creek, Sun City Center’s premier senior living residence!Being privately owned and family operated, the rich heritage of Cypress Creek Assisted Living Residence is founded upon enhancing the quality of life through a family-focused model and personalized care.Since 1977, the...
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Staff there has been very responsive to anything I ask of them and they were great with my family when my mom passed away. They have helped me look after my stepdad and helped him transition through all of...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Located in the heart of Sun City Center, Florida and convenient to Tampa, St. Petersburg and the beautiful beaches. Offering Assisted Living, Memory Care, Adult Day Care and Respite in the greater Tampa Bay Area. We are pet friendly, close to beaches, shopping and hospitals. We offer daycare from...
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My father is doing absolutely great. All of the staff at Twin Creeks are absolutely great, hard working people. They communicate with me all the time if a situation comes up dealing with my father. Twins...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
An approach to Assisted Living and Memory Care in Riverview that keeps each resident’s specific andINDIVIDUAL NEEDS IN MIND.
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The staff at Belvedere Commons of Sun City Center was excellent from the moment we entered. Very friendly and helpful. They had answers for all of our questions. The amenities were everything that we were...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Belvedere Commons of Sun City Center is a vibrant assisted living and memory care community just minutes south of Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida. Uniquely placed in a beautiful residential setting, Belvedere Commons is a warm, supportive place to call home, and a wonderful place for friends...
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The residents are warm and welcoming and easy to get to know. The layout in the main building ensures you never have far to walk to get someplace. The management team works hard to set up your apartment as...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Freedom Plaza: Assisted Living in Sun City Center, FLSometimes all you need is a helping hand, and that’s just what you’ll get at Freedom Plaza Assisted Living and Memory Care, the community for premier assisted living in Sun City Center, FL. We’ll help with all the basic activities of daily...
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My husband was in Magnolia for 5 months. He was a fall risk and wheelchair bound and had developed dementia. Therefore, I could not care for him at home. All of the staff were wonderful to him - and to...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
We believe that when a resident walks in our door, he/she becomes a part of our family. We pledge to love and care for each resident as a mother, a father, an aunt, an uncle, a grandmother, or a grandfather. We extend this personal touch to all of our residents and will do all that we can to...
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Our family had an in person tour with The Crossings and that really was my first choice of where I wanted to put my husband, mainly because it's closer to our house. But they determined that they were not...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
The Crossings at Riverview located in Riverview, Hillsborough County, Florida is an assisted living community also providing specialized memory care resources for those with Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia. Riverview is conveniently accessible to Interstates 4 and 75 and sits along the...
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I became disabled at the age of 58. Where do you go? I moved to Aston Gardens, Sun City Center in 2012. Not able to stand in the kitchen to cook? No need, we have a dining room with lots of food choices....
Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Aston Gardens at Sun City Center is an independent senior living community in the heart of Sun City Center, Florida, a premier retirement city. Aston Gardens at Sun City Center is within a three mile radius of five golf courses (it sits on one of them!), three grocery stores, two medical centers...
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The staff members at Homewood are excellent and very friendly, they would be a five plus. We also think the value is good, and the care services are excellent. We think the rooms would be a five out of five.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Here you’ll have the right care at the right time.Are you looking for a senior living community where you can access to different levels of care if you need it? At our CCRC, or Continuing Care Retirement Community, in Sun City Center, Florida,  you’ll have the care you need when you need it...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
At The Bridges, we pride ourselves on providing exceptional care and a truly exceptional lifestyle for our residents. Our 5 star Google reviews speak for themselves - we go above and beyond to ensure our residents feel at home and truly enjoy their golden years. From our extensive amenities to...
Provides: Assisted Living, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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I am local, and researched many assisted living facilities in Sun City Center and found Sun Towers to be the best fit for my Dad. We moved him here July 2017 from Connecticut to be closer to me. All...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Nursing Homes
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.

What families are saying about independent living in Balm

Recent reviews for independent living in Balm

Canopy at Walden Woods in Plant City, FL

5.0
She pulled the fire alarm and tried to escape and the Canopy did have her taken to the hospital to get her settled down. Which I think was fine. They did not Baker Act her. The place she was at before did baker act her 2 times for misbehavior. They also refused to take her back. Made it very ...
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Sun Towers in Sun City Center, FL

5.0
The service was outstanding because [of] the personnel [was] outstanding. The personnel [was] outstanding because the supervisory and management was outstanding.

Promise Pointe at Tampa Oaks in Temple Terrace, FL

5.0
The staff is excellent in treatment of us. The people are very contented and happy to talk with each other. The entertainment is well thought out and provide ways to meet and greet. Games are pleasant, Exercise classes Keep us fit and healthy, Food is very good and tasty!

Cost of independent living in Balm, FL

The average cost of senior living in Balm is 3707.2 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Gulf City, FL with an average of 3703.26 per month.

Average monthly cost of Independent Living in Balm, FL vs. nearby cities

Balm, FL

$3,707/mo

Gulf City, FL

$3,703/mo

Welcome, FL

$3,717/mo

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What is independent living?

Independent living offers a stress-free lifestyle for older adults. Independent living communities don’t provide personal care or supervision, but do offer generally healthy adults opportunities for socialization and hassle-free living. Independent living services often include:

  • Nutritious meals and snacks
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry
  • Home maintenance and repairs
  • Social activities and outings
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Grace Manor at Hunter's Creek, The Princess Martha and Aston Gardens at Courtyards are the top rated independent living facilities near Balm, Florida. See full list of communities.

There are 19 independent living facilities near Balm, Florida. See the full list.

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