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Independent Living near Galena, Illinois
Peterson Meadows
6401 Newburg Road, Rockford, IL 61108
Peterson Meadows is an independent living community that is located in Rockford, IL. This community provides seniors with a great place to live in a location that offers much to do and see. Rockford is a part of Winnebago County, and it provides opportunities to get out and have fun. Residents of...
Parkside
6902 Parkside Circle, DeForest, WI 53532
Parkside Independent and Assisted Living in De Forest, WI, is located just 10 minutes north of Madison, WI. With its rich farmland, and rolling hills, De Forest is an up and coming community that is experiencing continuous growth — making it a desirable area for families. Residents who live at...
The Waterford at Fitchburg
5440 Caddis Bend, Fitchburg, WI 53711
Get to know the warm, friendly environment at The Waterford at Fitchburg and you'll see how thoughtful amenities and world-class services come together in harmony. Residents at our Independent Living and Assisted Living community in Fitchburg, WI, are afforded the privacy and freedom to live a...
Westshire Village at the Lake
5477 Westshire Circle, Waunakee, WI 53597
The Stratford Building offers a variety of floor plans, ranging from our 870 square foot 1 bedroom and 1 bath to a 1334 square foot 2 bedroom and 2 baths. The homes in our Stratford Building include a full Frigidaire Brand appliance package; complete with stove, refrigerator, dishwasher AND full...
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The Villages of Marion
365 Marion Blvd, Marion, IA 52302
The Villages at Marion offer a peaceful atmosphere for residents. Village Place, the Independent Living Facility, provides carefree living and a community of friends. While at Village Ridge, the Assisted Living Facility, you will be able to maintain an independent lifestyle with the individual...
Quarry Ridge Retirement Community (Opening Spring 2022)
2851 Fitchrona Road, Madison, WI 53711
Quarry Ridge, the luxurious Resort Lifestyle Community, is currently under construction on Fitchrona Road in Fitchburg. We look forward to opening brand new during the Spring of 2022! Quarry Ridge will offer all of the comforts and conveniences of modern-day living that allow you to enjoy your...
Legacy Pointe
1020 S Scott Blvd, Iowa City, IA 52240
The Legacy Community is a retirement community that is located in Iowa City, Iowa and opened in 2001. We have three different communities located on our campus Independent Living, Assisted Living, & Memory Care. The retirement home is a beautiful graceful building that is admired by many in the...
Ingleside Communities Residential Care Apartments
405 N 8th St, Mt Horeb, WI 53572
Arlington Place at Oelwein
1101 3rd Street SW, Oelwein, IA 50662
Arlington Place at Oelwein is located in beautiful Northeast Iowa and offers Independent Living Townhomes, Assisted Living and Memory Care apartments. Positioned on the West side of Oelwein near secluded woodlands and peaceful residential neighborhoods. Arlington Place has been providing...
Sterling Towers
2403 E 19th Street, Sterling, IL 61081
Sterling Towers is a senior housing community for residents over 62 years of age and those with disabilities. It is located in the quiet and cozy city of Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois. Sterling is a small city of less than six square miles surrounded by fertile farmland with four distinct...
TLC Living Community
508 Roosevelt Road, Machesney Park, IL 61115
TLC Living Community Where it feels like home, because it is home. TLC Living Community is a newly constructed, 92 apartment assisted living community, Phase 1 completed in March 2020. Located on six acres in Machesney Park, Illinois, it offers an ideal location close to retail, shopping,...
Garnett Place
202 35th Street Dr SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
Garnett Place Retirement Community offers the best of both worlds! While close to shopping, medical services and entertainment, the community sits in a quiet, wooded area with natural surroundings and wildlife to view. Friendly, compassionate, and dedicated staff make Garnett Place easy to call...
Palmer Hills
2617 Maplecrest Road, Bettendorf, IA 52722
Palmer Hills provides a fulfilling, independent lifestyle in a welcoming environment. Tucked away in a quiet suburb of Bettendorf, residents love the convenience of living in this charming and bustling community. You'll appreciate being just minutes from shopping, medical offices and numerous...
The Views of Cedar Rapids
3005 F Avenue Northwest, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405
The Views Senior Living is proud to be locally owned! For the last 14 years, The Views has built a reputation of trusted quality care as the premier assisted living provider in Cedar Rapids and innovative leaders in a one-of-a-kind healing design memory care program. Their current locations,...
Park Vista Retirement Living
1810 Park Vista Drive, Camanche, IA 52730
Grand Victorian of Rockford Independent & Assisted Living
3495 McFarland Road, Rockford, IL 61114
The Grand Victorian of Rockford is located in an all-American city of 150,000 with all the attractions and services of a large metropolis but with the pace and lifestyle of a smaller town. Nicknamed 'The Forest City,' Rockford is a city of tree-lined streets and quiet, friendly neighborhoods. The...
Luther Center
111 W State St, Rockford, IL 61102
Brown Deer Place
1500 1st Ave, Coralville, IA 52241
We want to make sure you feel comfortable and at home when you live with us at Brown Deer Place. Our Life Enrichment Program offers fun, engaging and purposeful activities that our residents want to participate in. Just ask us about Live 2B Healthy, Music Speaks or our other special events! ...
Sienna Crest - Darlington
1619 Fayette Rd, Darlington, WI 53530
Founded in 1997, Sienna Crest offers eight different assisted living communities throughout southern Wisconsin that offer seniors citizens a high quality of life and helps guide families through the important process of helping their loved ones transition to assisted living. Sienna Crest ù...
The Legacy of DeForest
6639 Pederson Crossing, DeForest, WI 53532
The Legacy of DeForest, open since 2019, strives to provide each resident with a unique living environment that promotes and supports each resident's dignity, individuality, independence, self determination, privacy and choice.The community is located in a serene location in DeForest, Wisconsin,...
Oak Village Senior Residences
101 S 11th St, Marion, IA 52302
Designed for persons: 62+ Oak Village offers a relaxed lifestyle yet is situated near downtown, shopping, restaurants, library and other conveniences. An on-site beauty/barber shop is available as are laundry facilities, a community room and patio area for your enjoyment. Utilities are included....
Village Place
345 Marion Blvd, Marion, IA 52302
The Villages at Marion features three types of apartment living. Located near shopping and restaurants, Village Place Independent Living is next to Thomas Park, in Marion, Iowa. This peaceful setting offers residents casual living and an opportunity to maintain long-term friendships and...
Ellen Kennedy Living Center a CCRC
1177 7th Street SW, Dyersville, IA 52040
The Ellen Kennedy Living Center is an assisted living community located in the picturesque Midwestern town of Dyersville, Iowa. Outside the immediate vicinity of large cities like Cedar Rapids and Des Moines, Ellen Kennedy Living Center residents enjoy the charming view of unbroken plains with...
Westover Manor
205 40th Street Dr SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
Westover Manor is centrally located in a beautiful part of southeast Cedar Rapids, shaded by trees, occupied with wildlife and is close to a shopping and dining district. Westover Manor offers a variety of activities such as bingo, cards, senior friendly exercises, sewing, potlucks and occasional...
Noel Manor Retirement
471 Prairie Way Blvd, Verona, WI 53593
Open since November 2016, Noel Manor Retirement Living is located in a serene setting in Verona, Wisconsin. Our mission is "taking care of our loved ones with compassion and grace." It is reflected in our core values of dignity, transparency, collaboration, and compassion.Our commitment in...
Pa Peterson At The Citadel
1311 Parkview Ave, Rockford, IL 61107
Faust Landmark Apartments
630 E State Street, Rockford, IL 61104
Faust Landmark, located in Rockford, Illinois, is a high-rise affordable senior housing apartment community for independent-minded seniors, and those with physical limitations, on a fixed or low income. Faust Landmark is a beautifully renovated and remodeled historical building. At the Faust,...
Senior Star at Elmore Place
4500 Elmore Ave, Davenport, IA 52807
Welcome to Senior Star at Elmore Place! Elmore Place is an independent living, assisted living, and memory care community in Davenport, Iowa. Located south of 53rd street off and west of Elmore Avenue, excellent shopping, entertainment and other destinations are just a short shuttle drive...
Waunakee Manor
801 S Klein Dr, Waunakee, WI 53597
Welcome to Waunakee Manor, a Continuing Care Retirement Community serving the Greater Madison area since 1974. At Waunakee Manor, we strive to ensure that throughout all of life’s stages, we’ve got you covered. We offer senior living solutions across the Continuum of Care ranging from short term...
Sienna Crest - Dodgeville
404 E Madison St, Dodgeville, WI 53533
The Dodgeville, Wisconsin, location of the Sienna Crest Assisted Living Corporation was founded in 1997 to provide a quality, respectful service for the elderly and chronically ill. At Sienna Crest, we pride ourselves in supporting family members who may be struggling with the necessary choices...
The Gardens of Cedar Rapids
5710 Dean Rd SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
Park Vista -North Hill
1451 20th Ave, East Moline, IL 61244
Park Vista Retirement Living offers both assisted and independent living options in 1 and 2 bedroom apartments as well as spacious villas. nestled in 12 wooded acres, our residents enjoy a park-like setting that is inviting in all seasons. Tastefully decorated, our community is a comfortable...
Bickford of Rockford
960 North Mulford, Rockford, IL 61107
We began our quest into senior living because of our love for our beloved mother, Mary Bickford, whose needs became too great for us to manage. As we researched senior living options, we were shocked at our findings. The options offered too much or too little — none met her...
Eagle Pointe Place
2700 Matthew John Drive, Dubuque, IA 52002
Eagle Pointe Place is an Senior Living Community located in Dubuque, Iowa. We are on the end of a residential street in the northwest corner of town just south of the Dubuque Soccer Complex. We are minutes away from Dubuque's beautiful parks, accessible fishing piers and the Mississippi...
Cedar Village Senior Residences
193 Jacolyn Dr NW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405
Designed for persons: 62+ At Cedar Village, you can't help but feel at home. The spacious one-bedroom apartments, adjacent to a park, are especially designed for seniors. Conveniently located, this apartment community offers off street parking, laundry facilities, an on-site beauty/barber shop,...
The Jefferson
9401 Old Sauk Road, Middleton, WI 53562
The Jefferson has been here for over 16 years near beautiful farmland, Pope Farm and corn fields.We have senior care on site to offer Assisted Living. Our staff members have longevity over 15 years and more. We have won "Best Place to Live" 2018 and "Best Place to Work 3 years in a row. We are...
Anam Care of Rockford
8104 Sayer Road, Rockford, IL 61108
Anam Care, which is part of the Anam Campus in Rockford, is designed to meet, in the most loving way possible, the specialized needs of all who are affected with a dementia, including Alzheimer's, Lewy Body, Parkinson's and Frontal-temporal dementias, memory loss and cognitive impairment. ...
Woodland Park Assisted Living
1207 E 3rd St, Anamosa, IA 52205
Huntington Place
3801 North Wright Road, Janesville, WI 53546
At Huntington Place we are committed to providing an environment for our seniors that emphasizes family, friends and community. Within our community you will experience a warm atmosphere where quality of care and quality of life go hand-in-hand. Huntington Place...
Whitcomb Square Apartments
4929 Whitcomb Dr., Madison, WI 53711
The Whitcomb Square Apartments are a senior housing community that is located in the large capital city of Madison, Dane County, WI. In fact, Madison is the second largest city in all of Wisconsin. The community is ideally located directly across from the Odanna Hills Golf Course and is...
Keystone Place at Forevergreen
1275 W Forevergreen Rd, North Liberty, IA 52317
Discover Keystone Place at Forevergreen, a new rental independent living and assisted living community:* Monthly rental with no large entrance fee or buy in* Spacious, well-appointed one and two bedroom/two bathroom independent living apartment homes complete with full kitchens* Exceptional...
Henry Stout
125 W. Ninth Street, Dubuque, IA 52001
An affordable luxury apartment home community built on the promise of independent, carefree living for seniors 55 years and better. With many reasons to enjoy life and have peace of mind. Professionally managed by Horizon which develops, builds and manages apartment homes for seniors that are...
The Estates of North Liberty (Opening Summer 2021)
303 5th St, Ste 103, Coralville, IA 52241
Garden View Place
800 Darby Drive, Monona, IA 52159
Garden View Place Assisted Living and Memory Care Community is a staple in Northeast Iowa for seniors who value independence, freedom of choice, and the company of those who share common values and lifestyles. Our friendly and caring staff is here to make life a little easier and a lot more...
Prairie Ridge of Galena
1 Prairie Ridge Drive, Galena, IL 61036
Prairie Ridge of Galena is the area's premier Independent Living and Memory Care community. Located in beautiful and historic Galena, Illinois, our state-of-the-art building began welcoming residents in August 2017. Residents of Prairie Ridge can expect the very best in retirement living; from...
Oak Park Place - Dubuque
1381 Oak Park Place, Dubuque, IA 52002
Here in Dubuque, Iowa lies a gem in senior living communities. Oak Park Place not only offers assisted living, but independent living, and memory care as well. Our goal here is to better the lives of our residents. Striving to keep them active, we offer countless opportunities to enhance and...
Parkview Home
1234 S Park Blvd, Freeport, IL 61032
The Suites of Bettendorf (Opening Fall 2021)
2550 Middle Rd, Ste 402, Bettendorf, IA 52722
Boyson Heights Senior Living (Opening Early 2021)
765 Boyson Rd NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Boyson Heights is a community that encompasses everything necessary to live a maintenance-free, active and engaged lifestyle. Regardless of the lifestyle option you choose you will find the warm experience and opportunities you’ve been looking for, along with 14 different spacious and affordable...
Galena, Illinois
Independent Living
If you or your loved one would benefit from the convenience of having housekeeping and chores taken care of by professionalls while living the way you desire, consider an Independent Living Community. Frequent needs such as meal planning and the scheduling of social activities are accounted for, which provides residents more opportunities to live life as they see fit. Along with their daily needs being met, residents can enjoy the opportunity to be among peers, surrounded by others of similar ages and interests. Typically consisting of a private living space and a full kitchen, these communities offer homes with many of the amenities of apartment life but without the hassle. Guests can be invited over and entertained, and more time can be spent with them with the basic maintenance of daily tasks out of the way. While policies vary between locations, a number of residences allow cats and dogs as well. Nursing and health care services may always be arranged for with independent care providers as desired. There are an assortment of expenditures and benefits to consider when choosing an independent living community. It is important to figure out if these amenities are covered in your service plan: utilities, internet access, transportation, field trips, Waiting list deposit, meals, parking, and initial assessment fee. The amenities that pertain to independent living include restaurant-style dining hall, golf course, healthcare center, laundry service, beauty salon & barber shop, transportation, security guards, and fitness center & swimming pool.
Cost of Living
Cost of living can be the major factor in determining which community meets the needs of your loved one. Per month, the median rent in Galena is about $719 and the median home value in Galena is about $150,486. The rent burden for Galena is about 15.6% of the average person’s monthly income.
Demographics and Values
Demographically, Galena is 0.2% mixed race, 0.4% other or not specified, 11.8% Hispanic, 98.9% white, 0.0% Native American, 0.0% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, and 0.5% black. In Galena, 11.1% of the people are veterans of the United States military. Based on gender, 48.2% are male and 51.8% are female. The median age of Galena is 44 years old. In Galena, 7.7% consider themselves widows, 6.8% do not have health insurance, 61.2% participate in the labor force, and 10.5% have some form of disability. Of the population of Galena 8.3% have a graduate degree, 22.7% have a college degree, and 33.2% have a high-school diploma. The current population of Galena consists of 2,976 people and in total the Galena metro area has a population of 3,225. Galena has a population density of 279 people per square mile.
State Information
An overview of Illinois
Based on natural beauty, Illinois ranks 43rd in the nation. The state of Illinois has 199 hospitals and 383 health centers, providing care to a population of 12,696,123. The three highest ranked hospitals in Illinois are Sherman Hospital, Sam Health St. Mary’s Hospital – Centralia, and And Midwestern Region Medical Center. Out of a national average of 100, Illinois has a cost of living index rating of 96, a grocery index rating of 94, and a housing index rating of 87. Overall, Illinois ranks 35th in quality of life and 22nd in healthcare compared to other US states.
Social demographics of the state
The state has a median age of 38 and 29% of its population being over the age of 55. The state of Illinois ranks 10th in the country for diversity, and the state is considered LGBTQ friendly. Thirty-four percent of Illinois residents regularly attend a religious service from one of the state’s 12,453 different congregations. The top three non-Christian denominations in the state are Jewish-2%, Muslim-<1%, and Buddhist-<1%, with the most common Christian denominations consisting of Evangelical Protestant-20%, Mainline Protestant-16%, and Historically Black Protestant-7%. In Illinois there are 518 masonic lodges. In the most recent presidential election, 39% of Illinois residents voted Republican and 56% voted Democrat.
State-wide weather information
During the summer, the average temperature in Illinois is around 73F. Over the summer months the average high temperature peaks at around 91F during the month of July. In the summer, the average low temperature drops to around 53F during the month of June. During the winter, the average temperature in Illinois drops to around 28F. The average high winter temperature is around 49F in the month of February. In the winter months, the average low temperature falls to around 10F during the month of January. On average, the state receives 3.33 inches of precipitation a month. The average amount of precipitation peaks during the month of May at around 6.02 inches. On average, the humidity rating for Illinois is around 71%. Humidity levels tend to reach their peak in the month of December at around 78%. On average, Illinois has an air quality index rating of around 37.7 AQI. The highest seasonal air quality index rating occurs in the month of May with a rating of 54.5 AQI. While residents of Illinois mostly enjoy pleasant conditions, it’s important to be aware of inclement weather as well, which in Illinois can include floods, earthquakes (moderate), and and tornadoes.
Wildlife to be found in Illinois
The state of Illinois has a diverse array of plant and animal life. Local plant life can consist of black snakeroot, blazing star, bird’s foot violet, and bloodroot. While venturing throughout the state, you might see animals such as the American pygmy shrew, the big brown bat, the American black bear, or the cougar. The state animal of Illinois is the white-tailed deer.
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Sterling Towers, Sienna Crest - Darlington and Pa Peterson At The Citadel are the top rated independent living facilities near Galena, Illinois. See full list of communities.
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