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Assisted living costs in Cardiff average about $6,671 per month. To find the best assisted living options for your needs and budget, browse through 339 communities in Cardiff. Our detailed directory has 7244 reviews, photos, and lists of available services, amenities, and activities. You may also consider nearby communities such as Havre de Grace, White Marsh and Perry Hall.

Assisted living is ideal for seniors who need help with activities of daily living, such as bathing and eating, and prefer a social setting to pursue their interests. These communities offer a variety of dining options, as well as housekeeping services to eliminate daily stresses. 

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Provides: Assisted 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.
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Provides: Assisted 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.
Caritas House Assisted Living is part of the Jenkins Senior Living Community, a long-standing senior community set on a scenic hill overlooking Baltimore. It is a 60-unit studio apartment community located just off the freeway, next to a hospital.The mental, physical and spiritual well being of...
Provides: Assisted 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.
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They are very clean, and very friendly, very caring. The activities are charted out for the month. I would reccommend this facility to anyone looking for options for their loved one. They were very caring...
Provides: Memory Care, Residential Care Home
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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.
Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
The Family Touch Assisted Living The Family Touch Assisted Living is a senior residential care home that is located in the small, unincorporated city of Windsor Mill, MD and in Baltimore county. Windsor Mill is only about 7 square miles in total, giving the city a small-town feel. The group home...
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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.
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Provides: Assisted 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.
Serene Manor is a Pennsylvania non profit corporation, and it is committed to affordable senior housing and care.Our management team is made of experienced, highly qualified professionals who are dedicated to making Serene Manor one of the premier Personal Care Homes in Pennsylvania.Our...
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This is a very nice community with a very good staff. This is the best that we have ever been. The care is just excellent. We have had a bad experience and this time it has been great. Mom really is doing...
Provides: Assisted 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.
Harvest View Personal Care & Woodland Heights is a senior living community located on the campus of Woodland Heights in Narvon, PA which is considered an unincorporated community in Lancaster County. Residents can enjoy getting their daily exercise and taking quiet walks, shopping in nearby...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Residential Care Home
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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.
Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent 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.
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.
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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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, 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.
Provides: Assisted 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.
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Provides: Assisted 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.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, 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.
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.
Carroll Lutheran Village is a not-for-profit life plan community. For over 40 years, we have helped individuals achieve their personal best in our full-service continuing care retirement community, which is why we’ve been recognized as Carroll’s Best for retirement living, assisted living and...
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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.
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.
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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.
Provides: Memory Care, Residential Care Home
Care types provided by this community
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.
Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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My loved one is doing very well here. He is being cared for very well here. I'am happy with everything they have done for us. The staff is patient and very caring towards the residents. They do a good job...
Provides: Assisted 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.
Ingleside Homes offers affordable assisted living to all fail seniors, regardless of income, who need assistance with two or more activities of assisted living such as eating, bathing and dressing.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Residential Care Home
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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.
Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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Provides: Assisted 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.
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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.
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 have no worries or concerns and the staff is sweet and caring. Location and cost were my top priority reasons. But we are so glad we chose Pasadena Home Care!My mom is past being involved in activities, ...
Provides: Assisted Living, Residential Care Home
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.
Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
Pasadena Home Care is a fascinating and vibrant senior care home located in the region of Pasadena, Maryland in the Montgomery County. Our home is well designed and structured to accommodate all seniors in the best way possible. It is customized and furnished with modern equipment that aid in...
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Provides: Memory Care, Residential Care Home
Care types provided by this community
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.
Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.
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Provides: Memory Care, Residential Care Home
Care types provided by this community
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.
Care Homes: Residential care homes are shared neighborhood homes for seniors who need a live-in caregiver to assist with activities of daily living, like dressing and bathing.

Cost of assisted living in Cardiff, MD

The average cost of senior living in Cardiff is $6,671 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Dundalk, MD with an average of $5,882 per month.

Assisted living costs in Cardiff, MD, vs. state and national averages

Cardiff, MD
$6,671/mo
U.S. national average
$5,830/mo

Assisted living costs in Cardiff, MD, vs. other senior living options

Assisted Living
$6,671/mo
$7,783/mo

Assisted living costs in Cardiff, MD, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$4,161/mo
Studio
$5,457/mo
1 Bedroom
$6,788/mo
2 Bedroom
$8,073/mo

Senior living costs in Cardiff vs. state and national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: Cardiff, MD
Column state: Maryland
Column national: U.S.
Community typeCardiff, MDMarylandU.S.
Assisted Living$6,671/mo$6,951/mo$5,830/mo
Memory Care$7,783/mo$8,003/mo$6,999/mo
Independent Living$3,580/mo$4,117/mo$3,520/mo
Assisted Living
Cardiff, MD:$6,671/mo
Maryland:$6,951/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Memory Care
Cardiff, MD:$7,783/mo
Maryland:$8,003/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
Independent Living
Cardiff, MD:$3,580/mo
Maryland:$4,117/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
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Assisted living costs in Cardiff, MD, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly assisted living costs have shifted over the past five years in Cardiff and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent quarterly averages of what seniors actually paid after moving into A Place for Mom partner communities.

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Assisted living cost trends in Cardiff, MD

The table below shows how monthly assisted living costs in Cardiff have changed in the last two years and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent averages of actual costs paid by seniors who moved into A Place for Mom partner communities in 2023 and 2024.

Cost comparison table showing 2023 and 2024 average costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column location: Location
Column cost2024: 2024 average cost
Column cost2023: 2023 average cost
Column percentChange: Percent change
Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
Cardiff, MD$6,690/mo$6,074/mo+10.1%
Maryland$6,529/mo$6,133/mo+6.5%
National$5,510/mo$5,285/mo+4.2%
Cardiff, MD
2024 average cost:$6,690/mo
2023 average cost:$6,074/mo
Percent change:+10.1%
Maryland
2024 average cost:$6,529/mo
2023 average cost:$6,133/mo
Percent change:+6.5%
National
2024 average cost:$5,510/mo
2023 average cost:$5,285/mo
Percent change:+4.2%
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Ways to pay for Assisted Living in Cardiff, MD

Paying for assisted living may seem daunting, but knowing all your options can be empowering. Read about the many private and public payment options that families use to pay for assisted living in Cardiff.

What families are saying about assisted living in Cardiff

Recent reviews for assisted living in Cardiff

Divine Care Assisted Living Inc in Baltimore, MD

4.3
The facility ca be described as a detached home that has been very tastefully refurbished and decorated. My family and I were impressed with the cleanliness, the furniture (brand new) and it has all of the up to date amenities. Mr. Benjamin has been very kind, respectful and patient with my ...
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The Comforts of Home in Ellicott City, MD

4.6
I was referred to The Comforts of Home Randallstown location. However, that facility was full but they did have an opening in their Reisterstown location. All in all, I did like the Reisterstown location, both staff and overall facility appearance, except for the distance. Because of the ...
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Simpson Meadows in Downingtown, PA

3.9
I can't recommend the community due to the way we exited the community. We had multiple attempts to reconcile a balance due and it was never resolved and we never heard back on a resolution to this.

Cardiff review score based on 1,556 family reviews

8.4
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This proprietary review score is based on 1556 reviews of 339 Cardiff assisted living communities. All reviews were submitted in the past two years by verified community residents and family members.
The Cardiff review score informs your search by letting you see at a glance how assisted living residents and family members rate assisted living in your area. Compare review scores in multiple locations to understand how overall satisfaction rates differ from city to city. Based on recent reviews, the maximum possible score is 10.Methodology: How we calculate our city review scores

Cardiff review score compared against nearby cities

8.4
Cardiff, MD339 facilities
8.0
Dundalk, MD154 facilities
8.4
Elkton, MD44 facilities

Review subcategories for Cardiff assisted living

When assisted living residents and family members submit a review on our site, they rate each community on categories such as cleanliness, activities, meals, and more. The chart below is based on 1,556 reviews of 339 Cardiff assisted living communities. This chart helps you compare Cardiff resident and family assisted living satisfaction rates against national averages. Use it to assess your needs and develop criteria for your own search. If you know that one of these categories is important to you or your loved one, our senior living advisors can help you find communities to match your needs.
Cardiff, MD averageNational average
Cleanliness
3.2
3.4
Friendliness
3.3
3.5
Care services
3.0
3.2
Staff
3.1
3.4
Meals & dining
2.9
3.1
Activities
2.9
3.1
Value for cost*
2.9
3.1
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Cardiff assisted living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Cardiff assisted living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Cardiff, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select care services in Cardiff assisted living

Assisted living communities offer a variety of care services and visiting health care providers to meet seniors’ health needs. The chart below shows the percentage of assisted living partners in Cardiff that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Cardiff, MDNational
Full medication management
Full medication management
60.5%
53.4%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
53.4%
34.6%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
92%
96.1%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
97.3%
97.7%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
63.4%
57.6%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
34.5%
30.6%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
94.1%
96.8%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
56.9%
47.9%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
56%
53%
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Availability of select dementia care services in Cardiff assisted living

Our community partners provide many services to keep residents with dementia or other memory concerns safe and engaged. Below, take a look at what percentage of Cardiff Assisted Living partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Cardiff, MDNational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
59.6%
52%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
41%
33.4%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
52.8%
41.6%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
15.3%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Cardiff assisted living

Assisted living communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Cardiff partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Cardiff, MDNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
28%
28.1%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
49%
42.1%
No sugar
No sugar
44.5%
38.5%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
43.1%
37.4%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
28.9%
19.4%
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Availability of select dining options in Cardiff assisted living

Our assisted living communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Cardiff communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Cardiff, MDNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
35.1%
32.3%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
42.8%
43.5%
Room service
Room service
38.3%
37.9%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
19.2%
18.5%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Cardiff assisted living

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered assisted living communities in Cardiff offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Cardiff, MDNational
Activity director
Activity director
48.1%
47.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
35.7%
31.8%
Community service programs
Community service programs
34.8%
31.3%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
53.4%
50.3%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
54.3%
50.5%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
58.1%
53.2%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
41.3%
42.6%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
38.6%
36.7%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
42.2%
39.2%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
50.7%
47.9%
Live performances
Live performances
49.9%
48%
Dances
Dances
33%
31.6%
Fitness center
Fitness center
24.8%
25.3%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
50.4%
47.1%
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State regulations for assisted living in Cardiff

Safety is a primary concern when seniors and their families look for assisted living. Each state has its own laws and inspection processes to help ensure seniors reside in a safe environment and receive quality care. Learning about Maryland assisted living regulations will help you understand how assisted living communities in Cardiff protect seniors.
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Juniper Village at Lebanon, Morningside House of Friendship and The Residence at Fitz Farm are the top-rated assisted living facilities near Cardiff, Maryland. See full list of communities.
There are 339 assisted living facilities near Cardiff, Maryland. See the full list.
The best assisted living facilities near you in Cardiff, Maryland are Juniper Village at Lebanon, Morningside House of Friendship and Arden Courts Towson, A Memory Care Community. These assisted living communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.
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