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Assisted living costs in South Lynnfield average about $7,638 per month. To find the best assisted living options for your needs and budget, browse through 47 communities in South Lynnfield. Our detailed directory has 673 reviews, photos, and lists of available services, amenities, and activities. 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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Things have worked out well so far for my Mom here. It is a clean, nice looking facility, and they've provided everything she has needed carewise thus far. The staff I've interacted with have been fine, and...
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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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.
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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.
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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, Senior Apartments
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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.
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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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.
Located on the Salem Common in a historic Federalist Mansion, the John Bertram House delivers the finest in senior care under the guidance of Sunrise Senior Living and local Board of Trustees. Serving Senior for over thirty years, the John Bertram House affords families peace-of-mind by providing...
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Arnold House was the best place for our father. The nursing staff were highly educated and most important caring to my father and all of my sisters. We became part of the family. The food was excellent all...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, 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.
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.
At Arnold House we now about life's choices.Residents and staff alike share in them daily.We also know that sometimes those decisions may be difficult to make, but when viewed from the perspective of genuine caring about others, the difficulties seem to diminish and the answers become...
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My mother was in the assisted living and loved it. Everyone there was very kind and caring for each of the residents. It is a small Assisted Living with only 18 apartments and it was more like a family...
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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This place is like a 5 star resort, it's prestine, it's brighter, cleaner. It's an upscale place with people at a higher income level. It's a lot more expesnive and doesn't have the PACE program.
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.
The Herrick House has been enriching the lives of seniors on the North Shore since 1994. Located on the upper campus of Beverly Hospital, The Herrick House features traditional assisted living and Spectrum, a dementia care neighborhood. Services include 24-hour on site licensed nursing staff,...
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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: Memory Care
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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.
DID YOU KNOW THAT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IS TREATABLE? WE DO. While presently there is no cure, the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias can be managed and reduced. At Hearthstone Alzheimer Care, we know how to do this better than anyone else. The direct care services we provide...
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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.
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.
The Leonard Florence Center for Living, a state-of-the-art, 100-bed skilled nursing home sponsored by the Chelsea Jewish Foundation, is now accepting resident applications for its February opening. Located on Admiral's Hill in Chelsea, MA, the Leonard Florence Center for Living is the first...
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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.
The Chelsea Jewish Foundation is an assisted living community located in the quiet area of Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Located just across the bridge from Boston, the Chelsea area has always been an independent, working-class industrial community from the beginning of its existence....
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Provides: Memory Care
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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.

Cost of assisted living in South Lynnfield, MA

The average cost of senior living in South Lynnfield is $7,638 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Haverhill, MA with an average of $7,121 per month.

Assisted living costs in South Lynnfield, MA, vs. nearby cities

South Lynnfield, MA
$7,641/mo
$7,665/mo
$7,655/mo

Assisted living costs in South Lynnfield, MA, vs. state and national averages

South Lynnfield, MA
$7,641/mo
U.S. national average
$4,698/mo

Assisted living costs in South Lynnfield, MA, vs. other senior living options

Assisted Living
$7,641/mo
$7,658/mo

Assisted living costs in South Lynnfield, MA, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$6,518/mo
Studio
$7,534/mo
1 Bedroom
$8,196/mo
2 Bedroom
$9,329/mo

Senior living costs in South Lynnfield 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: South Lynnfield, MA
Column state: Massachusetts
Column national: U.S.
Community typeSouth Lynnfield, MAMassachusettsU.S.
Assisted Living$7,641/mo$7,240/mo$4,698/mo
Memory Care$7,658/mo$7,246/mo$4,946/mo
Independent Living$6,880/mo$6,355/mo$4,153/mo
Assisted Living
South Lynnfield, MA:$7,641/mo
Massachusetts:$7,240/mo
U.S.:$4,698/mo
Memory Care
South Lynnfield, MA:$7,658/mo
Massachusetts:$7,246/mo
U.S.:$4,946/mo
Independent Living
South Lynnfield, MA:$6,880/mo
Massachusetts:$6,355/mo
U.S.:$4,153/mo
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Assisted living costs in South Lynnfield, MA, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly assisted living costs have shifted over the past five years in South Lynnfield 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 South Lynnfield, MA

The table below shows how monthly assisted living costs in South Lynnfield 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.

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Column location: Location
Column cost2024: 2024 average cost
Column cost2023: 2023 average cost
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Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
South Lynnfield, MA$7,322/mo$7,568/mo-3.3%
Massachusetts$7,013/mo$6,735/mo+4.1%
National$5,375/mo$5,129/mo+4.8%
South Lynnfield, MA
2024 average cost:$7,322/mo
2023 average cost:$7,568/mo
Percent change:-3.3%
Massachusetts
2024 average cost:$7,013/mo
2023 average cost:$6,735/mo
Percent change:+4.1%
National
2024 average cost:$5,375/mo
2023 average cost:$5,129/mo
Percent change:+4.8%
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Ways to pay for Assisted Living in South Lynnfield, MA

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What families are saying about assisted living in South Lynnfield

Recent reviews for assisted living in South Lynnfield

Brigham House in Watertown, MA

5.0
Watertown is our home town, [name removed] is able to go shopping and take a walk in familiar surroundings. Biggest plus is when her money runs out, they will keep her and she gets a small amount of her social security.

The Arbors at Stoneham

4.0
My loved one is currently a resident at The Arbors at Stoneham. Overall, this facility is not a bad place and the staff try their best, they just need more help. The director of the Memory Care unit is nice and listens and corrects where she can. There have been issues with making sure that ...
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Cadbury Commons in Cambridge, MA

3.8
Our experience with this community was good, overall it is kept pretty clean. The care services are pretty reliable, the activities were however a little bit weaker. The food at this community was very good, and we really liked the responsiveness of the staff and the availability the memory care ...
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Reviews mention these favorite features of communities

Warm and welcoming staff. Residents and their families consistently mention the friendly and caring nature of the staff in various communities, such as Atria Longmeadow Place, where the aides and nursing staff are kind and attentive to residents' needs. One family reports that their loved one was welcomed by residents wh ...
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Variety of activities to encourage engagement. Reviews highlight the importance of engaging activities for residents, with families praising the wide range of offerings at facilities like Holiday Maplewood Place and Kaplan Estates. These include social events, exercise programs, and outings to local attractions.
Delicious and accommodating meals. Quality food and accommodating meals are major factors in residents' overall satisfaction with their communities. For instance, at The Arbors at Stoneham, residents appreciate the variety of meals and the ability of the chef to cater to individual dietary restrictions and preferences.
Frequent and transparent communication. Strong communication between residents, families, and staff is essential for peace of mind and addressing any concerns that may arise. Examples include Benchmark Woburn, where the executive director is open and responsive to questions and concerns, and Windsor Place, where the team consistently ...
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Thoughtfully designed spaces. Comfortable and well-maintained living spaces contribute to residents' happiness and sense of community. At The Linden at Danvers, the residents are thrilled with the facility's cheery and inviting atmosphere, while at Kaplan Estates, the staff goes above and beyond to ensure that each apartment ...
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Competent and responsive care. Quality care is crucial for residents' well-being and peace of mind. Families appreciate the attentiveness and competence of the caregivers at facilities like Atria Longmeadow and Kaplan Estates, where their loved ones have seen improvements in their health and overall happiness.
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South Lynnfield review score based on 158 family reviews

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This proprietary review score is based on 158 reviews of 40 South Lynnfield assisted living communities. All reviews were submitted in the past two years by verified community residents and family members.
The South Lynnfield 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

South Lynnfield review score compared against nearby cities

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South Lynnfield, MA40 facilities
7.9
Peabody, MA38 facilities
8.0
Lynn, MA45 facilities

Review subcategories for South Lynnfield 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 158 reviews of 40 South Lynnfield assisted living communities. This chart helps you compare South Lynnfield 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.
South Lynnfield, MA averageNational average
Cleanliness
4.0
4.1
Friendliness
4.1
4.2
Care services
3.7
3.8
Staff
4.0
4.0
Meals & dining
3.6
3.7
Activities
3.6
3.7
Value for cost*
3.5
3.7
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South Lynnfield assisted living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in South Lynnfield assisted living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in South Lynnfield, 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 South Lynnfield 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 South Lynnfield that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
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Full medication management
Full medication management
52.5%
52.5%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
30%
33.8%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
97.5%
96.1%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
100%
97.6%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
75%
56.7%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
32.5%
30%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
97.5%
96.7%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
72.5%
47.6%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
72.5%
52.4%
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Availability of select dementia care services in South Lynnfield 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 South Lynnfield Assisted Living partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
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Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
57.5%
51.3%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
47.5%
32.5%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
62.5%
41.1%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
20%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in South Lynnfield 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 South Lynnfield partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
South Lynnfield, MANational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
42.5%
27.2%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
55%
40.9%
No sugar
No sugar
45%
37.5%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
42.5%
36.2%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
30%
17.3%
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Availability of select dining options in South Lynnfield 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 South Lynnfield communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
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Professional chef
Professional chef
60%
31.5%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
60%
42.3%
Room service
Room service
52.5%
36.7%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
27.5%
18%
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Availability of select programs and activities in South Lynnfield 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 South Lynnfield offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
South Lynnfield, MANational
Activity director
Activity director
62.5%
46.4%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
40%
31%
Community service programs
Community service programs
42.5%
30.4%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
57.5%
49.5%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
60%
49.3%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
70%
52.3%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
55%
41.3%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
50%
35.4%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
60%
38.1%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
55%
46.8%
Live performances
Live performances
62.5%
46.9%
Dances
Dances
35%
30.5%
Fitness center
Fitness center
25%
24.6%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
62.5%
46%
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State regulations for assisted living in South Lynnfield

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 Massachusetts assisted living regulations will help you understand how assisted living communities in South Lynnfield protect seniors.
Learn about Massachusetts assisted living regulationsDownload the Guide to Senior Living Licensure and Inspection Reports
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