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Photo of The Madison Village
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44 Floor plans available
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Our building had a Friday night get together, where we had food, played games and had fun. None of there other buildings did this, so that's what made it so special. I'm no longer living there, as I have...
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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Loved the experience. Great place. It is very clean almost always it smelled freshly sanitized. The staff is very friendly and will go out of their way to assist the family and the resident. The quality was...
Provides: Memory Care
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.
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, 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.
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.
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.
Photo of Poplar Estates and The Gardens
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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.
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.
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: 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: 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.
Photo of Covenant Manor
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.
Photo of Celebration Way
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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.
When you have made the decision that assisted living is the best choice for you or someone you love, you'll find a welcome home at Celebration Way in Shelbyville. All the help you need is right here, but you may not notice it right away. That's part of the charm. We believe in being felt more...
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Employees do their jobs well and are very caring. Our needs are met and enjoy the opportunities with others daily. I enjoy living here very much.
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.
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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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My mother is in long-term care at NHC Cool Springs. She moved there last September when [facility name removed] could no longer support her. They are fantastic. Staff is very attentive and caring! In...
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.
NHC Place Cool Springs is located in Franklin, TN and provides an assisted living facility, memory care facility, rehabilitation and a specialized healthcare facility. National Healthcare Corporation was founded in 1971 by Dr. Carl E Adams who is a physician and community leader in Murfreesboro,...
Photo of Cedar View Assisted Living
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.
Photo of Somerfield at The Heritage at Brentwood
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44 Floor plans available
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.
Somerfield at The Heritage at Brentwood is managed by Life Care Services®, An LCS® Company. Life Care Services ranked highest in customer satisfaction in the J.D. Power 2019 Senior Living Study and achieved the highest score in all seven study factors: resident services and activities; community...
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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.
Alterra Sterling House is an assisted living residence that provides housing and assistance to older adults who want to retain their independence while receiving the daily support they need. The intimate setting for those with limited mobility, as well as specialized programming, help residents...
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.
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In the Summer of 2015, my Father passed away after 3 months of hospitalization. He was my Mother's true love, soulmate and caregiver as he was 86 and she was 92. At the time, Mother had Neuropathy in her...
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 emphasis at Southerland Place is on independence and freedom of choice in an elegant atmosphere of subtle taste and charm.Our personal care residence is a place you can call home....with complete confidence that your medical and personal assistance needs will be met, and that your dignity...
Provides: Memory Care, Independent Living
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.
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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My father has been in 3 hospital and 3 nursing homes in 3 months and this one twice and I just love it here.. If you have a problem the staff all works hard to help solve your issues and its really a...
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 Meadows is a non-profit, private pay facility offering residents a continuum of care from independent living to intermediate nursing care. The facility was designed with seniors in mind with wide hallway on a single level, carpeted throughout. The Meadows offers a varied array of services...
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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.
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.

Cost of assisted living in Waco, TN

The average cost of senior living in Tennessee is $5,215 per month as compared to $5,830 in the United States.

Senior living costs in Tennessee vs. 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 state: Tennessee
Column national: U.S.
Column costDifference: Cost difference
Community typeTennesseeU.S.Cost difference
Assisted Living$5,215/mo$5,830/mo10.5% below national median
Memory Care$5,992/mo$6,999/mo14.4% below national median
Independent Living$3,063/mo$3,520/mo13.0% below national median
Assisted Living
Tennessee:$5,215/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Cost difference:10.5% below national median
Memory Care
Tennessee:$5,992/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
Cost difference:14.4% below national median
Independent Living
Tennessee:$3,063/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
Cost difference:13.0% below national median
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Ways to pay for Assisted Living in Waco, TN

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What families are saying about assisted living in Waco

Recent reviews for assisted living in Waco

The Goldton at Athens

4.8
It's always clean. You're getting what you are paying for, and it's not too expensive. My loved one, has been very well taken care of. Overall, it's a clean, and friendly environment It's all I can really ask for.

Viva Senior Living at Lincoln Manor in Fayetteville, TN

5.0
Our experience was great, the director was very hands on and had great communication. The nursing staff was very professional and experience which we appreciated. The rooms were pretty good size for the money.

Regency Retirement Village of Huntsville

4.2
For the services, they offer the prices are good. The staff is very competent and caring. Weekend staff not as good as weekday staff. The food is lacking. The room sizes and layout of the community are good. They have outdoor space.

Waco review score based on 484 family reviews

8.7
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This proprietary review score is based on 484 reviews of 78 Waco assisted living communities. All reviews were submitted in the past two years by verified community residents and family members.
The Waco 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

Waco review score compared against nearby cities

8.7
Waco, TN78 facilities
8.3
Lawrenceburg, TN42 facilities
8.4
Fayetteville, TN73 facilities

Review subcategories for Waco 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 484 reviews of 78 Waco assisted living communities. This chart helps you compare Waco 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.
Waco, TN averageNational average
Cleanliness
3.4
3.4
Friendliness
3.5
3.5
Care services
3.2
3.2
Staff
3.3
3.4
Meals & dining
3.1
3.1
Activities
3.1
3.1
Value for cost*
3.1
3.1
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Waco assisted living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Waco assisted living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Waco, 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 Waco 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 Waco that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Waco, TNNational
Full medication management
Full medication management
60.3%
53.4%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
52.6%
34.6%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
96.2%
96.1%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
98.7%
97.7%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
64.1%
57.6%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
37.2%
30.6%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
97.4%
96.8%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
64.1%
47.9%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
60.3%
53%
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*Including nurse, dentist, OT, PT, speech or podiatrist

Availability of select dementia care services in Waco 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 Waco Assisted Living partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Waco, TNNational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
70.5%
52%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
37.2%
33.4%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
57.7%
41.6%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
16.7%
13.9%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Waco 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 Waco partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Waco, TNNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
41%
28.1%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
47.4%
42.1%
No sugar
No sugar
43.6%
38.5%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
37.2%
37.4%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
23.1%
19.4%
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Availability of select dining options in Waco 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 Waco communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Waco, TNNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
29.5%
32.3%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
48.7%
43.5%
Room service
Room service
37.2%
37.9%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
20.5%
18.5%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Waco 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 Waco offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Waco, TNNational
Activity director
Activity director
48.7%
47.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
32.1%
31.8%
Community service programs
Community service programs
34.6%
31.3%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
59%
50.3%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
51.3%
50.5%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
59%
53.2%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
43.6%
42.6%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
35.9%
36.7%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
39.7%
39.2%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
50%
47.9%
Live performances
Live performances
48.7%
48%
Dances
Dances
33.3%
31.6%
Fitness center
Fitness center
25.6%
25.3%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
47.4%
47.1%
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State regulations for assisted living in Waco

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 Tennessee assisted living regulations will help you understand how assisted living communities in Waco protect seniors.
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Limestone Lodge, Limestone Manor and Gardens of Hazel Green are the top-rated assisted living facilities near Waco, Tennessee. See full list of communities.
There are 78 assisted living facilities near Waco, Tennessee. See the full list.
The best assisted living facilities near you in Waco, Tennessee are Limestone Lodge, Limestone Manor and Gardens of Hazel Green. These assisted living communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.
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