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Assisted living costs in Parnassus average about $4,664 per month. To find the best assisted living options for your needs and budget, browse through 51 communities in Parnassus. Our detailed directory has 527 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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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.
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It just felt right. The little balcony in my apt is perfect for my outdoor plants and it's a nice size apartment. It's good for the most part. My apt is the big thing for me, and making lots of new...
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.
We cordially invite you to consider Commonwealth Senior Living at Charlottesville, as your next new home! Commonwealth Senior Living at Charlottesville is located on scenic Pantops Mountain directly across the street from the new Martha Jefferson Hospital and Doctor's Network, in close proximity...
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The treatment from the beginning for my Mom was excellent. The administrator was excellent to making the admission easy for the transfer from the rehab center to Whispering Pines. This facility is very...
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.
Our location in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, in the serene town of Luray, provides a quality of life that is unsurpassed by any other assisted living facility. Our professionally trained staff consider each resident as family and treat each with the highest standards of personal 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.
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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.
Shenandoah Assisted living is in the heart of Teaverton a residential neighborhood in Fishersville Virginia. Shenandoah's Assisted living was added onto our Skilled Rehab and Nursing home in 2005 with 24 Private rooms. The original building was built in 1992. The Assisted Living has a private...
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.
Thank you for taking the time to acquaint yourself with Living Waters Assisted Living, Fishersville, Va.  Living Waters offers personalized assistance, supportive services and compassionate care in a professionally managed, thoughtfully designed, safe and secure setting - the perfect choice...
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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.
Maple Lawn Assisted Living Maple Lawn Assisted Living is a senior residential care home located in the small town of Staunton, VA and in Augusta county. Staunton is situated just south of the large George Washington and Jefferson National Park. The city is known for being the home of Woodrow...
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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.
St Luke's is a small family business and not corporate own. This gives us the opportunity to provide more for our residents. Being a small facility in a small town gives a home-like feeling. And problems or concerns go right to the administrators/owners. We try to maintain a low staff to resident...
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Willow Estates has been wonderful! The food is excellent and it's very clean. They are limited in the amount of staff they can hire. They are very quick with their response if I have a request or a concern....
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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.
     Willow Estates Retirement is a beautifully designed facility located in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley. We offer pleasant furnishings featuring a home type atmosphere. We are licensed by the Virginia Department of Social Services to provide levels of care from...
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Everything has been going great since dad has been here. They have plenty of things to do with the residents. The food is good most of the time dad says. We also like that it is close to us so that we can...
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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.
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Provides: Assisted Living, 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.
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.
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.
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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: 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.
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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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I need a community that gave a country homestead feeling and this community provided me with what I needed. The community is beautiful looks like a southern type mansion big pillars outside the entrance and...
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.
Havenwood is an assisted living community in the serene campus town of Lexington, Virginia. Our beautiful community is located close to the misty Blue Ridge Mountains and family farms of Lexington. It is a joy to live in an area full of natural beauty, such as the limestone wonder, the Natural...
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.
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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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The staff is very professional and they are very good about updating us when any changes occur. I live in another area and I appreciate that their follow-up is so prompt. It's an excellent facility and I am...
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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.

Cost of assisted living in Parnassus, VA

The average cost of senior living in Parnassus is $4,664 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include New Market, VA with an average of $3,868 per month.

Average monthly cost of Assisted Living in Parnassus, VA vs. nearby cities

Parnassus, VA
$4,664/mo
$4,369/mo

Average monthly cost of Assisted Living in Parnassus, VA vs. the state and national average

Parnassus, VA
$4,664/mo
U.S. national average
$4,624/mo

Average monthly cost of Assisted Living in Parnassus vs. other types of senior living

Assisted Living
$4,664/mo
$4,751/mo

Median monthly costs of Assisted Living in Parnassus, VA by room type

Semi-Private
$4,800/mo
Studio
$5,894/mo
1 Bedroom
$6,185/mo
2 Bedroom
$6,951/mo
Detached Cottage/Bungalow
$3,550/mo

Average cost of Assisted Living in Parnassus over time

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Ways to pay for Assisted Living in Parnassus, VA

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What families are saying about assisted living in Parnassus

Recent reviews for assisted living in Parnassus

Bellaire at Stone Port in Harrisonburg, VA

4.5
The major factors were the size of the community. It is small enough to not be intimidating. The other huge factor for my brother is that it actually has a decent size group of older guys who eat together, watch sports events together and keep each other company.

The Heritage Inn in Charlottesville, VA

4.0
My loved one is doing well here at this community. From what I've heard she is doing well. They are taking good care of her and her needs. The community looked nice and well maintained. They have a good staff, they have been good to work with. So far everything is working out well. It is a nice ...
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The Harbor at Renaissance in Stanardsville, VA

4.6
I would recommend this community to others. The people seem to genuine be helpful to the residents. It is a smaller community with personal care.

Parnassus review score based on 148 family reviews

8.4
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This proprietary review score is based on 148 reviews of 46 Parnassus assisted living communities. All reviews were submitted in the past two years by verified community residents and family members.
The Parnassus 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

Parnassus review score compared against nearby cities

8.4
Parnassus, VA46 facilities
8.5
Staunton, VA12 facilities
8.4
Bridgewater, VA58 facilities

Review subcategories for Parnassus 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 148 reviews of 46 Parnassus assisted living communities. This chart helps you compare Parnassus 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.
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Cleanliness
4.5
4.5
Friendliness
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4.6
Care services
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4.2
Staff
4.4
4.5
Meals & dining
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Activities
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Value for cost*
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Parnassus assisted living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Parnassus assisted living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Parnassus, 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 Parnassus 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 Parnassus that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Parnassus, VANational
Full medication management
Full medication management
71.7%
52.3%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
32.6%
33.4%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
97.8%
98.6%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
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99.1%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
65.2%
56.6%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
30.4%
29.9%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
97.8%
98.9%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
65.2%
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Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
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Availability of select dementia care services in Parnassus 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 Parnassus Assisted Living partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Parnassus, VANational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
71.7%
51.1%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
45.7%
32.1%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
52.2%
41%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Parnassus 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 Parnassus partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Parnassus, VANational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
52.2%
26.8%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
56.5%
40%
No sugar
No sugar
52.2%
36.8%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
37%
35.3%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
15.2%
14.3%
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Availability of select dining options in Parnassus 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 Parnassus communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Parnassus, VANational
Professional chef
Professional chef
32.6%
31%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
47.8%
41.8%
Room service
Room service
28.3%
35.8%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
17.4%
17.8%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Parnassus 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 Parnassus offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Parnassus, VANational
Activity director
Activity director
60.9%
45.8%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
41.3%
30.7%
Community service programs
Community service programs
17.4%
29.9%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
65.2%
49.4%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
60.9%
48.7%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
60.9%
52.2%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
52.2%
40.8%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
39.1%
34.3%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
34.8%
37.3%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
50%
46.2%
Live performances
Live performances
56.5%
46.4%
Dances
Dances
19.6%
29.5%
Fitness center
Fitness center
26.1%
24.2%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
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State regulations for assisted living in Parnassus

Safety is a primary concern when seniors and their families look for assisted living. Each state has its own laws and inspection processes to ensure seniors reside in a safe environment. Learning about Virginia assisted living regulations will help you understand how assisted living communities in Parnassus protect seniors.

Learn about Virginia Assisted Living regulations

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