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Photo of Visions Senior Living at Mesa
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This place has alot of Caring people. Granny is a home person an is only happy at home. When she needed a place, we found Visions. They have alot of activities, an the girls are have alot of fun. I was...
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.
Visions Senior Living Mesa is an assisted living and memory care community in Mesa, Arizona. For more detailed information about amenities, features and services, or to schedule an appointment, please call us.
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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.
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.
A great place to call home! At ALC, we honor the commitments we make to our residents and their families. Our goal is to enhance our resident’s quality of life by providing a warm, caring environment that fosters independence, dignity and choice of each resident. Our residents are often seen...
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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.
Arizona Senior Homes has been providing assisted living services since 1985. Our goal has always been to maintain the dignity and self sufficiency of our residents in a ‘home-like’ environments. We provide a campus of care. With six homes in one location it is possible for us to offer multiple...
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Living a thousand miles away from our dear Aunt and not knowing where we could put her for the care she needed. We thank "A Place for Mom" in finding us a place that she could have excellent care in her...
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent 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.
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.
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Greenfield’s assisted living is an assisted living community that caters to ages 21 and over, we offer private and semi-private apartments for individuals that are unable to live on their own. Spacious apartments with kitchenettes allow our residents to be independent while receiving the...
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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.
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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: Independent Living, Senior Apartments
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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.
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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Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Move up to a better way of living Welcome to Scottsdale New VenturaWe are a 55+ Senior Citizen, Handicap and Disabled Community.Low Income Senior Citizens community'.  
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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.
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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.
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
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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: 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
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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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I have not had a chance to experience the activities they offer at this community. They do not offer a meal plan. The community is clean and well taken care of. The second floor apartments do not have a...
Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
The Orchard is 55+ community.  We offer affordable senior living in  beautiful garden apartments.  With over 600 trees, you are free to pick the oranges, tangerines, grapefruits and lemons from the citrus trees located throughout the community.  Our full time activities...
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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.
Emerald Groves Central Emerald Groves Central is an assisted living community located in Mesa, Arizona, in Maricopa County, and home to just over 439,000 people. Mesa is a bustling city with a busy downtown area that has lots of shops, great restaurants and beautiful palm trees. Residents will...
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Provides: Independent Living
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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.
Welcome Home! Come and enjoy resort living on the golf course. With a championship 18 hole golf course, 2 heated pools, 4 jacuzzis, a hair and nail salon, full sports bar, fine dining restaurant and live entertainment! We offer Studios, 1 Bedrooms and limited number of 2 Bedrooms. We include...
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I am really, really pleased with the Solterra. I think the staff has gone out of their way to accommodate my mom and her wishes. They follow through on everything. The activities are great. We have been...
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.
We provide Independent Living and assisted Living, as well as safe and secure enhanced memory care so you will never need to worry about moving.We offer upscale apartment homes and accommodations with services tailored to meet your individual needs. As a family-owned community, we are committed...

Cost of independent living in Alma Gardens, AZ

The average cost of senior living in Alma Gardens is $4,116 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Wet Camp Village, AZ with an average of $3,597 per month.

Average monthly cost of Independent Living in Alma Gardens, AZ vs. nearby cities

Alma Gardens, AZ
$4,116/mo
$4,062/mo
$4,057/mo

Average monthly cost of Independent Living in Alma Gardens, AZ vs. the state and national average

Alma Gardens, AZ
$4,116/mo
$3,850/mo
U.S. national average
$4,072/mo

Average monthly cost of Independent Living in Alma Gardens vs. other types of senior living

$4,820/mo
Independent Living
$4,116/mo

Median monthly costs of Independent Living in Alma Gardens, AZ by room type

Semi-Private
$3,935/mo
Studio
$4,510/mo
1 Bedroom
$4,387/mo
2 Bedroom
$4,889/mo
Detached Cottage/Bungalow
$4,573/mo

Average cost of Independent Living in Alma Gardens over time

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What families are saying about independent living in Alma Gardens

Recent reviews for independent living in Alma Gardens

Legacy Village of Salt River in Scottsdale, AZ

4.0
My loved one is currently a resident at Legacy Village of Salt River and overall this facility is a 4+!. The staff is good. Their responsiveness to issues is good. The food is good. Housekeeping is once a week and works well for the resident. The move in was stress free and they were very ...
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Robson Reserve at Sun Lakes

5.0
Their meals were outstanding! We love love love The Renaissance! Unfortunately my mother-in-law couldn't get along with her neighbor so it was her problem, not the communities, but we decided to move her out. We're still sad that it didn't work out.

MorningStar at Arcadia in Phoenix, AZ

4.9
The place is well run and very nice. I feel comfortable leaving my wife there. It is a little pricey, but generally first-class. They really seem to operate as a caring family. It's definitely a place that people should check out.

Reviews mention these favorite features of communities

Wide range of activities to encourage socializing. At Verena at Gilbert, residents enjoy a variety of activities, including singing, games, and social events, which help keep them engaged and active. Weekly outings to museums, gardening classes, and hiking trips provide opportunities for exploration and new experiences.
Friendly and helpful staff. The staff at Copper Springs Retirement Community is consistently praised for their kindness and attentiveness. They go above and beyond to ensure residents are well-cared for and happy, creating a warm and welcoming environment.
Delicious meals and accommodating dining experiences. Meals at Discovery Point Retirement Community are a highlight for many residents, with the chef accommodating dietary restrictions and individual preferences. The dining room offers a friendly and social atmosphere, making mealtimes an enjoyable experience.
Thoughtful and accommodating maintenance and housekeeping. At McDowell Village, residents appreciate the prompt and efficient maintenance and housekeeping services. The staff is always on hand to address any concerns and ensure that residents' living spaces remain clean and comfortable.
Beautifully maintained interiors and grounds. Throughout reviews, the cleanliness and upkeep of communities stand out as a major factor in residents' overall satisfaction. At Bella Vista Senior Living, the grounds are meticulously maintained, and the apartments are updated with high-end furnishings and stylish decor.
Consistent and open communication between families and staff. Families value the clear and effective communication they receive from staff at Verena at Gilbert. Regular meetings and updates help keep everyone informed and ensure that care needs are being met.
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Alma Gardens independent living services and amenities

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

Availability of select dietary accommodations in Alma Gardens independent living

Independent living communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Alma Gardens partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
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Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
18.5%
20.3%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
45.7%
33.8%
No sugar
No sugar
44.4%
30.5%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
46.9%
33.1%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
17.3%
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Availability of select dining options in Alma Gardens independent living

Our independent living communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Alma Gardens communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
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Professional chef
Professional chef
46.9%
36.1%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
54.3%
43.1%
Room service
Room service
49.4%
36.6%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
30.9%
17.2%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Alma Gardens independent 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 independent living communities in Alma Gardens offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
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Activity director
Activity director
54.3%
44.6%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
38.3%
28%
Community service programs
Community service programs
37%
32.5%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
53.1%
47.6%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
58%
48.7%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
64.2%
53.9%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
50.6%
42.4%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
45.7%
37.5%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
50.6%
41.1%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
56.8%
46.9%
Live performances
Live performances
55.6%
46.6%
Dances
Dances
48.1%
32.3%
Fitness center
Fitness center
40.7%
39.5%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
55.6%
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Atria Chandler Villas, Sunrise of Scottsdale and McDowell Village are the top-rated independent living facilities near Alma Gardens, Arizona. See full list of communities.

There are 103 independent living facilities near Alma Gardens, Arizona. See the full list.

The best independent living facilities near you in Alma Gardens, Arizona are McDowell Village, Verena at Gilbert and Las Palomas Senior Living. These independent living communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.

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