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10 Best Independent Living Communities in Albany, CA

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The cost of independent living in Albany is about $5,672 per month. To find the best independent living for your preferences and budget, browse these 101 options. Read 651 reviews, see photos, and learn about amenities that make independent living the ideal next step for adults 55+ who wish to enjoy friendships and hobbies without the hassle of cooking and home maintenance.

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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: 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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My mother and I were looking at several places and this facility has numerous key factors. The leader of the place is very organized, very professional, and she was leading a great staff. All the nurses and...
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
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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.
Elders Inn is a family owned and operated Memory Care and Assisted Living Community. Located in the West Alameda Business District, our community has wonderful sun-washed courtyards providing an oasis of calm and beauty, and are just steps away from restaurants and shopping. We are a licensed 52...
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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: 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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Provides: Senior Apartments
Care types provided by this community
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: Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
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: Senior Apartments
Care types provided by this community
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.
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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.
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Provides: Senior Apartments
Care types provided by this community
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: Assisted Living, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
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.
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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They are doing an excellent job. They are treating her very well. It's kept clean. The food is really good, and if they are cooking something she doesn't like they will get her what the alternative is. They...
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.
When a person ages, their wants and needs change. Sometimes poor health, or lack of immediate family, requires searching for a new place to live. We, at Villa-Del-Rey have excellent facilities, in all areas for our residents. As an assisted living facility, there is a choice of private or...
Photo of The Avenue
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.
Photo of Coventry Park
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.
In an optimal location in San Francisco, Conventry Park offers all the advantages of the City's wonderful culture, as well as all the benefits of an assisted living community. Conventry's Park community and services were designed to realize one single objective: for our residents to maintain...
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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.
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My mother went to adult day care there 5 days a week. Everyday was different. They had exercises in chairs, people come in and sing. They had a lot of activities like groups that came from Japan, girl scouts...
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 Kimochi Home Center for Seniors is located at 1531 Sutter Street (at Octavia) in San Francisco, California. Our specialty is providing culturally sensitive programs that are Japanese language based for seniors in the Bay Area and beyond. At the Kimochi Home the emphasis is upon maintaining...
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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.
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Unique assisted living center where 90% of the residents are Japanese or of Japanese descent. Kokoro provides both a Western and Japanese menu for each meal, as well as many Japanese cultural...
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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Cost of independent living in Albany, CA

The average cost of senior living in Albany is $5,672 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include San Pablo, CA with an average of $5,472 per month.

Independent living costs in Albany, CA, vs. nearby cities

Albany, CA
$5,672/mo
$5,670/mo

Independent living costs in Albany, CA, vs. state and national averages

Albany, CA
$5,672/mo
U.S. national average
$4,153/mo

Independent living costs in Albany, CA, vs. other senior living options

$6,266/mo
Independent Living
$5,672/mo

Independent living costs in Albany, CA, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$6,213/mo
Studio
$6,816/mo
1 Bedroom
$7,839/mo
2 Bedroom
$10,317/mo

Senior living costs in Albany 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: Albany, CA
Column state: California
Column national: U.S.
Community typeAlbany, CACaliforniaU.S.
Independent Living$5,672/mo$4,696/mo$4,153/mo
Assisted Living$4,815/mo$4,503/mo$4,698/mo
Memory Care$6,266/mo$5,456/mo$4,946/mo
Independent Living
Albany, CA:$5,672/mo
California:$4,696/mo
U.S.:$4,153/mo
Assisted Living
Albany, CA:$4,815/mo
California:$4,503/mo
U.S.:$4,698/mo
Memory Care
Albany, CA:$6,266/mo
California:$5,456/mo
U.S.:$4,946/mo
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Independent living costs in Albany, CA, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly independent living costs have shifted over the past five years in Albany 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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Independent living cost trends in Albany, CA

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in Albany 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 median 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
Albany, CA$3,625/mo$4,015/mo-9.7%
California$3,692/mo$3,631/mo+1.7%
National$3,261/mo$3,166/mo+3.0%
Albany, CA
2024 average cost:$3,625/mo
2023 average cost:$4,015/mo
Percent change:-9.7%
California
2024 average cost:$3,692/mo
2023 average cost:$3,631/mo
Percent change:+1.7%
National
2024 average cost:$3,261/mo
2023 average cost:$3,166/mo
Percent change:+3.0%
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What families are saying about independent living in Albany

Recent reviews for independent living in Albany

Carlton Senior Living Concord

5.0
The facility is very nice, close to stores, shops, parks & movie theatre. Lots of good restaurants near by. However, food is provided here, sometimes people like to go out to a restaurant. They have a lot of activities to do, a nice variety.

Atria Park of Lafayette

5.0
All 5 stars. Atria Park of Lafayette is an excellent place. The caregivers were proactive in managing my moms medicines, all staff were very communicative with my family about my moms care. I would definitely recommend them to others looking.

Rosemont Gardens in San Leandro, CA

5.0
Excellent caring staff. Clean place. My Auntie [name removed] is here. I visited from Anaheim California. My auntie Husband just passed away. My auntie looked beautiful and happy. I talked with staff and they were very professional

Reviews mention these favorite features of communities

Warm and welcoming staff with long-tenured employees. Many reviews mention the friendly and dedicated staff at various communities, with several employees having worked at the facilities for over a decade. For example, at Cardinal Point CCRC, residents appreciate the family like atmosphere and the commitment of the staff to their well-being.At T ...
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Varied activities for social engagement. Reviews highlight the importance of social activities in senior living communities, with various offerings catering to different interests. At Truewood by Merrill, Pinole, residents enjoy a peaceful and serene environment, while still having access to a wide range of activities to keep them en ...
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Delicious and diverse dining experiences. Throughout the reviews, the quality of the food is a significant factor in residents' overall satisfaction with their community. At Truewood by Merrill, Pinole, the recent renovations include updated dining areas, and the chef accommodates various dietary restrictions and individual preference ...
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Clean and well-maintained facilities. Reviews consistently mention cleanliness as a priority in senior living communities. At Lake Park Senior Living, the facility is beautiful and recently underwent renovations, while at The Heritage Downtown, the Heritage offers large, fully equipped apartments and a well-maintained community. ...
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Friendly and supportive community atmosphere. Reviews emphasize the importance of a supportive and friendly community atmosphere in senior living. At The Heritage Downtown, the residents are kind and caring, while the staff makes new residents feel welcome. At Cardinal Point CCRC, residents enjoy the sense of belonging and the strong se ...
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Access to a variety of amenities. Reviews mention the importance of having access to a range of amenities in senior living communities. At The Heritage Downtown, residents have access to a dining room, swimming pool, and various activities to keep them engaged and active. At Oakland Heights Senior Living, the staff is open t ...
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Albany independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Albany independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Albany, 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 Albany 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 Albany partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Albany, CANational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
15.8%
20.5%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
25%
34.4%
No sugar
No sugar
21.1%
30.9%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
30.3%
33.6%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
11.8%
10.5%
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Availability of select dining options in Albany 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 Albany communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Albany, CANational
Professional chef
Professional chef
23.7%
36.5%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
30.3%
43.5%
Room service
Room service
27.6%
37%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
15.8%
17.2%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Albany 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 Albany offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Albany, CANational
Activity director
Activity director
28.9%
45.1%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
15.8%
28.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
17.1%
33%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
32.9%
47.5%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
31.6%
48.9%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
39.5%
54%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
27.6%
42.9%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
26.3%
38.1%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
27.6%
41.8%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
30.3%
47.1%
Live performances
Live performances
28.9%
46.8%
Dances
Dances
19.7%
33%
Fitness center
Fitness center
27.6%
39.5%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
28.9%
46.4%
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Frequently Asked Questions

Belmont Village Albany, Cardinal Point CCRC and The Heritage Downtown are the top-rated independent living facilities near Albany, California. See full list of communities.
There are 101 independent living facilities near Albany, California. See the full list.
The best independent living facilities near you in Albany, California are The Heritage Downtown and Sunrise of Danville. These independent living communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.
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