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The cost of independent living in Fairfield University is about $6,079 per month. To find the best independent living for your preferences and budget, browse these 467 options.

Read 9866 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. You may also consider nearby communities such as Fairfield, Stamford and Greenwich.

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My dad is currently in the skilled nursing level and I couldn’t be happier with the care he is receiving. They care for him and love him like he was their family member. They are so attentive to his needs...
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
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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: 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.
Imagine an apartment community designed for seniors 55 and over in a beautiful Berlin, Connecticut setting at a price that works with your budget. Welcome to Orchard Ridge, a Metro Prime senior living community convenient to great shopping, restaurants and medical facilities. Conveniently located...
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My mother-in-law is in her late 90’s and has been a resident for two years. She was a charter member when the community opened. The interior and exterior facilities are not only beautiful, but also kept...
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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I want give my gratitude to those who have worked tirelessly during this holiday and essentially have compromised their own health every day while finding ways to cope without jeopardizing those patients...
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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The staff at Bright Side Manor is very friendly and cares about the residents and their families. I have not had a chance to try the food but my brother seems to like it. The community is well maintained...
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.
Bright Side Manor is an assisted living community located in the township of Teaneck, New Jersey. Teaneck, which is situated in Bergen County, is a suburb in the New York metropolitan area. Residents of the area enjoy a dynamic arts and culture scene and the opportunity to enjoy live events,...
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All is well for me, they have been able to assist me with what I am limited to. The staff do a reasonable cleaning of the community and my room. I am happy with the meals I select from and the activities...
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 NYS Licensed Enriched Housing program, best described as senior apartments with supportive services. Carnegie East House consists of 74 apartments ranging in size from studios to 2-bedrooms. Majority of the apartments have an excellent view of the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Our...
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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, 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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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: 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.
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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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 Pleasant Home Alternative for the ElderlyToday’s challenge in the long-term care business is to create suitable shelter and care solutions to meet the steadily increasing needs of an elderly community of people who can no longer remain totally independent but who do not require nursing care.The...
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She has been happy there. The care that they give is just fine. It's clean and the staff is friendly. All of that is very good. I chose this one because it came recommended by someone who also had their...
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.
OUR MISSION-Our goals and services are based on two fundamental philosophical principles. The belief in the innate worth of the aged and disabled individual and belief that each individual regardless of age, sex, race, religion, or handicap is entitled to maximize his/her potential as a human...
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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.
Located just outside the charming rural Connecticut Village of Essex, Meadowbrook Manor is a wonderful residential care home with a relaxed, friendly atmosphere and a professional caring staff. The fully air-conditioned home features private and semi-private rooms, 24 hour care, three home cooked...
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.
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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.
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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.
Photo of Jefferson House
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.
Jefferson House, a department of Hartford Hospital since 1873, offers a continuum of care on its campus to meet the needs of the aged and infirm. Accommodations and services include an Independent and assisted living complex, sub acute, palliative and long term skilled nursing beds, a rest home...
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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
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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.
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Provides: Assisted Living, 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.
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.
At the very base of Cedar Mountain, surrounded by fresh air and a beautiful natural landscape, you'll find Cedar Mountain Commons. This is an extraordinary senior living community - a meeting place of spirited people, family traditions and fond memories. Living here, in the assisted or...

Cost of independent living in Fairfield University, CT

The average cost of senior living in Fairfield University is $6,079 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Middletown, CT with an average of $3,894 per month.

Independent living costs in Fairfield University, CT, vs. state and national averages

Fairfield University, CT
$6,079/mo
U.S. national average
$3,520/mo

Independent living costs in Fairfield University, CT, vs. other senior living options

$9,745/mo
Independent Living
$6,079/mo

Independent living costs in Fairfield University, CT, by floor plan type

Studio
$4,580/mo
1 Bedroom
$5,837/mo
2 Bedroom
$7,411/mo

Senior living costs in Fairfield University 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: Fairfield University, CT
Column state: Connecticut
Column national: U.S.
Community typeFairfield University, CTConnecticutU.S.
Independent Living$6,079/mo$4,243/mo$3,520/mo
Assisted Living$8,466/mo$7,821/mo$5,830/mo
Memory Care$9,745/mo$9,388/mo$6,999/mo
Independent Living
Fairfield University, CT:$6,079/mo
Connecticut:$4,243/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
Assisted Living
Fairfield University, CT:$8,466/mo
Connecticut:$7,821/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Memory Care
Fairfield University, CT:$9,745/mo
Connecticut:$9,388/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
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Independent living costs in Fairfield University, CT, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly independent living costs have shifted over the past five years in Fairfield University 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 Fairfield University, CT

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in Fairfield University 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 average 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
Fairfield University, CT$4,844/mo$4,947/mo-2.1%
Connecticut$4,112/mo$4,192/mo-1.9%
National$3,416/mo$3,319/mo+2.9%
Fairfield University, CT
2024 average cost:$4,844/mo
2023 average cost:$4,947/mo
Percent change:-2.1%
Connecticut
2024 average cost:$4,112/mo
2023 average cost:$4,192/mo
Percent change:-1.9%
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2024 average cost:$3,416/mo
2023 average cost:$3,319/mo
Percent change:+2.9%
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What families are saying about independent living in Fairfield University

Recent reviews for independent living in Fairfield University

The Residence at St. Peter’s in River Edge, NJ

4.5
We went with The Senior Residence at Se. Peter Apostle because they offered a comparable level of service for almost $2000 less a month. The facility is smaller with only 20 rooms, it is a former convent so you have to be ok with a small room versus some other places that had large rooms. They ...
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Westchester Center for Independent and Assisted Living Program in Yonkers, NY

4.0
My father in law is doing okay here at this community, he is still adjusting, but they are caring for him well. We do feel comfortable with his move to this community, it is a nice place. [Removed] is amazing. She was great to work with, she was very helpful, and understanding. The front desk ...
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The Bristal at East Northport

4.5
The staff at the East Northport Bristal is always kind. They always have a smile on their faces and are genuinely sweet and loving to my mom. The facility is ALWAYS spotless and beautiful to live in or visit. The only area I see occasional improvement for is the food. It is not always hot and ...
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Reviews mention these favorite features of communities

Compassionate and caring staff. Reviews consistently praise the kindness and attentiveness of the staff at 3030 Park, a CCRC and River Valley Retirement Community. Residents and their families express gratitude for the emotional support and personalized care provided by the team.
Wide range of engaging activities. Residents at 3030 Park, a CCRC and River Valley Retirement Community enjoy an extensive schedule of social and intellectual pursuits. Activities include games, exercise classes, movies, lectures, and outings to local attractions.
Beautifully maintained facilities. Community members at 3030 Park, a CCRC and River Valley Retirement Community appreciate the cleanliness and upkeep of their living spaces. Reviews mention the well-maintained apartments, gardens, and common areas.
Strong community atmosphere. Reviews from 3030 Park, a CCRC and River Valley Retirement Community highlight the sense of camaraderie among residents. Newcomers quickly feel welcomed and included in the close-knit community.
Delicious and accommodating meals. At 3030 Park, a CCRC and River Valley Retirement Community, residents look forward to delicious meals prepared by the culinary staff. The chefs cater to individual dietary requirements and preferences.
Thoughtful and accommodating management. Managers at 3030 Park, a CCRC and River Valley Retirement Community go above and beyond to make the transition process smooth for new residents. They provide detailed information, answer questions, and help residents settle in.
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Fairfield University independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Fairfield University independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Fairfield University, 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 Fairfield University 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 Fairfield University 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
31.3%
21.2%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
45.8%
35.7%
No sugar
No sugar
40.7%
32%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
37.9%
34.8%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
19.3%
11.7%
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Availability of select dining options in Fairfield University 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 Fairfield University communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
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Professional chef
Professional chef
42.6%
37.6%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
47.1%
44.8%
Room service
Room service
36.6%
38.2%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
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Availability of select programs and activities in Fairfield University 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 Fairfield University offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
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Activity director
Activity director
46.3%
46.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
36.6%
29.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
35.1%
34.2%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
46%
48.3%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
49.7%
50.1%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
54.4%
54.9%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
43.5%
44.2%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
43.7%
39.7%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
44.8%
43%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
49%
48.3%
Live performances
Live performances
47.5%
48.1%
Dances
Dances
34.3%
34.3%
Fitness center
Fitness center
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40.8%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
48.2%
47.6%
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