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The cost of independent living in South Bowers is about $4,588 per month. To find the best independent living for your preferences and budget, browse these 110 options. Read 1434 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: 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.
Provides: Independent Living, Senior Apartments
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.
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.
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.
From wooded views to well-maintained grounds, enjoyable living begins with the Glen Creek Apartment Community. Spacious one and two-bedroom apartments and three-bedroom town homes are available. Enhance your lifestyle with Glen Creek's swimming pool, children's play area and clubhouse with...
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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.
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.
Rent a room at the beautiful Cavalier Country Club, where you will discover a community designed for active individuals who desire quality, beauty and convenience in their homes. Conveniently located near Christiana Mall, Christiana Medical Center and Delaware Tech Community College.
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.
Somerford Place shares the same beautifully landscaped campus as Somerford House, in Newark, Delaware. Again, centrally located the surrounding community offers easy access to downtown Newark, local shopping districts, Christiana Hospital and Interstate 95. Somerford Place is specifically...
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It's a great community, very easy to communicate with. If you have questions, they'll answer them. Everyone has been nice to my loved one as far as I know. They've done a wonderful job. They're very...
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
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 Main Towers
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: 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: 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: 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 Village at Chester is located in the picturesque city of Chester, Queen Anne's County, Maryland by Kent Island Narrows. The region boasts gorgeous walking and biking trails, plenty of fine dining experiences and plenty to see and do. Village at Chester is a senior housing community which is...
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My mom has been here for two months now and really loves it. It is a perfect balance of independence and essential services and activities. She likes the food, there is so much offered each week to do and...
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.
Ingleside Retirement Apartments in Wilmington, Delaware is all about promoting independent living among their community members with senior apartment rentals and home ownership in retirement communities. Wilmington is a part of New Castle County, and it offers much explore. If you're not sure...
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Rooms are very small.I have been around 71 years and I have large pieces. I had to get rid of my king size bet for this mess full size. We do our own activity. There are no doctors on hand. Most of us get...
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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I'm very happy to be here! It's a clean, nice looking place, and it was in great shape when I moved in! The staff here is very friendly, and very organized, They check in every morning to make sure everyone...
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living, Senior Apartments
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.
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Luther Towers is a beautiful assisted living community located in historic Willmington, Delaware. Willmington has many galleries, museums, and gardens for its residents to enjoy. You can also enjoy one of the many ethnic festival that are held in Willmington each year. The staff at Luther Towers...
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Overall we're very pleased with how things turned out at Luther Towers. The staff here is friendly and professional, and they were a big help and made the whole move-in process very easy. It's a nice looking...
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living, Senior Apartments
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.
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Luther Towers II Luther Towers II is an assisted living community located in the picturesque city of Wilmington, Delaware where the Christina River, the Brandywine Creek, and the Delaware River all meet. With a beautiful and vibrant riverfront containing theatres, markets, restaurants, and...
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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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I was not familiar with Woodlea until I visited a friend of my Sister and I was quite impressed. I did however request information for myself and the woman [Name removed], Mgr ? was rather rude and ...
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 loved one is doing very well here. He is being cared for very well here. I'am happy with everything they have done for us. The staff is patient and very caring towards the residents. They do a good job...
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.
Ingleside Homes offers affordable assisted living to all fail seniors, regardless of income, who need assistance with two or more activities of assisted living such as eating, bathing and dressing.
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Catered Living of Ocean Pines is a very nice place overall, unfortunately it didn't end up being a good fit for our loved one. The facility itself is beautiful, clean, and well kept, and the staff are all...
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.
The Woodlands is a three-story condominium community with a centrally located elevator and staircase. The building consists of fifty-two units ranging in size from 700 square feet to 1,444 square feet. Each condo features a deluxe kitchen, sunroom, living area, laundry room, wall-to-wall carpet,...

Cost of independent living in South Bowers, DE

The average cost of senior living in South Bowers is $4,588 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Smyrna, DE with an average of $3,923 per month.

Independent living costs in South Bowers, DE, vs. nearby cities

South Bowers, DE
$4,588/mo
$4,616/mo
$6,162/mo

Independent living costs in South Bowers, DE, vs. state and national averages

South Bowers, DE
$4,588/mo
U.S. national average
$4,161/mo

Independent living costs in South Bowers, DE, vs. other senior living options

$6,389/mo
Independent Living
$4,588/mo

Independent living costs in South Bowers, DE, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$5,606/mo
Studio
$6,462/mo
1 Bedroom
$6,989/mo
2 Bedroom
$7,429/mo

Senior living costs in South Bowers 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: South Bowers, DE
Column state: Delaware
Column national: U.S.
Community typeSouth Bowers, DEDelawareU.S.
Independent Living$4,588/mo$5,194/mo$4,161/mo
Assisted Living$6,389/mo$6,185/mo$4,705/mo
Memory Care$6,389/mo$6,244/mo$4,955/mo
Independent Living
South Bowers, DE:$4,588/mo
Delaware:$5,194/mo
U.S.:$4,161/mo
Assisted Living
South Bowers, DE:$6,389/mo
Delaware:$6,185/mo
U.S.:$4,705/mo
Memory Care
South Bowers, DE:$6,389/mo
Delaware:$6,244/mo
U.S.:$4,955/mo
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Independent living costs in South Bowers, DE, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly independent living costs have shifted over the past five years in South Bowers 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 South Bowers, DE

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in South Bowers 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
South Bowers, DE$3,810/mo$3,875/mo-1.7%
Delaware$3,968/mo$4,051/mo-2.1%
National$3,166/mo$3,004/mo+5.4%
South Bowers, DE
2024 average cost:$3,810/mo
2023 average cost:$3,875/mo
Percent change:-1.7%
Delaware
2024 average cost:$3,968/mo
2023 average cost:$4,051/mo
Percent change:-2.1%
National
2024 average cost:$3,166/mo
2023 average cost:$3,004/mo
Percent change:+5.4%
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What families are saying about independent living in South Bowers

Recent reviews for independent living in South Bowers

The Woodlands in Ocean Pines, MD

4.5
Our family is so very grateful that we found Catered Living. It is attractive and small enough for personal attention. Our mother got wonderful care there. We felt the staff knew her personally and always treated her with love and respect. When the time came, the staff, nurses and admin at ...
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Maurice House in Millville, NJ

5.0
My mom loves her "apartment " I wish the communication was better from the administration. No part is covered by insurance so all expenses are out of pocket

Meadowcrest at Middletown

3.5
They have to work out some growing pains in the business still. What is said that will get done and what gets done, doesn't always happen. They don't always think of the residents versus the comfort of the workers, for example: it's so cold there, they've got it down to 72. They are a company ...
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South Bowers independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in South Bowers independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in South Bowers, 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 South Bowers 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 South Bowers partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
South Bowers, DENational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
23.3%
20.5%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
31.1%
34.4%
No sugar
No sugar
29.1%
30.9%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
29.1%
33.6%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
18.4%
10.5%
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Availability of select dining options in South Bowers 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 South Bowers communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
South Bowers, DENational
Professional chef
Professional chef
28.2%
36.5%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
36.9%
43.5%
Room service
Room service
26.2%
37%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
12.6%
17.2%
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Availability of select programs and activities in South Bowers 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 South Bowers offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
South Bowers, DENational
Activity director
Activity director
39.8%
45.1%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
24.3%
28.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
23.3%
33%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
38.8%
47.5%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
40.8%
48.9%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
45.6%
54%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
35%
42.9%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
34%
38.1%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
33%
41.8%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
39.8%
47.1%
Live performances
Live performances
36.9%
46.8%
Dances
Dances
26.2%
33%
Fitness center
Fitness center
18.4%
39.5%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
39.8%
46.4%
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Milford Place, Brookdale Cape May and Viva Senior Living at Cross Keys are the top-rated independent living facilities near South Bowers, Delaware. See full list of communities.
There are 110 independent living facilities near South Bowers, Delaware. See the full list.
The best independent living facilities near you in South Bowers, Delaware are Brookdale Cape May, Viva Senior Living at Cross Keys and Heartfields Assisted Living at Easton. These independent living communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.
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