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10 Best Independent Living Communities in Spencer, KS

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The cost of independent living in Spencer is about $2,792 per month. To find the best independent living for your preferences and budget, browse these 155 options.

Read 3255 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 Lawrence, Topeka and Eudora.

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Photo of Homestead Assisted Living of Paola
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It's a wonderful place. They're very open to visitors, even through Covid. In fact, I've stayed there for a week with my family member. The only restriction was that you couldn't be out in the common...
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.
Vintage Park at Paola is an assisted living community located in the small and charming town of Paola, Kansas. Our rural town is friendly and welcoming with plenty of recreational opportunities including lakes, pools, and adult educational programs. Paola is proud of our small town culture, our...
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Healthcare Resort of Leawood took fantastic care of my mom during a difficult time. The facility is immaculate, the staff highly trained and the food is amazing. Laura treated the family with the utmost 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.
The Healthcare Resort of Leawood is changing the way that healthcare is being delivered to the Kansas City metropolitan area. With the fusion of world-class healthcare and personalized hospitality, you encounter an experience that is truly unique and memorable.Our employees are a critical piece...
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What we really like about Colonial Oaks is that they provide a wide array of care for a single price. Activities etc. Based on our experience we would recommend this community to other families who are...
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.
Colonial Oaks at Leawood is a beautiful community located in South Leawood, KS with Assisted Living and Memory Care options available. We also offer temporary Respite stays to meet your needs. We take pride in having a dedicated and knowledgeable team who strives to provide a safe and enjoyable...
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This community serves my needs very well. My loved ones are comfortable in their apartment and they have everything that they need. I also enjoy going over there to see my loved ones.
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.
Discover your destination for luxurious independent living at The Fairways of Ironhorse. Situated in the picturesque city of Leawood, Kansas, adjacent to Overland Park and a mere 30 minutes from downtown Kansas City, our elegant community offers energetic retirees the ideal combination of...
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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, 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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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
The Mission Towers Apartments are senior apartments located in the bustling city of Topeka, Shawnee County, KS. The Topeka area is known for the many amenities that it offers its residents. Regardless of the type of activities that you like to participate in, the Topeka area will usually have it....
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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, 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: 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.
We provide maintenance free living for seniors in one and two bedroom apartments in a safe, quiet neighborhood in Topeka, Kansas (KS).
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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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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
We provide maintenance free living in two bedroom duplex apartments for seniors in a safe, quiet neighborhood in Topeka, Kansas (KS).
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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 homes are more of a family style and are for full care for memory care. Some employees have been here several years and are the cream of the crop. Nowhere is anything perfect but this was our choice of...
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.
At Peggy Kelly House we recognize the difficult journey of those with early to middle stage Alzheimer’s and other memory related diseases. We offer a secure environment with dementia specific care. We encourage our residents to continue to make choices, but in a more secure environment. They...
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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.
Independent LivingQuiet West Lawrence Kansas LocationClose to shoppingPet Policy:Dogs are allowedCats are allowedProperty Description:Our property is conveniently located near grocery stores, banks and doctor's offices. Property grounds feature lush park like setting. Units include the following...
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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.
Pioneer Ridge Assisted Living is a senior living community that offers residents high quality assisted living in Lawrence, KS.What is assisted living? Assisted living is for those who can no longer live on their own, but do not require 24-hour care. Pioneer Ridge Assisted Living offers many...
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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.
Photo of Pioneer Ridge Independent Living
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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From first site I fell in love with my place. When something is broken or something needs fixed or replaced the maintenance is out there the same day. I highly recommend Peterson Place. Keep up the good...
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, 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.
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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.
As we turn the pages of our lives – growing up, working, experiencing loves and losses, raising our own children – we all experience times when we need a little extra help. At Homestead, we have created an environment which combines and celebrates these memorable aspects of life and creates new...
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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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We are extraordinarily happy here, they are phenomenal! It's independent, and they don't have a kitchen or do meals here. They do have a nice clubhouse. They bring in different people, they brought in one...
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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.
Pebblebrooke Villas offer independent living in a comfortable, maintenance provided community for those 55 and older. Pebblebrooke is located in Basehor, Kansas. Basehor is conveniently located close to Kansas City, KS, Shawnee, Lawrence and Leavenworth. Basehor offers a small-town atmosphere...
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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.
Nettleton Manor Apartments is a senior, 62 and over housing community located in Bonner Springs, Johnson, Leavenworth, and Wyandotte counties, KS. Our community is located in the metropolitan city, but is within walking distance to a local park and the Kansas River. The views make it a great...

Cost of independent living in Spencer, KS

The average cost of senior living in Spencer is $2,792 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Perry, KS with an average of $2,792 per month.

Independent living costs in Spencer, KS, vs. state and national averages

Spencer, KS
$2,792/mo
$2,908/mo
U.S. national average
$3,520/mo

Independent living costs in Spencer, KS, vs. other senior living options

$7,300/mo
Independent Living
$2,792/mo

Independent living costs in Spencer, KS, by floor plan type

Studio
$2,744/mo
1 Bedroom
$3,100/mo
2 Bedroom
$4,115/mo

Senior living costs in Spencer 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: Spencer, KS
Column state: Kansas
Column national: U.S.
Community typeSpencer, KSKansasU.S.
Independent Living$2,792/mo$2,908/mo$3,520/mo
Assisted Living$5,015/mo$5,773/mo$5,830/mo
Memory Care$7,300/mo$7,205/mo$6,999/mo
Independent Living
Spencer, KS:$2,792/mo
Kansas:$2,908/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
Assisted Living
Spencer, KS:$5,015/mo
Kansas:$5,773/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Memory Care
Spencer, KS:$7,300/mo
Kansas:$7,205/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
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Independent living costs in Spencer, KS, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly independent living costs have shifted over the past five years in Spencer 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 Spencer, KS

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in Spencer 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
Spencer, KS$2,897/mo$2,939/mo-1.4%
Kansas$3,078/mo$2,903/mo+6.0%
National$3,416/mo$3,319/mo+2.9%
Spencer, KS
2024 average cost:$2,897/mo
2023 average cost:$2,939/mo
Percent change:-1.4%
Kansas
2024 average cost:$3,078/mo
2023 average cost:$2,903/mo
Percent change:+6.0%
National
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 Spencer

Recent reviews for independent living in Spencer

Homestead Assisted Living of Gardner

4.3
We really like the nursing staff and the manager, our only complaint we have about the place is over the weekends there are no regular staff members. The rooms are nice, and our loved ones thing the food is good.

Lexington Park Independent Living in Topeka, KS

4.6
My Grandparents really love it. There are a lot of activities and the facility is very nice.

Lexington Park in Topeka, KS

4.0
I was very impressed with our experience at Lexington Park, it's a very nice place for independent senior living! It's a nice looking place, the people are all very friendly, and the apartments are a very nice size for the price! I would highly recommend them!

Spencer independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Spencer independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Spencer, 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 Spencer 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 Spencer 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
43.9%
21.2%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
41.3%
35.7%
No sugar
No sugar
37.4%
32%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
31.6%
34.8%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
12.9%
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Availability of select dining options in Spencer 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 Spencer communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
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Professional chef
Professional chef
36.1%
37.6%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
52.3%
44.8%
Room service
Room service
43.9%
38.2%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
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Availability of select programs and activities in Spencer 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 Spencer offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
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Activity director
Activity director
54.8%
46.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
38.1%
29.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
41.3%
34.2%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
55.5%
48.3%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
61.3%
50.1%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
61.3%
54.9%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
51.6%
44.2%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
36.1%
39.7%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
51.6%
43%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
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48.3%
Live performances
Live performances
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Dances
Dances
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Fitness center
Fitness center
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Fitness classes
Fitness classes
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Riverstone Retirement Community, Holiday Thornton Place and Novel Place Overland Park are the top-rated independent living facilities near Spencer, Kansas. See full list of communities.
There are 155 independent living facilities near Spencer, Kansas. See the full list.
The best independent living facilities near you in Spencer, Kansas are Riverstone Retirement Community, Holiday Thornton Place and Novel Place Overland Park. These independent living communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.
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