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The cost of independent living in Golden is about $3,647 per month. To find the best independent living for your preferences and budget, browse these 241 options. Read 1849 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
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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, 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.
Welcome to Vida Springs Senior Living and Personal Care Home, where exceptional care meets a vibrant community. We're excited to introduce you to a new standard of assisted living, designed to provide your loved ones with the highest quality of life in a compassionate, safe, and enriching...
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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.
Photo of The Valley House
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.
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.
Fifth Street Place ApartmentsThe Fifth Street Place Apartments is a senior housing community, located in Charleroi, Washington County, Pennsylvania. History buffs will know Charleroi was the site of one of the first movie theaters in the United States, opening in 1905. Charleroi also has a strong...
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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.
Adams House Personal Care HomeAdams House Personal Care Home is a senior community located in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. With several care options, our location is the ideal choice for those who want to be close to family, medical facilities, and numerous entertainment options. Tucked into a...
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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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Woodcliffe Manor is hands down the best facility I could have chosen for my father. Sure the place is out of date but the care is wonderful. The staff knew my entire family by the first week. Sure the...
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.
Seated in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, Woodcliffe Manor Senior Living provides your loved one with a high quality, affordable, comfortable alternative to nursing home care. Our belief, caring people do make a difference, is manifested in everything we do. Our facility and staff is specifically...
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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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Photo of Woodland Manor
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 happy with the progress that is being made here. The community is very clean and well taken care of here. The staff are outstanding and very caring. We are happy with the good variety of the meals....
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.
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I am very happy with this place. My loved one is very well taken care of and kept busy with so many activities and entertainment! The ratio of staff to residents is more than I’ve seen anywhere else in my...
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.
The Hallsworth House is a senior care facility located in Monessen, PA. We are known for our ability to care for patients with Dementia and Alzheimer conditions. However, we also have a new Independence Wing for the senior that is capable of communicating their needs to our well trained staff....
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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.
Photo of Eastgate Manor
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.
Photo of Divine Healing Personal Care Home
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.
Photo of Asbury Villas
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.
For more than a century, Asbury Heights has been a leading continuing care retirement community with a focus on improving the lives of older adults in southwestern Pennsylvania. Through its Living Well at Asbury initiative, older adults receive the benefits of evidence-based practices combined...
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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.
Carnegie Retirement Residence is designed for adults age 62 and older who wish to live independently. Each one bedroom apartment contains a full kitchen and bath, living room/dining area and bedroom. The efficiency apartments contain a full kitchen and bath and living/sleeping area. Extra wide...
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My brother is now living at the Gracious Living Personal Care Home. He enjoys the location (he has many connections to Pittsburgh, and Gracious Living is conveniently located), and is well taken care of by...
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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They're the best. Everything has been good. We're pleased with the whole set-up. Our loved one has been treated well. We've been treated well. The staff is very friendly, and anytime we call them about...
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.
There are few things more important than having a place to call home… a place of warmth and companionship, a place where your security and well-being are paramount.Baptist Homes is a spiritually uplifting community where you can live fully and pursue your interests while benefitting from the...
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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.
For more than a century, Asbury Heights has been a leading continuing care retirement community with a focus on improving the lives of older adults in southwestern Pennsylvania. Through its Living Well at Asbury initiative, older adults receive the benefits of evidence-based practices combined...
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: 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.

Cost of independent living in Golden, WV

The average cost of senior living in Golden is $3,647 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Bethlehem, WV with an average of $2,302 per month.

Independent living costs in Golden, WV, vs. nearby cities

Golden, WV
$3,647/mo

Independent living costs in Golden, WV, vs. state and national averages

Golden, WV
$3,647/mo
U.S. national average
$4,162/mo

Independent living costs in Golden, WV, vs. other senior living options

$3,989/mo
Independent Living
$3,647/mo

Independent living costs in Golden, WV, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$4,623/mo
Studio
$5,426/mo
1 Bedroom
$5,714/mo
2 Bedroom
$5,784/mo
Detached Cottage/Bungalow
$6,562/mo

Senior living costs in Golden 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: Golden, WV
Column state: West Virginia
Column national: U.S.
Community typeGolden, WVWest VirginiaU.S.
Independent Living$3,647/mo$4,524/mo$4,162/mo
Assisted Living$3,989/mo$4,694/mo$4,705/mo
Memory Care$3,989/mo$4,717/mo$4,955/mo
Independent Living
Golden, WV:$3,647/mo
West Virginia:$4,524/mo
U.S.:$4,162/mo
Assisted Living
Golden, WV:$3,989/mo
West Virginia:$4,694/mo
U.S.:$4,705/mo
Memory Care
Golden, WV:$3,989/mo
West Virginia:$4,717/mo
U.S.:$4,955/mo
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Independent living costs in Golden, WV, over time

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

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in Golden 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
Golden, WV$3,352/mo$2,752/mo+21.8%
West Virginia$3,373/mo$3,666/mo-8.0%
National$2,797/mo$2,806/mo-0.3%
Golden, WV
2024 average cost:$3,352/mo
2023 average cost:$2,752/mo
Percent change:+21.8%
West Virginia
2024 average cost:$3,373/mo
2023 average cost:$3,666/mo
Percent change:-8.0%
National
2024 average cost:$2,797/mo
2023 average cost:$2,806/mo
Percent change:-0.3%
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Discover the many ways to pay for senior living

Planning ahead can better position you to make good choices for your loved one’s care in the future. But if your aging family member needs care now, there are ways to finance the cost of long-term care through a combination of approaches.

What families are saying about independent living in Golden

Recent reviews for independent living in Golden

Monarch Meadow in Uniontown, PA

4.0
They try to provide as good as care as possible. No where is a perfect place. No one is neglected. If you want 1 to 1 care your not looking in the right place. You should hire a personal care assistant just for your loved one. We picked this community because it is clean, friendly, and offers ...
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The Faidley House in Monongahela, PA

5.0
The food is good. Help with showers due my disabilities is great. Place is warm in winter, cool in summer. Best is how nice the owners and their employee daughters are to all of us.

Transitions Healthcare Washington

5.0
At Transitions they have taken good care of my mom. They are very attentive to my mom's health and they follow up to make sure things are taken care of .It is a nice place for the money. I recommend it to anyone looking for reasonable care options. The room layout is like a hotel. They have done ...
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Reviews mention these favorite features of communities

Diverse activities for socializing. Residents at various communities enjoy a wide range of activities, from singing and games to social events and outings. For instance, at The Residence at Bethel Park, the social director organizes movie nights, museum outings, and gardening classes for residents to stay engaged and active.
Warm and friendly staff. Reviews consistently mention the kindness and warmth of staff members at different communities. At Ridgecrest of McCandless, new residents have been pleasantly surprised by the friendly and upbeat nature of the staff who go out of their way to make everyone feel welcome.
Clean and well-maintained facilities. Regular upkeep is a priority at several communities, with residents commenting on the cleanliness and modernity of their living spaces. At The Residence at Whitehall IL and PC, the building is kept spotless, and residents appreciate the updated apartments and common areas.
Meals accommodating resident preferences. Several communities cater to residents' dietary needs and preferences, ensuring that mealtimes are enjoyable experiences. For example, at Provincial Bethel Park, the staff make sure to provide a variety of meal options, and residents can request additional choices if they wish.
Attentive and responsive staff. Reviews highlight the importance of attentive and responsive staff in ensuring a positive living experience. At The Residence at Whitehall IL and PC, staff members are attentive to residents' needs and are always ready to help when needed, providing peace of mind for both residents and their f ...
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Flexible communication channels. Clear and effective communication between families and staff is essential for maintaining transparency and ensuring care needs are met. Communities like Chartiers Bend Retirement Resort offer various channels for staying informed, such as email updates, activity calendars, and regular meetings ...
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Golden independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Golden independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Golden, 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 Golden 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 Golden 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
13.6%
20.5%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
27.2%
34.4%
No sugar
No sugar
24.8%
30.9%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
20.4%
33.6%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
14.1%
10.5%
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Availability of select dining options in Golden 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 Golden communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
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Professional chef
Professional chef
23.3%
36.5%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
28.6%
43.5%
Room service
Room service
18.4%
37%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
13.1%
17.2%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Golden 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 Golden offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Golden, WVNational
Activity director
Activity director
31.1%
45.1%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
19.4%
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
35%
48.9%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
37.4%
54%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
28.2%
42.9%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
23.3%
38.1%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
25.2%
41.8%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
33.5%
47.1%
Live performances
Live performances
34%
46.8%
Dances
Dances
20.9%
33%
Fitness center
Fitness center
15%
39.5%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
30.6%
46.4%
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