CT Senior Living Communities Among Best In America, U.S. News Says

CONNECTICUT — Older Americans who want to stay close to their families in their retirement years can, depending on their needs, choose from multiple facilities in Connecticut, according to the 2024 Best Senior Living ratings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

U.S. News evaluated more than 3,500 communities in one or more of the following categories: independent living, assisted living, memory care and continuing care retirement. They were rated on criteria including resident and family members’ satisfaction with safety care, community management and staff, and other services and amenities.

Facilities in Connecticut recognized by U.S. News include:

• Atria Darien
• Atria Greenridge Place at Rocky Hill
• Benchmark at Stamford
• Benchmark Senior Living at Hamden
• Benchmark Senior Living at Split Rock, Shelton
• Brandywine Living at Litchfield
• Bridges by EPOCH at Trumbull
• Brighton Gardens of Stamford
• Brightview on New Canaan (Norwalk)
• Brightview Shelton
• Brookdale Chatfield, West Hartford
• Brookdale Gables Farmington
• Brookdale South Windsor
• Carriage Green at Milford
• Crescent Point at Niantic
• Edgehill, Stamford
• Essex Meadows, Essex
• Farmington Station
• The Landing of North Haven
• The Linden at Brookfield
• Meadow Ridge, Redding
• Middlebrook Farms, Trumbull
• Pomperaug Woods, Southbury
• Ridgefield Station
• Solstice Senior Living at Guilford
• Sturges Ridge of Fairfield
• Sunrise of Fairfield
• The Vero at Orange
• The Village at Buckland Court, South Windsor
• The Village at East Farms, Waterbury
• The Village at Kensington Place, Meriden
• The Village at South Farms, Middletown
• Waterstone on High Ridge, Stamford

Here are the 10 metropolitan areas that have the greatest number of "best" senior living communities nationwide:

1. Atlanta
2. Boston
3. Chicago
4. Dallas-Fort Worth
5. Los Angeles
6. New York
7. Philadelphia
8. Seattle
9. St. Louis
10. Washington, D.C.

The report also said that 15 companies own and operate the greatest number of senior living communities recognized in the rankings. Of the 40 companies with 20 or more participating communities, 18 companies had more than 50 percent of their communities recognized in at least one care level.

Individual locations had to earn a specific final weighted score, U.S. News explained in the methodology.