The 10 Best Independent Living Facilities in Cook County, IL

"The staff is very informative, happy to help and dedicated. The residents are friendly and and helpful. Brookdale Des Plaines keeps me social with all the activities and I love meeting new residents. I would recommend Brookdale!..."

"I've been to Brookdale Oak Park several times for events. I actually would move in there now if it wasn't $5000 a month. There's a couple of other people from the senior center that also attend the same events that I do. The staff treats us really we..."

"I think Brookdale Hoffman Estates is the best place. The staff is very good. All the services are very good. They're on time and very helpful. The food is not like home cooking. Otherwise, it's very good. Housekeeping is excellent. Everything is done..."

"Sunrise Villa Olympia Fields was so large and so beautiful. It had everything. It was very well organized and very clean. Everyone was very friendly. They spoke clearly and explained living there. They took me to see the different floors because ther..."

"I toured the Waterford Estates Senior Living. It was a nice facility. The person I met was very cordial and very informative. The memory care unit is pretty new. It was nice and bright. The lobby area seemed to be pretty clean and well-maintained...."

"I toured The Breakers at Edgewater Beach. The best thing is it has plenty of public transportation around there. It runs well right on the road that the bus takes you downtown, so the transportation is great. It has down-the-building parking, also if..."

"The facilities are well kept with more spacious apartment floorplans than others in a similar location and price point. The activity areas are large and well appointed for the daily activities, entertainment, and educational offerings. Their dining s..."

"Jenna of Hanover Place was great. She took me to the actual unit because I don't like it when they show you the cookie-cutter pictures. The first one she showed me had carpeting and I don't like carpeting. She showed me another unit that was without ..."

"My mom was a resident of Lincolnwood Place. There were a lot of nurses there, and there was 24-hour care. For her level, she was so ill. She needs a lot of medical care. The food was really good. There was a doctor on staff, there was a nurse practit..."

"I liked that Brookdale Lake View was located in the city and was close to public trans. I loved the neighborhood. The rooms were spacious. They had the standard stove and a fridge. The staff who gave me the tour was personable and patient...."

"I was a resident of Victory Centre of South Chicago for 10 years. The staff were all nice. All the managers from the other building were nice to us. They had a lunch thing downstairs, you can go in and buy your food if you want. They could serve a me..."

"The tour I had at Franciscan Village was very good. It was organized, and caring and had an overarching feeling of a faith community, which was very attractive to both my mom and myself. It just so happens that we're practicing Catholics so that was ..."

"The Moorings of Arlington Heights has a rehab center there, and that's where my husband was transferred from the hospital. He was there for five weeks and received very good care. The nurse practitioner there was excellent. She was great. She was ver..."

"I like Belmont Village Glenview very much. The staff was friendly. The place looked nice and clean. I and my two sisters like the place. They had different-sized rooms, and we were very satisfied with the size of the room that we would have chosen fo..."

"We went to Solstice Senior Living at Palatine. They have a very enthusiastic senior director who's in charge of intake. Very nice gentleman. He met with me one-on-one in March, and I brought my mom back to visit in April. We've discussed this individ..."

"It has apartments where the residents could bring in a caretaker, and they can actually live in there. Then they have a nurse and staff, but it's totally different than the other facilities that are memory care. They had a lot of activities, and it ..."

"We went to look at Brookdale Lake Shore Drive. I like everything. I like the way it was set up for my brother. The facility was very clean. The people were very friendly. The staff was friendly and explained everything to us. But my sister said it wa..."

"The Grand at Twin Lakes was beautiful. I loved it. I liked the layout, the design, the brightness, and the attentiveness of the people. They have an indoor pool and a beautiful patio. They have units with a balcony, too, which is lovely. On their low..."

"My brother initially lived independently at Generations at Oakton Arms but starting in January 2023 had to transferred to Assisted Living because of health issues. As I prepared his room for his return from rehabilitation, I thought how comfortable a..."

"I went to look at The Merion. It was nice, as well as the woman who showed it to me, but it was too expensive for me. The place was beautiful, it had a pool, and I liked the place where it's at. It's a beautiful neighborhood. I didn't want to pay tha..."