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The cost of independent living in Braintree is about $5,003 per month. To find the best independent living for your preferences and budget, browse these 84 options. Read 227 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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It's my home, I cannot be in my own home anymore and this is now "my home." I no longer have to do laundry, cook 3 meals a day, floors windows and work. I love children and always had mine and the neighbors...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, 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.
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.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
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.
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.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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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.
The mission and spirit of Maples Senior Living Community is to provide the opportunity for residents to maintain independence, and to promote wellness and enthusiasm for life. By combining the services of various community organizations along with affordably priced independent living apartments...
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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 warmth of the sun room and the bright skylights of the living room compliment the comfortable home-like, yet casually elegant ambience of The Greens. Our Independent Living Retirement community shares the familiarity of a small-town environment, with nearby shops and restaurants; the cultural...
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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 really love it here at these senior apartments. Everything has worked out very well for me here. They do a very good job with keeping the community, the grounds are well maintained as well. There isn't...
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.
Quail Hollow Senior LivingNestled on its own 39-acre valley Quall hollow senior housing offers a pristine setting for your new senior apartment home in Lebanon, Grafton County, New Hampshire. The architecture is designed to reflect a traditional New England village that gives a community...
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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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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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
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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 Harvest Hill
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.
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.
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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: 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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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The Terraces is an independent living senior community. There is no assisted living or memory care support however you can arrange to have home care visit. Every building has a stair chair and each...
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.

Cost of independent living in Braintree, VT

The average cost of senior living in Braintree is $5,003 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Rutland, VT with an average of $2,561 per month.

Independent living costs in Braintree, VT, vs. nearby cities

Braintree, VT
$5,003/mo
$5,083/mo

Independent living costs in Braintree, VT, vs. state and national averages

Braintree, VT
$5,003/mo
$5,473/mo
U.S. national average
$4,158/mo

Independent living costs in Braintree, VT, vs. other senior living options

$7,309/mo
Independent Living
$5,003/mo

Independent living costs in Braintree, VT, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$6,963/mo
Studio
$6,857/mo
1 Bedroom
$7,544/mo
2 Bedroom
$8,450/mo

Senior living costs in Braintree 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: Braintree, VT
Column state: Vermont
Column national: U.S.
Community typeBraintree, VTVermontU.S.
Independent Living$5,003/mo$5,473/mo$4,158/mo
Assisted Living$6,787/mo$6,395/mo$4,710/mo
Memory Care$7,309/mo$6,699/mo$4,943/mo
Independent Living
Braintree, VT:$5,003/mo
Vermont:$5,473/mo
U.S.:$4,158/mo
Assisted Living
Braintree, VT:$6,787/mo
Vermont:$6,395/mo
U.S.:$4,710/mo
Memory Care
Braintree, VT:$7,309/mo
Vermont:$6,699/mo
U.S.:$4,943/mo
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Independent living costs in Braintree, VT, over time

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

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in Braintree 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
Braintree, VT$4,743/mo$3,780/mo+25.5%
Vermont$4,760/mo$3,780/mo+25.9%
National$3,194/mo$3,045/mo+4.9%
Braintree, VT
2024 average cost:$4,743/mo
2023 average cost:$3,780/mo
Percent change:+25.5%
Vermont
2024 average cost:$4,760/mo
2023 average cost:$3,780/mo
Percent change:+25.9%
National
2024 average cost:$3,194/mo
2023 average cost:$3,045/mo
Percent change:+4.9%
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What families are saying about independent living in Braintree

Recent reviews for independent living in Braintree

The Residence at Shelburne Bay

5.0
I have been very pleased with my decision to move here! I had visited several other places but kept returning to The Residence at Shelburne Bay. Dimmer lighting, less friendly, one bedroom apt seemed smaller, lacked the colorful framed prints on the walls all over,more business like not ...
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Valley Terrace in White River Junction, VT

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While driving around Vt. and passing by Valley Terrace Assisted Living I noticed how welcoming the flowers on the balconies were. Time passed and my daughter introduced me to several assisted living facilities. With encouragement from my family I moved into Valley Terrace as it was a small ...
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Maple Ridge in Essex, VT

5.0
Every single thing about Maple Ridge Memory Care is absolutely great! All of the staff have always been helpful and friendly. So kind to my sister, holding her hand, checking in on her if she was in her room. Her laundry was always done when I was there. Sheets on her bed were always clean. ...
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Braintree independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Braintree independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Braintree, 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 Braintree 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 Braintree 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
13.5%
20.5%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
18.9%
34.4%
No sugar
No sugar
18.9%
30.9%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
10.8%
33.5%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
5.4%
10.4%
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Availability of select dining options in Braintree 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 Braintree communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
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Professional chef
Professional chef
13.5%
36.5%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
18.9%
43.4%
Room service
Room service
14.9%
36.9%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
4.1%
17.2%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Braintree 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 Braintree offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Braintree, VTNational
Activity director
Activity director
16.2%
45.1%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
12.2%
28.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
12.2%
33%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
18.9%
47.5%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
18.9%
48.8%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
21.6%
54%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
16.2%
42.9%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
13.5%
38.1%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
16.2%
41.8%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
18.9%
47.1%
Live performances
Live performances
18.9%
46.7%
Dances
Dances
12.2%
33%
Fitness center
Fitness center
6.8%
39.4%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
18.9%
46.4%
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There are 84 independent living facilities near Braintree, Vermont. See the full list.

The best independent living facility near you in Braintree, Vermont is Harbor Village Senior Living Communities. This independent living community received the highest ranking based on verified family reviews.

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