The Largest Senior Care Organizations
This list is in the process of a major revision. The list was originally started as a summary of the largest assisted living and independent living organizations. We are updating it to include organizations and corporations that focus on nursing homes.
Some people prefer a smaller home run by locals and some seniors are happier in a larger corporate-run facility. The larger organizations have deep pockets so they have a greater presence in the market when caregivers are searching for a facility. The larger organizations tend to operate larger assisted living facilities with more standardized services and a wider range of amenities. Many of these larger facilities offer multiple services in one facility, like independent and assisted living. By offering several services that are health-based, seniors can move into a facility and then change their care plan based on their health. This is a great option for many seniors.
The original data for this site was based on government data, so it included many fields like fax number, license number and number of licensed beds. The problem with government data is that they never keep track of other services offered by an organization. For example, they don't track if an assisted living facility also offers independent living. For this reason, Assisted Senior Living started a program for updating the data based on corporate sites. Corporate sites usually don't show license numbers and other fields but they usually show all their services. By cross-referencing the corporate data with the government data, we are building the most complete data of senior care. We strive for 100% accuracy in our data but rarely meet it. Name changes, service changes and other business needs force the senior providers to constantly adapt and cause inaccuracy. Although we are constantly updating the data, we are a small operation.
A ranked list of the 150 largest senior care providers (sorted by number of facilities) is maintained in our facilities directory. Below are additional service providers that do not yet have a summary page.
| Organization | Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sunwest Management Inc. (Privately owned) |
3723 Fairview, Salem, OR 97302 · (503) 375-9016
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SMI managed approximately 200 communities nationwide. Sunwest is selling 138 facilities to Emeritus/Blackstone, so they will soon fall way down the list. |
| Carefree Senior Living | www.carefreeseniors.com | 3 super high-caliber facilities in California and Nevada. |
| Heritage Health Care Management Services | heritagehealthcaremanagement.com: Assisted Living, Nursing Home, Alzheimer's / Dementia Care | They offer 12 senior care facilities in Colorado and 2 others. |
| Franciscan Communities | www.franciscancommunities.com | 14 church-based communities. |
| Bon Secours | www.bonsecoursal.com | 3 facilities. |
| Aston Gardens (2010) | Florida | 6 luxury retirement communities with assisted living in Florida. |
| CaraVita | www.caravita.com | 3 facilities. |
| Pine Crest Communities | pinecrestcommunity.org | 4 facilities. |
| Laureate Group (Updated) | 8 facilities in Wisconsin. | |
| Centura Senior Services | 6 facilities in Colorado. | |
| AnewStarr (Updated) | Use the search by facility name and choose AnewStarr from the owner's list to review these facilities. | 3 facilities in Wisconsin. |
| Elizabeth Residences (Updated) | Use the search by facility name and choose Elizabeth Residences from the owner's list to review these facilities. | 5 facilities in Wisconsin. |
| ASC Senior Care / Miller's Merry Manor | ascseniorcare.com · millersmerrymanor.com | These groups will be updated as soon as possible. |
| Oakdale Management Group | They are out of business. They sold 9 facilities to Pacifica; some others were sold to 5 Star, Sign of the Dove and Westmont Living. | Before going under, they had over 30 facilities. |
| Trans Healthcare | Going out of business. |