Elmira Continuing Care Retirement Communities

As the second largest city in the state of New York, Buffalo is large enough to support a wide variety of assisted living options and it also offers a lot of amenities for seniors. Amenities like Niagra Falls, the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and 3 different Walmart locations are key for some seniors. With an unemployment well below the national average, the area is growing and stable despite it's history as a former industrial city. "The Queen City" also offer seniors a melting pot of different cultures including German (13.6%), Irish (12.2%), Polish (11.7%), and Italian (11.7%).   With a good transportation system, senior can get to many amenities without driving and cost of living is below the national average so your retirement dollars go further in Buffalo. On the down side, the temperate averages in teens and twenties during much of the winter, which can be very difficult for seniors in assisted living with poor circulation. This traps senior indoors for about half the year.  The other downside to retirement and senior living in Buffalo is the crime, It is over twice the national average and often times seniors are a major target of criminals. Below is our list of assisted living facilities in Buffalo. This list has taken years to develop and it is always changing. The icons tell you some of the major details about each facility but there is much more information available if you click on the name an assisted living facility.