The Best Independent Living Communities in Miami Dade County, FL

"My dad has been in Eyea Palace for two months now. We've been happy, the place is very clean, and the director is very attentive. He goes outside the facility for activities. The food looks homemade and good."

"We have a very large apartment at Vi at Aventura. It's a very nice place. It's not low end; it's high end. Then I found out that I could live there with the same level of care but without paying for it. Right now, we're still paying for this apartment; we paid $450,000. We can live in it, run out of money, and still stay until we die. We pay $5,600 a month, so it's a lot of money. We've been living here two years. We also have our own caregiver. We have about 1800 square feet, we have two bedrooms, and we have two-and-a-half baths. We live on the twelfth floor, and if I look out below me, I can see the Turnberry golf course, which is beautiful. If I look out in front of me, there's the ocean, and to the right we have the ocean and the intercoastal waterway; it's a beautiful view. The staff is perfect; you could never find people who are more helpful. They're awesome. They have activities for everything; there are games, movies, history, they have tours -- there's nothing left out here. Plus there are Zoom programs that you can watch. It's a community that's both Jewish and non-Jewish, and they celebrate all the holidays. We have a new chef now, and the food is so much better than it used to be. I didn't used to care for it, but I do now. They've made a deal with the county club down the block so that we can use any of their facilities that we don't have in our own, like basketball, the outdoor pool, or sports."

"Just from first impressions, the place is kept clean and provides a welcoming atmosphere. The security guard at the gate was very informative and courteous. He allowed me in to talk to the seniors inside about Toys for TOTS, a non-profit organization that collects toys for the holidays to give out to low-income families and their children. The elderly were very sweet and had brought some donations. Everyone seems very pleasant and happy living here. No concerns were expressed. I asked an elderly woman about her home here at The Palace and she expressed how grateful she was that Publix was a short walking distance. She said she couldn't drive due to poor vision, but she also wanted to maintain her independence. This Palace was a right fit for this sweet woman. She could get her shopping done while living in an environment with others just like her.Another gentleman approached me and said he wanted to leave his previous living facility. His previous nursing home was filled with nurses that he described as 'rude and unapologetic.' However, at the Palace, he recovered from his medical conditions and was able to live in with his wife while having weekend visits with his grandchildren. He mentioned that at the nursing home, he feared his grandchildren could catch a communicable disease.Overall, The Palace at Weston Senior Living is a wonderful place to reside. With all the gardening always being maintained and with such new facilities, one couldn't find a nicer place to live at. Friendly staff and residents equals a happy retirement. I would recommend this place to anyone looking to move in with sweet senior residents. "

Located at SW 280th St & SW 147th Avenue, Homestead, FL 33032. Naranja Grand will be an 8-story residential building featuring 91 one-bedroom and 29 two-bedroom units. Naranja Grand will be an 8-story residential building. Residents will enjoy a range of amenities, including a spacious multipurpose community room that includes a theatre room, game area, and catering kitchen, a state-of-the-art fitness center, outdoor recreational areas, dog park, and modern, chic finishes throughout. There are Granite Quartz countertops, W/D, Refrigerator, Range/Oven, Dishwasher, and LVT Flooring. Apartments at Naranja Grand will be reserved for income-qualifying residents aged 55 and older who earn at or below 70 percent of the area median income (AMI).

"Covenant Living of Florida is an excellent place to be. There's a lot of ambulatory people. Sometimes you visit a place, and they have a lot of people with walkers, and that turns me off. The rooms are very nice. They're adequate for one person. The staff who gave the tour was excellent. She was very accommodating and answered all my questions. I tried out the food, but it was Octoberfest so I didn't like that type of food. The place was very clean. Everything seemed to be accessible."

"I like the marketing director at Springtree Senior Living. She was very pleasant, very professional, and nice to talk to. It is big. It's a 140-people community. I didn't like the accommodations so much because they have four people in four different corners, but then in the center of it all, there is a common living room. To get out of the apartment, they have to get through that living room. Out of these four-people apartments, two were studios and two were single rooms, but they were very small. Upkeep was excellent. The place looked excellent, nice and clean, and had no smells of any kind. It was very welcoming. They had a beauty parlor and an exercise area. They were good enough to give me copies of their menus, so I can share them with my sister. I think it was a pretty good-sized dining room. I just didn't particularly care for that big community. I thought a smaller community feels homey."

"Belmont Village Fort Lauderdale was five miles from our house. It's all a beautiful location. The food was great. There was nothing we didn't like about it. The floor plans were also great. The building amenities were good with the gym and the pool and they overlooked the coast. The staff was very knowledgeable and helpful. We have all kinds of brochures that the woman gave us. She was excellent. Cleanliness was fine. It was beautiful. It was the nicest place we've seen out here. There's no question about it."

"Large rooms, with washer/dryer. Extensive outdoor walking areas. Beautiful lake Impressive activities with Adam Helpful staff Move-in assistance Some doctors come to the apartment, others onsite. Pool, exercise room, ping pong, pool table Hair/nail salon"

"We visited the independent living community of Independence Hall. It's an older building, but it's very nice and they have renovated the entire place. The staff was very pleasant and very knowledgeable. We had lunch there, too, and the food was excellent. The rooms themselves were very nice. We looked at a 1-bedroom and a 2-bedroom apartment. You bring your own furniture in."

"I have toured Allegro Doral for my parents. It is a beautiful community and newly built. Everything is new, modern, and clean. It is obviously in lease-up mode, so you don't see a lot of people yet, but the few we saw were very happy with the premises and the activities. I think at the time we went there they were doing aerobics in the pool, and everybody looked really happy. They have a very good selection of apartments, very good-sized models, and the distribution was great. The only thing is they did not have enough of the one-bedrooms with a den and a good view, so I wish they had more of those. I saw they had an arts room, a movie room, bingo, and happy hours. She sent me an activities schedule. They also have a beauty salon. We did not get to see a lot of people because of COVID restrictions, so we mainly dealt with the sales director and the receptionist. They also have aerobics, yoga, and a gym. They have a lot of activities in the gym."

"The whole Grand Living at Coral Gables is wonderful. They have three restaurants here and a cafeteria, and the food is great. They have a whole day of activities. They take you to the grocery and then to the doctor's. It's wonderful. The staff is incredible. They have a gym, a pool table, a craft place, and water aerobics. They give you a schedule for the month. Every day they have like 8 or 9 activities. It's kind of expensive, but it's great. They give you a lot of things for the price. It is close to my family. It is an amazing place to be. It's like you were at The Ritz. It's like a perfect hotel."

"I moved into The Solaire at Las Palmas Village and I have nice living quarters. I have a stove and oven, a refrigerator, and air conditioning. It has all the comforts that I want in a place to live. This place has 3 buildings, and I'm in building number 1. Building number 3 has a gym, a library, a community room, and a barbershop. I am dissatisfied with the building that I'm in. I should be in building number 3 which has all of the amenities that this place has to offer. Building number 1 is the farthest away. I have to walk a block to get to the exit, and building number 3 sits right at the exit. The manager showed me building number 3 when she was giving me a tour of the place. Then she led me to building number 1 and showed me 2 rooms at building number 1, leaving me with the impression that that's where I was supposed to be. I wasn't told that I could live in building number 3."

"This has to be the best retirement community that exists. Medley Lakeside Retirement Park is a small family oriented mobile home park where everyone knows each other by name. They have parties every month, and the Medley police department often participates in their activities as well. Is like a big family. In fact the Town of Medley Police department throws a party once a year, and the senior ladies competes to win a crown and a trophy. This year the theme was Flamenco, so all the ladies dressed up in flamenco costumes provided by the Town of Medley. The major, Ramon Rodriguez is the sweetest person I've ever met. Everyone loves him as he is a very giving person, and cares a lot for all the Senior Citizens as well as for the rest of the residents in Medley. Everyone has fun at Medley Lakeside park. Those Seniors are spoiled big time, they enjoy Holiday Parties, they celebrate birthdays every month, Thanksgiving dinners, they go to places such as Santa's enchanted forest, theaters, casinos, this is all free for them, including free food where they enjoy in their beautiful dining room. The reason why I know about the park is because my parents live there for more than 18 years now, and sometimes I participate in the park activities, and boy do I have fun when I do. Thank you. "

"I visited Mirabelle and I like the cleanliness and the friendliness of the staff. It was spacious for a one-bedroom apartment and they do have availability. They had a bistro bar area where you could order food as well."