Philadelphia Nursing Homes

With over one million residents in Philadelphia and almost six million residents in the Delaware Valley area (including Camden and Wilmington), the Philadelphia area has a wonderful selection of assisted living facilities and other senior housing options. In fact, you may find it hard to narrow your choices down to just a few assisted living, independent living or nursing home options. Know as the city of brotherly love, Phili has a long and rich history that has developed a distinct style that you can not find in other areas of the country. If you include the surrounding counties of Bucks, Montgomery, Burlington, Gloucester Camden, and Delaware, you will find literally hundreds of assisted living facilities.

Philadelphia is divided into North, West, Northwest, Northeast, South and Southwest neighborhoods surrounding the Center area. Each suburb of Philadelphia offers a distinct cultural flavor and offers a unique set of assisted living facilities. If you are considering planning for the future, you may want to select a continuum care facility that can support seniors with all levels of health. Since walking is one of the most common forms of exercise for senior, you may also want to consider proximity to natural attraction like parks . The Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers can make light hiking areas. You may also consider some of the major public like Love Park, Logan Circle, Fairmount Park, Clark Park, and Penn's Landing. Other great attractions for seniors include The Horticulture Center, the Bartram's Garden, Morris Arboretum, Centennial Arboretum , the Awbury Arboretum and Marconi Plaza. Other great attraction that can make a great field trip away from the assisted living facility include

• The Rodin Museum
•  Philadelphia Museum of Art
•  Barnes Foundation
•  Woodmere Art Museum
•  Brandywine River Museum
• La Salle University Art Museum
•  Independence Seaport Museum
• Independence Seaport Museum
•  Philadelphia Doll Museum
•  Philadelphia Doll Museum,
• Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania
• Mummers Museum

Another factor that you may consider as part of selecting a Philadelphia assisted living facility is the proximity to your preferred church.  The Beth Sholom Synagogue, Church of the Advocate, Race Cathedral-Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, National Shrine of Saint John Neumann, Mikveh Israel Synagogue, St. Peter's Church, Church of St. James the Less, Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, The Christ Church, and the Saint Clement's Church are just some of the more famous local churches that can also be a good escape from the assisted living facility.

One key to selecting a great assisted living facility is to start your search near your home but expand it to check out more options.  The assisted living faculties in Bridgeport, The best way to find the perfect assisted living facility is to use our advance search feature to grab the nearest 40 faculties and start narrowing your list. Regardless of which part of the Philadelphia, Camden and Wilmington area you desire, our directory includes every licensed assisted living faculty.