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Photo of Neighborhood in Rio Rancho Community
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The meals at the Neighborhood are tasty and varied. Between the dining room and the Bistro, there is always something which is appealing. I would like to give a shout out to the wait staff. They are...
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.
Supportive Care at The Neighborhood in Rio Rancho is a Premier Full Service Health Care Community where extra support is available at one location. There is no entry fee or long term contract to move directly into Supportive Care at The Neighborhood in Rio Ranchoand features both private studio...
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For my parents, they have a little apartment outside the main property, so the staff has been very accommodating to them for that and I would rate the cleanliness of that higher than the building of the main...
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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.
Casa de Rosa Assisted Living is a gorgeous assisted living community situated in the picturesque Albuquerque, New Mexico. Nestled in expansive grounds complete with local plant life and wildlife, Casa de Rosa offers all the best that the New Mexico landscape has to offer. The dry climate leaves...
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I chose this community mainly because the room sizes were good, the price was in the medium range, and the staff ratios were good. They have had a lot staff turnover. The food is good and they are trying ...
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.
Introducing Élan Santa Monica in Albuquerque, NMStep into the unexpected. Stunning, but casual. Elegant, yet comfortable. More like an urban lodge or boutique hotel than a traditional senior living community. At Élan Santa Monica you’ll discover concierge-style services, resort-quality amenities,...
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There is always someone cleaning, even on weekends. Whomever sees my mom, always sits to have a few words with her, she doesn't leave her room. Hands on care is extra (point system), they give her meds with...
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.
The Woodmark at Uptown: The Woodmark at Uptown is a senior living community in Albuquerque, New Mexico offering assisted living and memory care services for senior citizens. The Woodmark at Uptown is ideally located in Albuquerque's Uptown neighborhood, with fantastic sunsets and awesome views...
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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.
Brio Assisted Living’s focus is creating a home for each and every resident. It is where we started, and what we strive to do each day. We are an independently owned assisted community in the northeast heights of Albuquerque NM with a vision of enriching lives by providing individualized care...
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The staff are accommodating and kept us informed of what was going on with my loved one (my brother in law moved out for a year and just moved back last week). I would recommend Camino Retirement Apartments...
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.
Camino Retirement Apartments has served the community since 1972, when it became Albuquerque's first Retirement Center. We have remained at the same convenient location just east of Juan Tabo, with great views of the East Mountains, the spectacular sunsets and brilliant city lights. Camino...
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I would recommend to anyone as he was well taken care of. Did not rate the food because he did not eat he was admitted in the hospice program and was there only a short period of time. The nurses were...
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.
Ravenna Assisted Living is a mid-sized, privately owned and operated senior living community in Albuquerque's West Side. In operation since 2014, we continue our passion for providing a safe and caring environment for our residents. We focus on compassion and engaging interactions and activities...
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Not sure why someone would give this place a 1 star. Obviously they have not seen other places. I have my relative in this place for about 2 months and all I can say is that the caretakers, yes they are a...
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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Staff is very friendly, several have been there for years. Clean environment. Had a few problems with AC, toilets running.. Maintenance fixed right away.. Residents have been friendly and welcoming.
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.
Premium Senior Living in AlbuquerqueIt’s time to trade the stress and hassle that often comes from living at home for relaxation and a full social calendar. It’s time to give up the isolation that often comes from living on your own and get in return a life full of interesting things to do and...
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Kingston Residence of Santa Fe was a wonderful place for mom. The facility was very nice and well kept. There were plenty of activities to choose from weekly and the food was excellent. I believe they also...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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.
Kingston Residence of Santa Fe located in Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico provides seniors with a caring assisted community that they can call home. This area is rich with history and things to do. Santa Fe offers an opera house, hiking and camping tours, museums, and much more. This area...
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Kingston Residence of Santa Fe was a wonderful place for mom. The facility was very nice and well kept. There were plenty of activities to choose from weekly and the food was excellent. I believe they also...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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.
Kingston Residence of Santa Fe located in Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico provides seniors with a caring assisted community that they can call home. This area is rich with history and things to do. Santa Fe offers an opera house, hiking and camping tours, museums, and much more. This area...
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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.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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.
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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: 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, 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.
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: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
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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.
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
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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.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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.
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We think this is the perfect place for our loved one even during the pandemic. They have small special events that take place, they have some activities going on right now like happy hour, door decorating,...
Provides: Independent Living, Senior Apartments
Care types provided by this community
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.
At Affinity at Albuquerque we’ve created a new kind of 55+ lifestyle community for people who are ambitious about the years ahead and aren’t willing to compromise their freedom.Rents start at $1,285, which includes everything: utilities, WiFi, expanded television services, swimming pool, hot...

Cost of independent living in Pines, NM

The average cost of senior living in Pines is $4,459 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Los Cerrillos, NM with an average of $4,347 per month.

Average monthly cost of Independent Living in Pines, NM vs. nearby cities

Pines, NM
$4,459/mo

Average monthly cost of Independent Living in Pines, NM vs. the state and national average

Pines, NM
$4,459/mo
U.S. national average
$3,951/mo

Average monthly cost of Independent Living in Pines vs. other types of senior living

$4,890/mo
Independent Living
$4,459/mo

Median monthly costs of Independent Living in Pines, NM by room type

Semi-Private
$4,261/mo
Studio
$4,479/mo
1 Bedroom
$4,943/mo
2 Bedroom
$5,586/mo
Detached Cottage/Bungalow
$4,571/mo

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What families are saying about independent living in Pines

Recent reviews for independent living in Pines

The Woodmark at Uptown in Albuquerque, NM

4.8
Based on our families experience, we were frustrated that all the required paperwork had to be completed by hand rather than a word doc to edit. There were a lot of duplicate questions on many different forms. It was also frustrating that we could not get our loved one moved in on the weekend. ...
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Coronado Villa Retirement Resort in Albuquerque, NM

4.9
I'm currently a resident at Coronado Villa Retirement Resort and I am thrilled to be living here. I certainly made the right choice to move here. The staff and the residents are all VERY friendly and call me by my name. My apartment is comfortable and is the right size. The cleanliness is super. ...
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The Montecito Santa Fe

5.0
Everything is going really well and my mom likes being here a lot. She likes the food and the people the most. The food is really good and the menus have a pretty good variety, including all different kinds of foods for people with food allergies, some things are gluten free, and they even have ...
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Pines independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Pines independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Pines, 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 Pines 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 Pines partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Pines, NMNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
10.9%
17.2%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
43.8%
28.9%
No sugar
No sugar
39.1%
26.7%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
37.5%
28.2%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
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Availability of select dining options in Pines 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 Pines communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Pines, NMNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
43.8%
30.7%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
48.4%
36.6%
Room service
Room service
42.2%
31%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
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Availability of select programs and activities in Pines 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 Pines offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Pines, NMNational
Activity director
Activity director
46.9%
38.4%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
25%
24%
Community service programs
Community service programs
31.3%
27.8%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
40.6%
41.8%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
57.8%
42.6%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
56.3%
46.9%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
46.9%
36.5%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
46.9%
31.9%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
39.1%
35.4%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
54.7%
40.5%
Live performances
Live performances
51.6%
40.2%
Dances
Dances
35.9%
27.3%
Fitness center
Fitness center
40.6%
34.1%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
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Brookdale Santa Fe, Fairwinds - Rio Rancho and Sandia Vista Senior Living are the top-rated independent living facilities near Pines, New Mexico. See full list of communities.

There are 63 independent living facilities near Pines, New Mexico. See the full list.

The best independent living facilities near you in Pines, New Mexico are Sandia Vista Senior Living and Morada Quintessence. These independent living communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.

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