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Photo of Sycamores Terrace Senior Apartments
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Honestly, ALL 5! I am so glad my uncle is there! He is very very happy, and, I'm very pleased with all of the above. Very very clean The management has turned over a couple of times, but, I'm not sure...
Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
The Sycamores Terrace Retirement Community has provided exceptional care and service to Nashville seniors for more than 40 years. Now under new ownership and a new name, Sycamores Terrace Senior Apartments will continue to offer extraordinary service while providing a unique affordable housing...
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Everything is going great so far. It's clean and the staff is friendly. The food is good, I don't have any complaints so far. It's working out well, and I would rate them very highly.
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.
When the demands of living in your home require more than you’re willing and able to give on your own, you’ll find a welcome home here at Springfield Heights.Springfield Heights is located on South Main Street directly behind the YMCA in beautiful Springfield, TN. Springfield is a beautiful and...
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I am very pleased with the care this community has provided my mother, they have been very sensitive to her needs and have helped her adjust very nicely into her new apartment. I really enjoy the fact that...
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.
When you visit Park View Meadows, you'll find a warm, friendly community where folks can thrive and connect. It's a place full of friendly local faces where you and your loved one will feel right at home, whether that's in our inviting community spaces or homey studio apartments and one bedroom...
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We really didn't get to experience the food or activities, but everything else was definitely a 5! What we like the most about the community is how attentive the staff were. They TRULY worked hard to feed...
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.
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Very clean facility, doesn't look medical at all, truly looks and feels like a big home with bedrooms and a living room. Residents are extremely kind and welcoming
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.
Hometown Manor has been serving residents in this community for over 15 years. At Hometown Manor, we strive to serve as a model of quality assisted living care offering affordable living in a home-like environment. We offer a small setting that features family-style dining and engaging common...
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Staff is friendly and helpful. The environment is nice and newly renovated. They're having trouble maintaining staff especially in the kitchen and food service areas so, my dad is frustrated with that not...
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.
At Park Place Retirement Community we are concerned with the area of appropriate housing. At present, we offer apartments for persons who are still capable of independent active lifestyles as well as those who need assistance with the activities of daily living.In working with families making...
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Wonderful apartment complex where everyone gets along well. Elevators, laundry room, & Trash chutes on every floor. Shopping mall with Many Restaurants close by. If your a Senior, Disabled, this is the place...
Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
    Hickory Hollow Towers is conveniently located near I-24 off the Bell Road exit next to Hickory Hollow Mall. We offer spacious 1 bedroom apartments with basic utilities furnished.      Our apartment homes feature wall-to-wall carpet, central heat &...
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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: 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
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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
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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, 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.
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.
Nursing homes are many things to many people. Whatever your needs, our goal is to provide compassionate nursing care in a clean, comfortable setting where you will feel at home. Individualized attention begins as soon as you are admitted, and our skilled nurses meet with you regularly to discuss...
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Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Senior Apartments
Care types provided by this community
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, 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.
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.
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: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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.
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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.
Hearthside at Castle Heights is a locally owned and operated, non-profit Christian Retirement Community. The facility is overseen by a volunteer Board of Directors, all of whom live in Wilson County. The facility opened in November, 1994, and added 16 units and an activity room in 2000. Our...
Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provides: Assisted 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.
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
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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, 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.
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
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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.

Cost of independent living in Lafayette, TN

The average cost of senior living in Lafayette is $3,329 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Celina, TN with an average of $2,410 per month.

Independent living costs in Lafayette, TN, vs. nearby cities

Lafayette, TN
$3,329/mo

Independent living costs in Lafayette, TN, vs. state and national averages

Lafayette, TN
$3,329/mo
U.S. national average
$4,016/mo

Independent living costs in Lafayette, TN, vs. other senior living options

$3,558/mo
Independent Living
$3,329/mo

Independent living costs in Lafayette, TN, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$3,733/mo
Studio
$4,301/mo
1 Bedroom
$4,286/mo
2 Bedroom
$4,646/mo
Detached Cottage/Bungalow
$2,000/mo

Senior living costs in Lafayette vs. state and national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: Lafayette, TN
Column state: Tennessee
Column national: U.S.
Community typeLafayette, TNTennesseeU.S.
Independent Living$3,329/mo$3,633/mo$4,016/mo
Assisted Living$3,558/mo$4,139/mo$4,558/mo
Memory Care$3,558/mo$4,227/mo$4,794/mo
Independent Living
Lafayette, TN:$3,329/mo
Tennessee:$3,633/mo
U.S.:$4,016/mo
Assisted Living
Lafayette, TN:$3,558/mo
Tennessee:$4,139/mo
U.S.:$4,558/mo
Memory Care
Lafayette, TN:$3,558/mo
Tennessee:$4,227/mo
U.S.:$4,794/mo
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Independent living costs in Lafayette, TN, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly independent living costs have shifted over the past five years in Lafayette and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent quarterly averages of what seniors actually paid after moving into A Place for Mom partner communities.

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Independent living cost trends in Lafayette, TN

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in Lafayette have changed in the last two years and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent averages of actual costs paid by seniors who moved into A Place for Mom partner communities in 2023 and 2024.

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Column location: Location
Column cost2024: 2024 average cost
Column cost2023: 2023 average cost
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Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
Lafayette, TN$2,632/mo$2,495/mo+5.5%
Tennessee$2,903/mo$2,940/mo-1.3%
National$3,261/mo$3,166/mo+3.0%
Lafayette, TN
2024 average cost:$2,632/mo
2023 average cost:$2,495/mo
Percent change:+5.5%
Tennessee
2024 average cost:$2,903/mo
2023 average cost:$2,940/mo
Percent change:-1.3%
National
2024 average cost:$3,261/mo
2023 average cost:$3,166/mo
Percent change:+3.0%
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What families are saying about independent living in Lafayette

Recent reviews for independent living in Lafayette

Maple Cottage Assisted Living Transitions in Portland, TN

4.4
Overall we have been very pleased with our experience. We like that it's a smaller facility (20 residents), easier to talk with staff. However, there has been quite a bit of turnover in the year we have been with them. We have had three "in-charge " people in a year and the position is currently ...
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Grace Manor Assisted Living Community in Nashville, TN

4.0
I have to say my favorite thing about this community is how well maintained and kept clean it is. Every time I go to visit it is completely spotless with a fresh smell throughout the building. My mom has had no complaints about the food and has really enjoyed participating in the many activities ...
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Trevecca Towers I + East in Nashville, TN

4.3
I had been looking for a place for my Aunt for several months. I visited and called several other facilities. My Aunt's opinion of the place was very important to me. She liked several, but she did not qualify because of her income.[Removed] of a Place for Mom was very helpful with guiding us ...
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Reviews mention these favorite features of communities

Friendly and helpful staff. Several reviews mention the kindness and attentiveness of the staff at various communities. For instance, at Rutland Place, residents express appreciation for the friendly and caring nature of the staff, who are always willing to assist with any questions or needs. At Red Cedar Glen, staff m ...
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Variety of activities. Reviews frequently mention the diverse range of activities offered at communities, including movie nights, museum outings, gardening classes, and more. Residents of Holiday Windlands South, for example, enjoy the opportunities to engage in social events and stay active. At The Bridge at Hickor ...
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Clean and well-maintained facilities. Cleanliness and upkeep are consistently mentioned as important factors in residents' satisfaction with their communities. At Rutland Place, the staff ensures that the facility is always clean and well-maintained, giving residents peace of mind. At Holiday Windlands South, the rooms are kept ...
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Affordable pricing. Several residents speak highly of the reasonable pricing at their communities, such as The Bridge at Hickory Woods and The McKendree Senior Living, allowing them to feel that they are getting good value for their money. Some communities, like Red Cedar Glen, offer flexible living arrangement ...
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Engaging social environment. Many reviews mention the strong sense of community and the engaging social environment at their communities. At Rutland Place, residents describe the atmosphere as 'big family', where everyone knows each other and looks out for one another. At Holiday Windlands South, residents enjoy making ...
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Flexible living arrangements. Some residents appreciate the flexibility of their living arrangements, which allow them to receive care and support as needed while maintaining independence. For instance, at Red Cedar Glen, friends are able to bring in additional help for daily living needs, and Red Cedar Glen staff accommod ...
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Lafayette independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Lafayette independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Lafayette, 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
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Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
32.4%
20.5%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
34.3%
34.1%
No sugar
No sugar
28.4%
31.5%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
29.4%
33.6%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
11.8%
8.1%
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Availability of select dining options in Lafayette 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 Lafayette communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Lafayette, TNNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
24.5%
36.5%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
36.3%
43.5%
Room service
Room service
24.5%
36.9%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
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17.4%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Lafayette 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 Lafayette offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Lafayette, TNNational
Activity director
Activity director
41.2%
45.3%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
24.5%
28.4%
Community service programs
Community service programs
28.4%
32.8%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
51%
49.3%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
46.1%
49.8%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
47.1%
54.9%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
36.3%
43.1%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
24.5%
37.7%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
30.4%
41.7%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
41.2%
47.5%
Live performances
Live performances
38.2%
47.3%
Dances
Dances
23.5%
32.6%
Fitness center
Fitness center
20.6%
39.8%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
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The Bungalows at Bowling Green, Rutland Place and Morningside of Springfield are the top-rated independent living facilities near Lafayette, Tennessee. See full list of communities.
There are 114 independent living facilities near Lafayette, Tennessee. See the full list.
The best independent living facility near you in Lafayette, Tennessee is Morningside of Springfield. This independent living community received the highest ranking based on verified family reviews.
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