Brookdale Senior Living Communities

Brookdale Senior Living is based in Brentwood, Tennessee, and is the largest operator in this directory by number of communities. The company says it runs more than 500 communities that can serve about 46,000 residents in 41 states. Its own community finder lists 511 locations as of September 2026, led by Texas with 62, Florida with 54, North Carolina with 50, California with 30 and Washington with 29. At several addresses Brookdale lists an assisted living building and a separate memory care building under the same community name, each with its own street address and phone number.

Assisted living is the core of the portfolio: 402 of the 511 locations list it, and 283 list memory care, including 88 buildings that are dedicated to memory care only. Independent living appears at 88 locations, often on larger campuses that combine several levels of care, and 13 locations include skilled nursing. Brookdale also offers in-home care under the Brookdale at Home name from some of its campuses, a service that is separate from the communities themselves.

Brookdale describes its approach as listening to what each resident and family needs and then building a plan around it, with dining, wellness and social programs at each community. Pricing is set community by community and depends on the apartment and the level of care. Families comparing Brookdale locations should ask which care levels are licensed at that specific address, whether memory care is in the same building or a neighboring one, and how the monthly rate changes as care needs grow.