Why We Won US News Award for Best Independent Living & Assisted Living
What does it take to be considered a best senior living community? Being recognized by an independent, nationally known news source helps. Recently, U.S. News & World Report analyzed data from nearly 450,000 resident and family survey responses at more than 3,800 senior living communities nationwide including 1,200 independent living communities. Of those surveyed only 424 — including Galleria Woods — were named best independent living community for 2025. In addition, 2,732 assisted living communities and once again, Galleria Woods was one of the 1,123 best assisted living communities.
The survey asked residents and family members about their satisfaction with community safety, caregiving, activities, management, staff, food, value and other aspects of community life.
What Is a U.S. News Best Senior Living Community?
To receive a U.S. News best senior living community recognition for 2025, a community must have been rated “Best” in Independent Living, Assisted Living or Memory Care. The ratings recognize communities that have excelled at providing highly satisfactory services and making residents feel safe and well cared for.
How Were the Ratings Determined?
U.S. News evaluated participating communities for each type of service provided using information from resident and family surveys. U.S. News analyzed the survey data and applied several weightings and adjustments to create the final scores. Only communities with the highest scores in each category were recognized as “Best” communities. For 2025, U.S. News introduced new accolades that recognize outstanding performance in specific areas, including activities and enrichment, care, home-like feel, food and dining and management and staff.
What Are Best Senior Living Badges?
If a senior living community earned a “Best” rating in one of the four categories, a U.S. News-trademarked award badge appears on its usnews.com profile page. The award badge indicates the “Best” category and a community may earn an award badge in more than one category.
Other Recent Accolades
Galleria Woods is also proud to be consistently recognized among the best.
LCS J.D. Power Award #1 in Customer Satisfaction among Independent Living Communities: As a Life Care Services® community and part of the LCS family of companies, we’re proud Life Care Services once again ranked highest in independent living resident overall satisfaction for the sixth year in row. The study is based on responses from residents of the largest U.S. independent senior living providers within the previous three years.
U.S. News Best Senior Living 2024: Once again, we were recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a 2024 Best Assisted Living and Independent Living Community. In 2024, U.S. News rated nearly 3,500 communities on several criteria, including resident and family members’ satisfaction with safety, care, community management and staff, value and other services and amenities provided by the community.
Experience the Best
Want to experience the best senior living community in Hoover, Alabama? Schedule a personal visit and tour our award-winning community today by using our Community Assistant chat feature, contacting us here or giving us a call.
