IU: 186. AU/HCU: 79 including units for dementia patients. Entry fee: One month’s rent. Monthly fee: starting at $2,960 for independent living. Assisted fees starting at $4,195. Memory Care shared monthly rate starting at $4,500. Private pay. Weekly housekeeping, two to three meals a day, transportation, several community areas from beauty salon to billiard room.

IU: 147. AU: 30. Purchase price: $215,000-425,000. Monthly fee: $2,987-8,600. Medicare accepted. Equity position through ownership. Health center, fitness center.

IU: 277. AU: 24. HCU: 44. Entry fee: Starts at $274,000. Monthly fee: $3,135-5,000. Medicare accepted. Balcony options, croquet course, putting green, daily meal, transportation, laundry/housekeeping service, planned activities, emergency call system, guest facilities, on-site health care.

Well-appointed suites on large landscaped grounds, nursing care and therapy, clubs, educational programs, and other amenities.

Well-appointed suites on large landscaped grounds, nursing care and therapy, clubs, educational programs, and other amenities.

One of 11 such communities in Maryland operated by Brightview Senior Living of Baltimore. Offering full-service independent living and assisted-living residences, as well as Alzheimer’s care. Brightview communities are also in Baltimore, Bel Air, Catonsville, Edgewater, Nottingham, Rockville, Severna Park, Towson, and Westminster. Entry Fee: $4,000. Monthly fee varies by apartment and assistance option. Hospitality services, relationship-based personal assistance, and social activities that include a movie theater, pub, spa, beauty/barber shop, and computer center.

IU: 216. AU: 45. HCU: 42. Entry fee: Starts at $138,000. Monthly fee: Starts at $2,510. Not-for-profit community offers Type C contract (fee for service) with a 50-month declining refund, in addition to 90 percent and 100 percent refundable entrance fee plans. Views of Sugarloaf and Catoctin Mountains, eight miles south of Frederick. Cottages, apartments, indoor pool, game room, library, fitness center, computer center, bar and grill, pets welcome.

This 64-year-old family-owned campus offers 80 assisted living units in a homey, family-like atmosphere, and is housed in a historic former girls’ college in old Lutherville. Set on 11 acres, it offers three meals, dietary guidance, nursing capabilities, activities, trips, and physical training.

IU: 281. AU: 88. HCU: 79 including memory care. Entry fee, 100 percent refundable: $76,000-367,500. Monthly fee: $2,680-5,040. 18-story high-rise next to Goucher College. Gourmet dining, transportation, laundry, housekeeping, multi-specialty health center.

IU: 312. AU: 35. HCU: 79. Entry fee: $130,000-800,000. Monthly fee: $1,775-6,800. Medicare accepted. Type A and C contracts. 90 percent refundable fee, or 50-month declining refund plan. Walking trails, pool, putting green, library, woodworking shop, darkroom. Pets welcome.