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.

A new residential golf and marina community developed on the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula, Bay Creek appeals to both primary and secondary homeowners, and features a 7,204-yard Arnold Palmer golf course, plus a Jack Nicklaus course, and a 225-slip deep-water-access marina, all located on a 1,729-acre waterfront tract. Lots are priced from $100,000 inland to $600,000 on the water, and homes are priced from $200,000 for condos and $1 million and up for single-family units.

This elevator building offers apartments for the active, over-55 set, with units ranging from $1,440-3,665 per month. Twenty-four floor plans up to two-bedroom, two-bath with family room. Club room with billiards, library, fitness rooms, heated pool and whirlpool, putting green, garage parking, walking trail, across the street from Columbia Mall.