May 13, 2025 – Lemont, Ill – Franciscan Advisory Services (FAS) is proud to announce that two communities have been recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Senior Living ratings. This honor reflects FAS’s unwavering dedication to creating exceptional, home-like and vibrant communities that provide excellent care for residents along with compassionate family support. The awards reaffirm FAS’s place among the nation’s top providers of senior care.
Now in its fourth year, the 2025 Best Senior Living ratings from U.S. News evaluated over 3,800 communities in the United States. Communities are evaluated on several criteria, including resident and family members’ satisfaction with safety, care, community management and staff, value, and other services and amenities.
“We are honored to have our senior living communities recognized among the best in the country,” said Regina Umanskiy, President and CEO of Franciscan Ministries and Franciscan Advisory Services. She added, “What makes this recognition especially meaningful is that it comes from those who matter most—our residents and their families.”
U.S. News awards the designation of “Best Senior Living” only to those communities that satisfy U.S. News’ rigorous, data-driven standard, reflecting the viewpoints from more than 450,000 consumer surveys. Only the highest-rated communities in each care level earned a “Best” rating. U.S. News also recognizes outstanding performance in several key areas with a High Performing accolade. These accolades are awarded to communities that scored in the top 25% of evaluated communities nationwide for Caregiving, Activities & Enrichment, Management & Staff, Food and Dining and “Feels Like Home,” and met certain other criteria.
FAS recognized communities for 2025 include:
Astral at Auburn – Auburn, IN – Best Independent Living. High-performing accolades for Independent Living-Activities & Enrichment.
Astral at Franklin – Franklin, IN – Best Assisted Living. High-performing accolades for Assisted Living-Caregiving; Assisted Living-Activities & Enrichment; and Assisted Living-Feels Like Home.
About Franciscan Advisory Services
Franciscan Ministries provides third-party management services through Franciscan Advisory Services, a senior housing consulting and real estate development organization that designs, develops, markets and operates a multi-brand portfolio of upscale senior living communities.
For more information, visit www.FranciscanMinistries.org/Franciscan-Advisory-Services or call (331) 318-5200.
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