Community Senior Living Guide
BY PATRICIA ORTIZ
2025
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Senior Living Guide! The holiday season is usually lled with laughter, traditions and meaningful conversations. It’s also often when we begin to notice subtle changes in the well-being of our aging parents or loved ones and start thinking about how best to support them. In this year’s Senior Living Guide, we’ve put together resources to help make those next steps easier. You’ll nd advice on how to move a loved one into a senior living home, along with a full guide to local senior living communities. We wish you and your loved ones a joyous holiday season. Thank you for welcoming us into your home this year.
Thank you for reading our yearly Senior Living Guide! While we prepare for the beginning of 2026, we might be thinking about the future, especially as parents, siblings and close friends reach an older age. In our annual Senior Living Guide, we take into account that every person’s needs are di erent. Our team of journalists broke down local senior living listings to best t your loved one’s lifestyle if it’s time for a change, including cost, amenities and the type of care within each community. As 2025 comes to a close, we thank you for being a loyal reader and wish you a holiday lled with warmth and love.
Lexi Canivel General Manager lcanivel@ communityimpact.com
Gabby Bailey Editor gbailey@ communityimpact.com
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Q&A: Southlake-based Realtors share guidance, top tips to know when making the move to senior living
being around other people and having less maintenance. What are common misconceptions families may have about senior living? McKinnon: It’s not a nursing home. There’s free- dom in that lifestyle. Once a parent is established in a new community, they get more independence rather than less independence. Lamanna: We have various [tips] that we can introduce them to that will help them carry [certain] memories [if an item is] a piece that they can’t bring with them. What logistical advice do you have for those transitioning into senior living? McKinnon: There’s often maintenance on the home that hasn’t necessarily been kept up with. We come in and document what should be dealt
Kim McKinnon and Denise Lamanna work together as Realtors on their “Downsizing Made Easy” program at Southlake-based McKinnon Real Estate, which focuses on helping homeowners across the region transition to senior living. Community Impact interviewed McKinnon and Lamanna to provide families additional knowledge while considering a transition. Answers have been edited for length, style and clarity. In your professional experience, why might someone choose to transition to senior living? McKinnon: Ease of life. We’ve found our clients might be trepidatious about deciding to move. But once we get them in the facility, they wish they did it ve years before. Lamanna: It’s an emotional pull to stay where they are, even though they know it’s time to move. But the reasons are managing a home,
Kim McKinnon (left) and Denise Lamanna are two Southlake-based Realtors at McKinnon Real Estate.
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This interview has been edited for length and clarity. For a longer version, visit communityimpact.com .
with and what we can sell as-is. Lamanna: Just getting started and having someone who can help them sift through things. It could be belongings, it could be paperwork. We’ve run into it all.
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