Find Senior Living & Care in Levittown, PA

Levittown, with a population of 50,926, is home to 8,385 residents aged 65 and older. The city offers 577 senior living and care options. The average monthly cost of senior living & care in the area is $6,019.

On Trenton Road, the Raymond P. Mongillo, Sr. Community Center is home to the Middletown Senior Citizens' Association. Middletown Township says the center also hosts recreation and fitness programs for children and adults. The township's 42-acre Middletown Community Park adds walking paths, benches, a gazebo, and a Veterans' Memorial.

Spots like these fill an ordinary week here, and they're a good lens on senior living in Levittown, PA. They also hint at how things are run.

There's no town hall for Levittown, PA, itself. The Census Bureau treats it as a Census-designated place in Bucks County. Middletown Township says Levittown, PA, is governed by Middletown Township as well as three neighboring municipalities. Falls Township notes that portions of Levittown, PA, sit inside its borders.

For a newcomer, the upshot is that help comes from the townships and from Bucks County. This page names who runs each program, so it's clear whom to contact.

Middletown Township says William Levitt built Levittown, PA, as the second of his developments. When it was completed in 1958, it was the largest suburban planned community in the United States, and its alphabetized street name sections still exist today.

The Bucks County Free Library keeps one of its branches in Levittown, PA, along New Falls Road. Like the aging office and the senior programs covered below, it's a county service.

A weather station at Neshaminy Falls, PA, outside Levittown, PA, supplies NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals. Its January average low is 21.5°F, and its July average high is 85.8°F. Frosty winter mornings call for warm layers and sure footing, and July heat makes early walks the comfortable choice.

Medicare's hospital data has no entry for Levittown, PA, but it names two Bucks County hospitals offering acute care and emergency services. Lower Bucks Hospital, in Bristol, PA, says its emergency care runs every hour of the year. St. Mary Medical Center, in Langhorne, PA, lists itself as open 24 hours with adult and pediatric emergency services, so emergency care sits in those two Bucks County towns.

Next come short guides to each kind of care, from in-home aides to nursing homes, with tour questions shaped for Levittown, PA. Once a few providers stand out, contacting them is your call. Those conversations stay private between you and each one.

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Levittown, PA at a Glance

Assisted Living in Levittown, Pennsylvania

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A private apartment plus hands-on help every day is the core of assisted living in Levittown, PA. The help can cover bathing, dressing, and taking medicine, or simply an arm to lean on at dinnertime. Set against independent living, the added layer is staff who give personal care by a written plan that's updated as needs shift. A nursing home, by contrast, is built around medical care, while assisted living serves people who don't need a nurse at the bedside every day. In Pennsylvania, the Bureau of Human Services Licensing licenses personal care homes and assisted living residences. It's part of the Department of Human Services' Office of Long-Term Living. Regional offices field licensing questions. For Bucks County, that's the Southeast Regional Office in Norristown, PA, and it's the office to contact about a particular home's license status or history. Once a move is done, Bucks County's Ombudsman acts as an advocate for residents after they've moved in. The county describes the service as confidential and free, and says it's available in every nursing home, personal care home, and assisted living residence in Bucks County. A few questions on a visit get at what daily care looks like. How does staff gauge the level of help a newcomer needs, and when is that plan revisited? Who's on duty after dark, how many aides are there, and who leads that shift? Who handles medications, and how are doses tracked? After a fall or a hospital discharge, what does the community do first? Can residents keep their own doctor and pharmacy, and is a nurse on call? Is there a waiting list for the apartment size you'd want, and how does it work? How are relatives told about a change in health? Which services come with the base monthly rate, and what costs more as care grows? Dropping by at lunch shows staff and residents together at a busy hour. Compare the assisted living choices around Levittown, PA, below with one question list for all of them. The average price of care for Assisted Living in the area is $5,384 - $5,717 per month.
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Memory Care in Levittown, Pennsylvania

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For residents living with Alzheimer's disease or some other dementia, memory care in Levittown, PA, offers a calmer setting and closer watch than assisted living gives. These communities often have secured entrances, and many add a protected outdoor space, a predictable routine, and activities planned around memory loss. Pennsylvania puts numbers on dementia training, and those numbers are handy on a tour. Inside the special care unit of an assisted living residence, direct care staff must log eight hours of dementia training during the first 30 days after hiring. Every year after that, they need at least eight more dementia hours, apart from their 16 regular yearly hours. A personal care home's secured dementia care unit works differently, since its staff need six hours of dementia training a year, added to the regular 12. The training takes in topics such as challenging behaviors and effective communication. So a useful tour question is how many dementia training hours the unit's direct care staff logged last year, and what subjects they studied. Caregivers at home aren't left out. Bucks County's Caregiver Support Program serves adults caring for someone 60 or older with functional needs. It also serves those caring for someone at any age whose diagnosis is Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder. The program offers care management support, and the two people don't need to be related or live under one roof. Other questions help, too. How does staff respond when a resident tries to leave or grows restless toward evening? How are families kept in the loop? At what point does the unit decide someone's care has outgrown it? Seeing staff soothe someone who's upset shows more than any brochure. It's also helpful to hear how an average day runs, breakfast through bedtime, and when residents get outside. Keep one set of questions for every stop as you compare dementia care in Levittown, PA, below.
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Long Term Care & Skilled Nursing in Levittown, Pennsylvania

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Skilled nursing and rehab are what nursing homes in Levittown, PA, provide. Their residents have medical needs that have outgrown what an assisted living team or a memory care team can safely carry. A short stay might follow surgery. A long stay often ties to a chronic illness requiring daily nursing. Compared with assisted living, the gap is medical: licensed nurses at every hour, therapists in the building, and doctors guiding the plan. Next to memory care, the focus shifts to physical health needs that call for daily nursing, not memory loss alone. Medicare's Care Compare can find a specific home by name or by location, a handy first look before any tour. Good visit questions cover the weekly therapy schedule and who staffs nights and weekends. Ask, too, how the team gets someone ready to go home. It's also useful to hear how often relatives get a seat at care meetings. Weigh the skilled nursing options near Levittown, PA, below with those answers in mind. The average price of care for Long Term Care in the area is $10,840 - $11,510 per month.
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Independent Living & Active Adult Living in Levittown, Pennsylvania

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For people who still steer their own days, independent living in Levittown, PA, means handing off mowing, gutters, and roof repairs to someone else. Most independent living communities take care of upkeep, and many retirement communities in Levittown, PA, and around Bucks County add shared meals, a calendar of events, and a van. Since every monthly fee bundles different things, the fine print matters. Getting outdoors is easy to build in. Core Creek Park is a 1,200-acre Bucks County park with a mailing address in Langhorne, PA. Its list of features includes bikeways, walkways, fishing, hiking, picnicking, and boat rental. Middletown Township calls it a major recreation spot in the township. Competitive types have an outlet, too, since Bucks County Senior Games welcomes residents 50 and over at every level of ability. The county held its 2026 games in early June and is pointing to 2027 for the next ones. A tour goes further with pointed questions. What does the monthly fee leave out, and how are extras billed? Does the community's own transportation go to places like the park, or only to stores and doctors? How does the van schedule work for residents who've stopped driving? If health changes, is there assisted living or memory care on site, or would a second move be needed? A printed activity calendar from last month tells more than a brochure does. So does hearing which events residents started themselves. Policies on cats and dogs, an overnight suite for visiting relatives, and how new arrivals meet their neighbors all make good topics. A floor plan for the apartment size you'd want, and its distance from the dining room, is useful to see in person. It's good to know, too, whether residents ever head to the Senior Games as a group. Staying for lunch gives a feel for the everyday mood among residents. Set two or three independent living communities from the list below side by side, using the same notes for each.
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Home Care in Levittown, Pennsylvania

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With home care in Levittown, PA, an aide comes to the house, so routines and familiar rooms stay in place. Aides pitch in on activities of daily living, which covers basics such as bathing, dressing, and grooming, and many also take on laundry, light cleaning, and cooking. It's mostly non-medical help. Nursing usually isn't included, and all-day coverage only happens if someone arranges and pays for it. This setup tends to work when the house still suits its owner and the needs fill a few hours at a time rather than a whole day. Bucks County runs In-Home Support Services through its Area Agency on Aging. There, trained personal care aides assist with bathing, dressing, and similar tasks, as well as housekeeping and meals. A county Care Manager assesses the need before anything gets scheduled. On the food side, the county delivers meals to adults 60 and older in greatest social or economic need. Public help comes with its own eligibility rules, so plenty of households blend it with a private agency. Some start with county help and add private hours later, so it helps to learn whether an agency can fit its schedule around a county aide's visits. Calls to the agencies listed below go more smoothly with a short list of questions. How does each agency vet and train aides before the first shift in a Levittown, PA, home? Who checks the aides' work, and on what schedule? If the regular aide is sick, who comes instead, and does the household hear about it ahead of time? Does a visit have a minimum length, and how many weeks ahead is the schedule set? Can an aide run errands by car, and if so, in whose vehicle? When needs climb after a fall or a hospital stay, how quickly can the hours change? A short note of the chores that matter, sorted by day of the week, keeps each call focused and brief. Comparing the home care agencies near Levittown, PA, below gets easier with those answers lined up. The average price of Home Health services in the area is $25 - $27 per hour.
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Compare Assisted Living Costs in Pennsylvania

This chart places the Pennsylvania figure for a typical month of assisted living beside the U.S. average.

The statewide picture, including how families pay, is on our Pennsylvania page. Jump straight to nursing home costs, assisted living costs, home care rates, or independent living fees.

Memory care pricing isn't broken out on the Pennsylvania page. Anyone with memory care questions can contact the Bucks County Area Agency on Aging, which runs programs for eligible older adults across the county.

Pennsylvania -
$5,550
National Average -
$5,350

Local Resources for Older Adults in Levittown, PA

Some of these come from Middletown Township and the rest from Bucks County, the two layers of local help for older adults in Levittown, PA. Each link opens the group's own page, where details and eligibility are spelled out.

  • Bucks County Area Agency on Aging. The Doylestown, PA, home base for the county's in-home support, delivered meals, and caregiver programs. Area Agency on Aging
  • Bucks County Ombudsman. An advocate for Bucks County residents who live in long-term care homes. Ombudsman
  • Bucks County Senior Centers. Where the county's senior community centers are, and what they offer. Senior Centers
  • Bucks County Transportation. The county's ride program for residents 65 and older. Transportation
  • Middletown Township Parks and Recreation. Details on the Mongillo Community Center and Middletown Community Park. Parks and properties
  • Bucks County Free Library. Details on the county library's location in Levittown, PA. Library branch
  • Medicare Care Compare. Nursing home details from Medicare, searchable by name or location. Care Compare

Frequently Asked Questions

The Bucks County Area Agency on Aging does. Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services keeps a list of Area Agencies on Aging, and Bucks County's entry there is the Bucks County AAA. The office is in Doylestown, PA. It offers programs for eligible older adults across Bucks County, whichever township a home in Levittown, PA, sits in.

Its services include information and referral, caregiver support, care management, and home delivered meals. Information and referral helps when it isn't clear which program fits. One conversation can sort out where to go next.

Bucks County's senior center list includes the Middletown Senior Citizens Center, in Middletown Township's Municipal Building on Trenton Road in Levittown, PA. The list also names Falls Township Senior Citizens, Inc., with a site in Fairless Hills, PA. The county says its centers run recreation and learning programs, and most serve a hot, nutritious meal.

Meals eaten together at a center are called congregate meals. The county serves them at its senior centers, with the Middletown and Falls Township centers among them. Sign-up is required at least one week ahead, so it pays to register before the first lunch.

Bucks County's Area Agency on Aging runs a transportation program for people 65 and older who live in the county. Bucks County Transport gives the rides, which can go to doctor visits, senior centers, libraries, banks, and grocery stores. To sign up, residents ask Bucks County Transport for an application.

Bucks County Transport can explain booking and pickups, since it runs the rides. For anyone comparing senior living communities, it's also smart to learn which ones have their own shuttle and where it goes.

Begin by pinning down how much help is needed. The Bucks County Area Agency on Aging includes a Level of Care Assessment in its services, a way to sort out the care someone needs before any tours. With that answer in hand, set up visits at several assisted living communities found in the listings.

Use one question sheet everywhere you go, covering care plans, the night shift, and what's in the monthly rate. Sharing a meal there helps, too. For license questions or later concerns, the assisted living section above names the offices to contact.

Yes. Bucks County Community College's policy lets Bucks County residents 65 and older take credit courses with no tuition charge, as long as space allows, though fees still apply. The college's Lower Bucks campus is on Veterans Highway in Bristol Township, and registration follows the Registrar's schedule.

Because seats depend on space, it helps to have a second course in mind in case the first one fills. Checking the term calendar early gives the best shot at a seat, and the Lower Bucks campus keeps the trip within the county.

Silver Lake Nature Center in Bristol, PA, is a good choice. The nature center has 7 miles of trails and says they have no hills and are very easy to find your way along. It also says a half-mile section linking Silver Lake with its Visitors' Center has a gravel surface for easy wheelchair and stroller access.

That gravel stretch makes a sensible first outing for anyone using a wheelchair or pushing a stroller. For a longer day outdoors, Core Creek Park, described in the independent living section, adds paths for biking and walking.