kathleen bell
Jul 2026
Returned my rental car there to Enterprise. It was easy getting there. Plenty of parking and the staff / employees at Enterprise are excellent! Extremely knowledgeable and helpful.
1 / 15Quick Facts
- Total units
- 400
- Year opened
- 1985
- On-site therapy
- Therapy and medical services available without leaving building
- Emergency call system
- Pull cords placed in multiple spots in every unit
What Families Think
Reviewers generally describe The Breakers at Edgewater Beach as a scenic, activity-rich independent living community on Lake Michigan with attentive move-in staff and a diverse resident population. However, several residents and family members report ongoing elevator problems, and there are isolated but serious complaints about billing practices, food quality, and safety/cleanliness lapses.
The Good
- Lakefront setting with beach and outdoor space
- Wide variety of daily activities and social events
- Helpful, attentive staff during move-in process
- On-site fitness center, library, and pool
- Pet-friendly community welcoming dogs
- Diverse resident population praised by families
The Bad
- Multiple reports of slow, crowded, or frequently broken elevators
- One detailed report of unexpected rent increases and billing disputes
- One report of food causing stomach issues for a resident
- One report of masks not enforced during a COVID outbreak among residents
- One report of maintenance delays, including a flooded laundry room
AI-generated from reviews and community data.
About The Breakers at Edgewater Beach
Everything you need to live a brighter senior lifestyle is right here in our welcoming community!
The Breakers at Edgewater Beach invites you to live the fulfilling lifestyle you deserve in our thriving community. Let go of responsibilities and gain the freedom to explore, learn, and grow in our vibrant community, where joy abounds. Located on the shores of stunning Lake Michigan in Chicago, this community provides unmatched scenery paired with helpful amenities and services as well as all that our surrounding city has to offer! Come experience a better senior lifestyle for yourself with a visit to our inviting community.
Lifestyle Options
Our residents are engaged, active seniors looking to live a life with fewer to-dos. Our Independent Living lifestyle takes plenty of chores of your plate with amenities and services to make life more relaxing. Our community is full of independent seniors who want to spend more time pursuing passions and connecting with loved ones and less time worrying about life's mundane chores.
Affordable Senior Living
Our Independent Living lifestyle offers a vibrant atmosphere with opportunities to pursue your passions, make social connections, and embrace interests you’ve never had time to explore. Enjoy a quality lifestyle in a warm and welcoming community.
Senior Lifestyle Options
Every senior deserves a lifestyle that suits them perfectly. At Senior Lifestyle, you’ll discover a full continuum of lifestyle options that simplify your search for retirement communities. All of our lifestyle options provide the vibrant activities, social settings, and welcoming spaces residents need to lead better more fulfilling days. We invite you to discover the unique delights of each level of care we offer.
Independent Living
Our Independent Living communities are filled with self-sufficient, active seniors enjoying fulfilling lifestyles. These retirement communities offer services to help with housekeeping, meals, transportation, and more to promote wellness and a meaningful experience. Our Independent Living lifestyles focus on creating a vibrant atmosphere filled with engaging activities, active social scenes, and bright environments. Explore Independent Living and find the retirement lifestyle of your dreams.
Assisted Living
In our Assisted Living communities, you’ll find the personalized services and amenities that help residents experience enthusiasm and confidence each day. Our residents receive help with housekeeping, personal care, activities of daily living, and more to free up time for the people and programs they love. We tailor each care plan to fit the needs of our residents, with an emphasis on wellness. Discover the daily activities, delicious meals, and engaging social events in our Assisted Living communities.
Memory Care
Senior Lifestyle loves providing a more fulfilling lifestyle to seniors living with memory loss, dementia, or Alzheimer's. Families can trust that our experienced, caring staff provides innovative Memory Care in a supportive setting, allowing their loved ones to experience more joy in life’s little moments. You’ll enjoy seeing your loved one thrive in their new home through programs that encourage connection and enable more choice for our residents. Experience our forward-thinking Memory Care firsthand.
Skilled Nursing
Our Skilled Nursing communities offer the services residents need while recovering from surgery or illness, or when you are managing a chronic condition for yourself or a loved one. We provide advanced nursing in a restful, supportive setting that encourages health and healing. With our Skilled Nursing care, residents receive the attentive support they need to recover, rehabilitate, and live more comfortably.
Short-Term Care
You can find the help you need for yourself or a loved one through Short Term Care options from Senior Lifestyle. We offer adult day services, respite care, and short-term medical care to ensure seniors in the communities we serve have more options that fit their needs. Visiting residents benefit from our innovative programming, social events, and helpful amenities during their stay and receive the same tailored personal care as our full-time residents. If you're looking for a short-term care housing solution for yourself or a loved one, discover Senior Lifestyle communities with short-term options near you.
Affordable Senior Housing
The perfect senior community for you should match your lifestyle and personality, but always needs to make financial sense as well! At Senior Lifestyle, we are committed to creating affordable housing options for seniors in the communities we serve. Our affordable retirement communities provide services and amenities so that our residents can live a more relaxed and carefree lifestyle.
Our beautiful communities are located all across the country, providing sensible choices for seniors living on a fixed income or reduced budget. Our experienced staff can help you understand all your financing options and assist in finding affordable housing that will enable you to live the fulfilling senior lifestyle you deserve!
About Senior Lifestyle
At Senior Lifestyle, we help seniors create more vibrant lifestyles for themselves by promoting a culture of health, wellness, and engagement. We go the extra mile to support the overall wellbeing of our residents. Our diverse communities offer a range of lifestyle options including Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, Affordable Housing, and Short-Term Housing.
Each community is unique, and our compassionate staff enriches life for our residents each day. In addition to our wonderful staff, our communities offer a variety of personalized care plans, innovative programming, convenient amenities, and more for our residents. We understand that moving to a new home is an important decision, and we’re here to answer your questions about individual communities and Senior Lifestyles in general. Whether you're connecting with us through our community map tool or speaking to a friendly specialist, we invite you to learn more about Senior Lifestyle.
Our Mission and Vision
At Senior Lifestyle, each community is dedicated to creating meaningful days for our residents that encourage wellness and joy. We offer vibrant atmospheres, enriching programming, and compassionate staff. By building better lifestyles, we can focus on establishing a true sense of community by helping our residents, family members, and staff thrive.
Our Vision
Our vision at Senior Lifestyle is to become the trusted leader in senior living services by creating great places to work and great places to live. How do you make that happen Each team member takes personal responsibility to create actions that allow us to be great. Open communication, listening to different perspectives, developing relationships and trust all help to make SLC a great place to work and live.
Our Mission
Our mission statement shapes how we show up for our roles.
Our Award-Winning Programs
We believe in promoting a culture of health and wellness for our residents and their loved ones. We are proud to offer award-winning programs that help enrich the lives of our seniors each day.
Walk With Me
Easing the transition into our Memory Care communities, Walk With Me matches your family and loved one living with a dedicated memory loss caregiver who guides your family through the move-
Contact Senior Lifestyle
Deciding on a lifestyle and level of care can be difficult. If you have questions about which communities or levels of care are a fit for your needs, feel free to reach out. Our professionals are always happy to provide guidance to prospective residents and their loved ones. Connect with us today with any questions or concerns you might have.
Types of Care
Assisted LivingAt-Home CareHome Health and HospiceIndependent LivingMemory CareRespite / Short-Term CareSkilled Nursing / Long Term Care
Amenities
Room Amenities
- Multiple Floor Plans
- Private Rooms
Meals & Dining
- Dietary Accommodations (Gluten-Free, Low / No Sodium, No Sugar, Vegan)
- Professional Chef
Community Amenities
- 24-Hour Staff
- Fitness Center
- Gathering / Activity Spaces
- Housekeeping
- Laundry Service
- Medication Management
- On-Site Medical Staff
- Outdoor Patio
- Pet Friendly
- Salon / Barber
- Transportation Services
- Walking Paths
Activities
- Social Activities (Happy Hour, Wine Tasting, Dances, Karaoke)
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Help Me ChooseReviews
4.3overall Β· 290 ratings combined
4.4β on Google (263) Β· 3.6β on Yelp (27) Β· Yelp page β
Terry Kristensen
Jun 2026
Kristen was a perfect guide. Showed me everything I needed to see, answered all of my questions. Breakers is definitely a possibility for me.
Rolena Armstrong
Jun 2026
I have been at the Breakers for two years and I love this place. The staff is amazing and I love the activities they provide for us. The view from my apartment is incredible. I recommend it to anyone who is looking for a senior living space
Maureen Zuger
Apr 2026
The Breakers at Edgewater is a great place to live.
F. R.
Mar 2026
I have been looking for a place mom for quite awhile and hitting a lot of brick walls. I was very disappointed mostly due to cost, not everyone can afford todayβs senior care costs.<br>I got a response to my email from Breakerβs at Edgewater. I was very familiar with the area as I grew up there and went to school there. George contacted me right of way and was very responsive to all my questions, he was very easy to talk to, very laid back a no pressure type guy. He invited me to just come by and take a look at what they have to offer; he explained he wants whoever goes to his building to be happy there and fit in, so they never have to leave. Itβs very traumatizing for the elderly to have to relocate.<br>After visiting with him and going for a tour, I was very impressed with everything I saw, from the moment I walked in, I felt my mom would be happy there. It is a beautiful place with many things to offer, from a library, to a gym, movies, pool many activities and even religious services. Two dining floors and parking in the building itβs a very big place. From everything I had already seen, I couldnβt even come close to Breakerβs offerings and it in todayβs market I think they have the best game in town. Also, they offer a little extra if needed with medication and or personal assistance. Therapy and medical services are also available to anyone without ever leaving the building. Pull cords are within each unit in multiple places to alert the front desk in case of emergency. Also before a new member moves in, they totally refresh the apartment. Paint the entire unit, change the carpeting, and replace any appliances that may not be functioning properly, even paint or change the baseboard trim around the carpeted areas.<br>I would definitely encourage anyone looking for a very nice affordable place to stop by, and take a look I think it will be worth your time. Iβm glad to have gone there and I saw something that is rare to find in todayβs world, very sincere people willing to work with you and actually help your family, to get something accomplished.<br><br>Update: Mom moved in a week ago, and she loves it. Everything went very smooth on moving day. Property Manager Eric, had everything ready to go as expected. We were running a little late and he even gave me a call. He was concerned as it was a very bad snowy weather day. The apartment was as expected an actually better. Many things were replaced that I didnβt expect, and it was really a beautiful job as George promised, very comfortable and cozy. Furniture was not a big issue as this was a studio and it took very little to fill with furniture. She loves the food, the activities, she works out every other day on the treadmill or elliptical or the cycle. Her legs are much stronger now also due to great food. She skipped a lot of meals as she did not like cooking for herself and now enjoys things she never ate before such as salmon. They have excellent chefβs; she loves going down to the dining room and meeting new friends and just socializing not just sitting in a room all day. This was her first Sunday and I received a picture of Sunday Mass she attended. Awesome place I truly sleep better at night not worrying about her safe care.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of care does The Breakers at Edgewater Beach offer?
The Breakers at Edgewater Beach offers Assisted Living, At-Home Care, Independent Living, Memory Care, Respite / Short-Term Care and Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care.
Is The Breakers at Edgewater Beach pet friendly?
Yes β The Breakers at Edgewater Beach lists pet-friendly accommodations among its amenities. Ask about any size or breed policies when you visit.
Where is The Breakers at Edgewater Beach located?
The Breakers at Edgewater Beach is located at 5333 N Sheridan Rd in Chicago, Illinois.
What do families say about The Breakers at Edgewater Beach?
Reviewers generally describe The Breakers at Edgewater Beach as a scenic, activity-rich independent living community on Lake Michigan with attentive move-in staff and a diverse resident population. However, several residents and family members report ongoing elevator problems, and there are isolated but serious complaints about billing practices, food quality, and safety/cleanliness lapses.
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