For Reston families weighing ccrcs, here's the 2026 picture - local costs, licensing, and the questions that matter most before you book a tour.
The local picture in Reston
Reston's planned-community feel carries into its senior living, with independent and assisted living clustered near Reston Town Center and Lake Anne.
Reston sits in Fairfax County, VA, part of Virginia. Nearby hospitals include Reston Hospital Center, which matters for discharge planning and staying close to a parent's physicians. Families here commonly focus on areas such as Reston Town Center, Lake Anne, South Lakes, North Point. Reston prices near the Northern Virginia median, slightly below McLean and Arlington.
What it costs, and how families pay, around Reston
Around Reston, ccrcs typically runs $4,500 to $8,500 a month plus a substantial entrance fee. Reston prices near the Northern Virginia median, slightly below McLean and Arlington. Most families layer sources over time: private savings and Social Security first, then long-term-care insurance if it's in place, VA Aid & Attendance for eligible veterans and surviving spouses, and Virginia Medicaid, administered by the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) and delivered through the Cardinal Care managed-care program (the former CCC Plus name lives on as a benefit within it) - which can fund care services (not room and board) through Cardinal Care/CCC Plus home- and community-based waiver services, plus the Auxiliary Grant, which helps cover room and board in an assisted living facility or adult foster care home and is jointly administered with the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) for those who meet the income and asset tests.
Verify any community's license and inspection record through the VDSS assisted living facility search tool and VDH nursing-facility inspection records before you commit - the one authoritative source covering every provider in Fairfax County, VA.
What ccrcs actually includes
A Continuing Care Retirement Community spans independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing on one campus, so a resident can move between levels of care without changing addresses.
In Virginia, this level of care is regulated under an Assisted Living Facility (ALF) license issued by VDSS under 22VAC40-73, overseen by the Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS), Division of Licensing Programs. A typical monthly range is $4,500 to $8,500 a month plus a substantial entrance fee.
Walk past the lobby and check these instead:
- the entrance-fee refund terms (Type A, B, or C contract)
- the operator's financial health and reserve ratio
- guaranteed access to higher levels of care, and at what price
Your next move
Talk it through with a free DC Senior Advisor advisor before you book a single tour - a little planning now saves weeks of scrambling later. Send us a message to get started.
