# A Place for Mom Scraper - Senior-Living Communities (`jungle_synthesizer/aplaceformom-senior-living-scraper`) Actor Scrape senior-living community profiles from APlaceForMom.com — the largest US senior-living directory. Extract community name, care types, address, phone, rating, reviews count, and description for ~30k US communities. Filter by state, country, or care type. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/aplaceformom-senior-living-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## A Place for Mom Senior-Living Community Scraper Scrape senior-living community profiles from [APlaceForMom.com](https://www.aplaceformom.com/) — the largest US senior-living directory. Returns community name, care types, address, phone, rating, review count, description, geo-coordinates, and primary photo for ~30,000 communities across the US (and a smaller Canadian slice). The actor walks APFM's public sitemap, fetches each community page, and extracts structured data from the JSON-LD `LocalBusiness` block plus a few DOM selectors for care-type taxonomy. No proxy required. APFM's pages are server-rendered Next.js with no bot detection on `/community/` paths. --- ### A Place for Mom Scraper Features - Extracts community name, full street address, phone, ZIP, and country - Returns care types — Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living, Nursing Home, Home Care - Captures aggregate rating (normalized to 0–5) and review count - Returns geo-coordinates (lat / long) for every community - Filters by US state, country, or care type - Pulls a primary hero photo URL plus any matched gallery photos - Sitemap-driven discovery — finds every community APFM has indexed - No proxy needed. Runs polite at 8 concurrent requests. --- ### A Place for Mom Scraper Input Options | Field | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `maxItems` | integer | `10` | Maximum number of community profiles to return. The full directory has ~30,000 records — set higher for full harvests. | | `countries` | array | `["US"]` | Country codes to include. Use `["US", "CA"]` to also include APFM's Canadian soft-launch communities. | | `states` | array | `[]` | US state or Canadian province codes (e.g. `["OR", "TX"]`). Empty = all states. | | `careTypes` | array | `[]` | Care types to keep (case-insensitive substring match). Examples: `Assisted Living`, `Memory Care`, `Independent Living`, `Nursing Home`, `Home Care`. Empty = all. | #### Input Examples **Default — first 10 US communities:** ```json { "maxItems": 10, "countries": ["US"] } ```` **Memory Care communities only:** ```json { "careTypes": ["Memory Care"], "countries": ["US"], "maxItems": 200 } ``` **Oregon communities, all care types:** ```json { "states": ["OR"], "countries": ["US"], "maxItems": 500 } ``` **Full harvest, US + Canada, no filters:** ```json { "countries": ["US", "CA"], "maxItems": 35000 } ``` *** ### A Place for Mom Scraper Output Fields | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `communityName` | string | Name of the senior-living community | | `careTypes` | string | Comma-separated list of care types offered (e.g. `Assisted Living, Memory Care`) | | `phone` | string | Contact phone number from the profile | | `address` | string | Street address | | `city` | string | City | | `state` | string | US state or Canadian province code (e.g. `OR`, `ON`) | | `zip` | string | ZIP / postal code | | `country` | string | Country code (`US` or `CA`) | | `latitude` | number | Geographic latitude | | `longitude` | number | Geographic longitude | | `rating` | number | Aggregate rating, normalized to a 0–5 scale (APFM internally scores 0–10) | | `reviewsCount` | number | Number of reviews backing the rating | | `startingPrice` | string | Lowest visible monthly price across room types (e.g. `$3,443/mo`). Often `null` because APFM gates pricing behind a contact form. | | `priceRange` | string | Symbolic price range from JSON-LD (`$`, `$$`, `$$$`, `$$$$`) | | `description` | string | Community marketing description | | `primaryPhotoUrl` | string | Primary hero photo URL | | `photoUrls` | array | Additional photo URLs whose paths match the community slug | | `profileUrl` | string | Canonical APlaceForMom profile URL | | `scrapedAt` | string | ISO timestamp when the record was scraped | #### Sample Output ```json { "communityName": "Farmington Square at Gresham", "careTypes": "Assisted Living, Memory Care", "phone": "(503) 665-1994", "address": "1655 NE 18th St", "city": "Gresham", "state": "OR", "zip": "97030", "country": "US", "latitude": 45.51116562, "longitude": -122.41578674, "rating": 4, "reviewsCount": 76, "startingPrice": null, "priceRange": "$$$", "description": "Farmington Square at Gresham in Gresham, OR is one of senior living communities in the area...", "primaryPhotoUrl": "https://www.aplaceformom.com/image/apfm-web-api/997925/farmington-square-at-gresham.jpg?t=default", "photoUrls": [ "https://www.aplaceformom.com/image/apfm-web-api/997925/farmington-square-at-gresham--gresham.jpg" ], "profileUrl": "https://www.aplaceformom.com/community/farmington-square-at-gresham-59703", "scrapedAt": "2026-04-27T15:14:26.817Z" } ``` *** ### How A Place for Mom Scraper Works 1. **Sitemap discovery** — Walks APFM's sitemap index to enumerate community URLs across the directory (~30k records). 2. **Page fetch** — Fetches each `/community/-` profile. APFM serves them as plain HTML behind CloudFront — no JS rendering needed. 3. **JSON-LD extraction** — Parses the `LocalBusiness` block embedded in every profile to pull name, address, phone, rating, geo, and primary photo. 4. **DOM polish** — Reads the care-type list and matched gallery photos directly from the HTML, applies country / state / care-type filters, and saves the record. *** ### Who Uses A Place for Mom Data? - **Senior-care SaaS vendors** — Build prospect lists segmented by care type and operator size for outbound sales. - **Medical-supply distributors** — Map communities by region for territory planning and account assignment. - **Recruiting firms** — Source CNA, RN, and admin job opportunities from the largest active list of senior-living facilities in the US. - **Senior-care M\&A research** — Track the population of independent and chain-affiliated communities for acquisition pipelines. - **Capex lenders** — Build screening models for senior-living loan portfolios using care-type and geographic distribution. - **Market research teams** — Quantify supply-side capacity by metro area and rating distribution. *** ### A Place for Mom Scraper Pricing Pay-per-result. You pay $0.10 per run start plus $0.001 per record returned. - 100 records: ~$0.20 - 1,000 records: ~$1.10 - 10,000 records: ~$10.10 - Full directory (~30k): ~$30.10 Run a small test with `maxItems: 25` to confirm the output schema matches your needs before a full harvest. *** ### Frequently Asked Questions #### How do I scrape APlaceForMom.com? A Place for Mom Scraper walks APFM's public sitemap to find every community URL, then fetches each page and extracts structured data from the embedded JSON-LD. You configure filters (state, country, care type) and an item cap, then point it at Apify and walk away. #### How much does A Place for Mom Scraper cost to run? A Place for Mom Scraper costs $0.10 per run plus $0.001 per record. A full ~30k harvest is roughly $30. A targeted 500-record extract is roughly 60 cents. #### Can I filter by care type? A Place for Mom Scraper accepts a `careTypes` array of substrings — `["Memory Care"]`, `["Assisted Living", "Independent Living"]`, etc. The match is case-insensitive against the comma-joined care-types string for each community. #### Why is `startingPrice` often null? APFM gates community pricing behind a contact form for most listings. Only a small subset publish unlocked starting prices. The actor returns `null` when no public price is available rather than guessing — accuracy beats noise. #### Does A Place for Mom Scraper need a proxy? No. APFM's `/community/` pages serve plain HTML with no bot detection. The actor runs without proxy at 8 concurrent requests. #### How fresh is the data? A Place for Mom Scraper pulls from APFM's live pages on every run. APFM's sitemap refreshes daily, and individual profile pages are CloudFront-cached for ~6 hours. Re-run weekly or monthly for the kind of freshness most use cases actually need. #### What about operator names, license numbers, or capacity? A Place for Mom does not expose operator group, license number, or bed-capacity fields on its public profile pages. The actor returns what's published. Anything APFM hides behind their contact form (full pricing, license details, capacity figures) is not in scope here. *** ### Need More Features? Need a different field, a different filter, or a different target site? [File an issue](https://console.apify.com/actors/issues) or get in touch. ### Why Use A Place for Mom Scraper? - **Affordable** — $0.001 per record, with a $0.10 run start. The full directory costs about as much as lunch. - **Clean output** — Returns structured JSON with consistent field names, normalized rating scale, and slug-matched photo URLs. No manual cleanup before loading into a CRM or warehouse. - **No proxy, no babysitting** — Runs against APFM's public CDN at 8 concurrent requests. You configure it once and it does the rest, which is more than you can say for most things. # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you. ## `states` (type: `array`): Filter by US state code or Canadian province code (e.g. \['CA', 'TX', 'NY']). Leave empty to include all states/regions. ## `countries` (type: `array`): Filter by country code. Most communities are US; APFM also has a small Canadian (CA) soft-launch slice. ## `careTypes` (type: `array`): Filter by care types offered (case-insensitive substring match). Examples: 'Assisted Living', 'Memory Care', 'Independent Living', 'Nursing Home', 'Home Care'. Leave empty for all. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of community profiles to extract. The full directory has ~30,000 records — set higher for full harvests. Free tester runs are limited to 5 minutes. ## Actor input object example ```json { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "states": [], "countries": [ "US" ], "careTypes": [], "maxItems": 10 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "states": [], "countries": [ "US" ], "careTypes": [], "maxItems": 10 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/aplaceformom-senior-living-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "states": [], "countries": ["US"], "careTypes": [], "maxItems": 10, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/aplaceformom-senior-living-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "states": [], "countries": [ "US" ], "careTypes": [], "maxItems": 10 }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/aplaceformom-senior-living-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/aplaceformom-senior-living-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "A Place for Mom Scraper - Senior-Living Communities", "description": "Scrape senior-living community profiles from APlaceForMom.com — the largest US senior-living directory. Extract community name, care types, address, phone, rating, reviews count, and description for ~30k US communities. Filter by state, country, or care type.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "sgsrNV6tcpyyYcfVe" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~aplaceformom-senior-living-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-aplaceformom-senior-living-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~aplaceformom-senior-living-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-aplaceformom-senior-living-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~aplaceformom-senior-living-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-aplaceformom-senior-living-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "sp_intended_usage": { "title": "What is the intended usage of this data?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler." }, "sp_improvement_suggestions": { "title": "How can we improve this crawler for you?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements." }, "sp_contact": { "title": "Contact Email", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you." }, "states": { "title": "State / Region Filter", "type": "array", "description": "Filter by US state code or Canadian province code (e.g. ['CA', 'TX', 'NY']). Leave empty to include all states/regions.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "countries": { "title": "Country Filter", "type": "array", "description": "Filter by country code. Most communities are US; APFM also has a small Canadian (CA) soft-launch slice.", "default": [ "US" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "careTypes": { "title": "Care Type Filter", "type": "array", "description": "Filter by care types offered (case-insensitive substring match). Examples: 'Assisted Living', 'Memory Care', 'Independent Living', 'Nursing Home', 'Home Care'. Leave empty for all.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of community profiles to extract. The full directory has ~30,000 records — set higher for full harvests. Free tester runs are limited to 5 minutes.", "default": 10 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```