# A Place for Mom Scraper - Senior Living Directory (`lulzasaur/apfm-scraper`) Actor

Scrape senior living communities from A Place for Mom — assisted living, memory care, independent living, nursing homes & home care. Get names, addresses, phones, ratings, reviews, and geo coordinates by city. Ideal for senior care lead gen and market research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/apfm-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## A Place for Mom Scraper — Senior Living Directory

Extract senior living communities and home care agencies from **A Place for Mom**, the largest senior living referral service in the US (tens of thousands of communities, 500K+ family reviews).

### What it does

Search any US city for senior living options and get structured JSON with:

- **Name, street address, city, state, ZIP**
- **Geo coordinates** (latitude/longitude)
- **Phone number**
- **Review score (1–10) and review count**
- **Recent family reviews** (optional — date, star rating, author, full text)
- **Care types offered** at each community
- **Price range indicator**
- **Operator / parent organization**
- **Photo URL and full description**

### Supported care types

| Care Type | Slug |
|-----------|------|
| Assisted Living | `assisted-living` |
| Independent Living | `independent-living` |
| Memory Care (Alzheimer's) | `alzheimers-care` |
| Nursing Homes | `nursing-homes` |
| Home Care | `home-care` |

### Input

```json
{
    "careType": "assisted-living",
    "locations": ["california/los-angeles", "Phoenix, AZ"],
    "maxResultsPerLocation": 100,
    "includeReviews": false,
    "maxReviewsPerCommunity": 10
}
```

- **locations** — accepts `state/city` slugs (`"california/los-angeles"`) or `"City, ST"` (`"Los Angeles, CA"`)
- **maxResultsPerLocation** — cap per location; `0` = all available
- **includeReviews** — attach recent family reviews to each community

### Output example

```json
{
    "name": "Atria Park of Pacific Palisades",
    "communityId": "95098",
    "url": "https://www.aplaceformom.com/community/atria-park-of-pacific-palisades-95098",
    "careTypeSearched": "assisted-living",
    "careTypes": ["Assisted living", "Memory care", "Independent senior living"],
    "phone": "(310) 573-9545",
    "street": "15441 W Sunset Blvd",
    "city": "Pacific Palisades",
    "state": "CA",
    "zipCode": "90272",
    "latitude": 34.04854,
    "longitude": -118.52776,
    "priceRange": "$$$",
    "rating": 8,
    "reviewCount": 35,
    "parentOrganization": "Atria",
    "locationSearched": "california/los-angeles",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Who uses this data

- **Senior care referral agencies** — build and refresh local provider inventories
- **Market researchers** — occupancy, pricing-tier, and operator footprint analysis
- **Real estate & private equity** — senior housing acquisition due diligence
- **Insurance & healthcare networks** — provider directory enrichment
- **Marketing agencies** — lead lists for senior-care vertical campaigns

### Why this scraper

A Place for Mom does not offer a public API or data export. This actor turns its directory into clean, structured JSON — including the review scores and family feedback that drive placement decisions — at a fraction of the cost of commercial senior-housing data vendors.

### FAQ

**How fresh is the data?** Every run scrapes the live site — you always get current listings, ratings, and reviews.

**Can I scrape multiple cities at once?** Yes — pass any number of locations; results are deduplicated across cities automatically.

**Is this legal?** The actor only collects publicly available business information (names, addresses, phones, ratings). No personal data behind logins is accessed.

# Actor input Schema

## `careType` (type: `string`):

Type of senior care to search for.

## `locations` (type: `array`):

Cities to scrape. Accepts 'state/city' slugs ('california/los-angeles') or 'City, ST' format ('Los Angeles, CA').

## `maxResultsPerLocation` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of communities to scrape per location. Set to 0 for unlimited.

## `includeReviews` (type: `boolean`):

Include recent family reviews (date, rating, author, text) for each community.

## `maxReviewsPerCommunity` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of reviews to include per community (only used when Include Reviews is enabled).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "careType": "assisted-living",
  "locations": [
    "california/los-angeles",
    "Phoenix, AZ"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerLocation": 100,
  "includeReviews": false,
  "maxReviewsPerCommunity": 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "careType": "assisted-living",
    "locations": [
        "california/los-angeles",
        "Phoenix, AZ"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/apfm-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "careType": "assisted-living",
    "locations": [
        "california/los-angeles",
        "Phoenix, AZ",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/apfm-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "careType": "assisted-living",
  "locations": [
    "california/los-angeles",
    "Phoenix, AZ"
  ]
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/apfm-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/apfm-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Ve81QR3nXKgOLFCTa/builds/dR7tdn2kIC7Sd1kEE/openapi.json