Newer buildings in a fast-growing corridor
Lehi has boomed alongside the Silicon Slopes tech corridor, and its senior communities reflect that. Covington Senior Living Lehi and Abbington Manor are recent, purpose-built campuses rather than older converted properties, so residents get modern apartments and current amenities.
The range $3,000 - $3,200/mo comes mostly from apartment size and floor plan, since both buildings are new. Even with all that growth, independent-living rates here stay affordable for the region, which surprises families who assume a booming area means high senior-living prices.
Home values and the timing of a sale
Lehi home values have climbed sharply as the tech corridor expanded. For a longtime owner, that equity often becomes the engine that funds a move. Selling a Lehi house at today's prices can cover many years of the monthly fee at either community.
The practical question for many families is sequencing: lining up the home sale with the move-in date so the proceeds are ready when the first month's rent comes due. Mountain Point Medical Center sits nearby, and proximity to it is one factor families weigh when choosing between the two campuses.
What the fee includes
The monthly rate at Covington Senior Living Lehi or Abbington Manor covers the apartment plus meals, housekeeping, building maintenance, transportation, and activities. It takes the place of a Lehi household's utilities, property taxes, yard work, repairs, and grocery runs.
This is the lifestyle stage, so the fee leaves out personal care. Help with bathing, dressing, or medications belongs to assisted living, not to an independent apartment.
How it gets paid for
Independent living in Lehi is private pay, since Medicare does not cover it and Medicaid reaches only the care side of assisted living or memory care, never the independent-living fee. Residents lean on Social Security, a pension, retirement savings, and the home sale.
Long-term care insurance and Veterans benefits such as Aid and Attendance matter later, when a resident needs daily care; they ease the cost of assisted living or memory care rather than the independent-living rent that comes first.