Our Mission
Legend Senior Living is dedicated to providing the highest standards of quality of service, environment, and care to residents and their families while providing value and accountability to all our stakeholders. We work to serve the needs of the whole person: physical, mental, and spiritual. We are committed to providing a positive, reinforcing work environment that recognizes the value of all staff and fosters individual growth and improvement.
Our Core Values
Our values are woven into every interaction, every care plan, and every community we operate. These include:
Stewardship
Manage money and resources with wisdom and integrity, recognizing responsibility to the customer.
Servanthood
Deferring my own needs and wants and serving the needs of others.
Caring
A commitment from the heart demonstrated through empathizing with and extending personal interest in the personal, individual needs, weaknesses, and feelings of those persons we serve.
Attitude
The positive manner and perspective used in approaching issues and decisions and situations. Demonstrating a positive attitude and approach in the workplace and particularly when addressing residents, families, co workers.
Teamwork
Deferring my personal wants to work as a team gives us the opportunity to utilize all the talents as a group and to realize the uniqueness of each one.
Creativity
A conscious effort and willingness to see things differently, to break out of habits and outdated thought to find new ways of thinking, doing, and being. Recognizing that improvement requires my flexibility and involves change from time to time.
Integrity
Working hard, keeping promises, sharing success. Above all, honesty. Showing respect, fairness, and consideration of others. Following the respective authoritative governing rule. Integrity does what is honest, and right according to other shared values even when it is not convenient, easy, or even visible.
Individual Development
Taking the initiative to improve oneself by broadening one’s knowledge and skills in order to bring the best possible to Legend. This often involves changing the way I do things in order to benefit through the sharing and implementation of best practices.
Responsibility
The willingness to acknowledge responsibility to others, and the willingness to fully accept responsibility for one’s actions and the implication that may result.
Productivity
Maximizing my personal output without increased resources or compromising quality. A willingness to pursue new more efficient methods of doing my work and helping the team. A willingness to be monitored and measured according to my peers.
A mission to serve. A passion for care.
Tim began his career in senior living in 1991, during the early evolution of Assisted Living. Over the years, he saw an industry that often focused on care alone, without fully addressing what makes life meaningful. He believed something essential was missing. So he built something different.
From the beginning, Legend was designed around the idea that care and lifestyle should never be separated. Communities were created to feel welcoming and residential. Days were thoughtfully structured with programming that engages the mind, body, and spirit. Every detail was intended to support not just how people are cared for, but how they live.
“We are changing the way America ages,” Tim has said, a belief that continues to shape the company’s direction and purpose.
That vision is now being carried forward by the next generation. Matt Buchanan, Co-CEO, has built his career within Legend, taking on roles across operations and working closely within communities. His experience brings a deep, practical understanding of what it takes to deliver meaningful, consistent experiences for residents and families.
Based in Wichita, Kansas, Legend Senior Living serves families across the country, operating more than 75 communities across eight states, guided by the same principles it was founded on. A commitment to dignity. A belief in purposeful living. And a vision that continues to move forward with intention, redefining what these years can look like for every individual.
The Legend Is You
At Legend Senior Living, our name is rooted in a simple belief. A legend is not defined by recognition or achievement alone. It is defined by the lives someone has touched.
The people who call our communities home have lived full and meaningful lives. They have raised families, built careers, served others, created traditions, and shaped the world around them in ways that matter. Their impact lives on in children, friends, and communities. In quiet moments and lasting memories.
To someone, they are everything. To someone, they are a legend.
That belief shapes how we think about senior living. It is not just about providing support. It is about recognizing the value of a life already lived and creating environments for that story to continue.
Every interaction, every experience, every detail is guided by the understanding that each person carries a legacy with them, and we honor and celebrate that legacy every day.
Awards and Press
Legend Senior Living Grows its Portfolio Across Three New Pennsylvania Communities
U.S. News & World Report Announces "Best of" 2026 Ratings for Legend Senior Living® Residences
Legend Senior Living Earns Eighth Great Place to Work® Certification
