Cincinnati Memory Care (Alzheimer's & Dementia)

If you're a senior looking for assisted living options in the Cincinnati area, you're in good hands. The city has a number of quality care choices. And the state provides programs designed to make senior living enjoyable and affordable.

Cincinnati takes senior healthcare seriously. The city has a number of geriatric assessment centers where geriatricians conduct comprehensive assessments and develop recommendations for care. Several hospitals, like Deaconess, have senior membership programs that provide active life programs. These programs give seniors free health screenings, assistance in choosing a physician, and free parking. If you're 60 or older, you're entitled to the Golden Buckeye card, a discount card honored at 20,000 businesses state-wide. Participating merchants (restaurants, retail, auto service and more) display the Golden Buckeye logo in their business. Discounts vary from special deals to percentages taken off the total purchase. In the Cincinnati area alone, 51 restaurants participate.

The average monthly cost of a one-bedroom in an assisted living facility in Cincinnati is $3,712, according to a recent national survey by Genworth Finanical. The average cost of a private nursing room is $225 a day. Some seniors may be entitled to Ohio's Assisted Living Waiver that provides long-term care for low-income adults and people with disabilities.

Before you decide on an assisted living facility, nursing home or other senior care option, do some research. The State of Ohio provides the public with a "Long-term Consumer Care Guide". To search for care options in Cincinnati and the surrounding area, see detailed inspection report information, and get the results of resident surveys, click here. Residents are asked questions about activities, choice, care and services, employee responsiveness, meals and dining and other categories. For example, at Atria Northgate Park (see our listing below), 97% of residents surveyed would recommend the facility to others; 88% like living there overall. Additional survey information includes the male to female ratio, and number and average age of residents.

To find an assisted living option in Cincinnati, use our advanced search feature. You can sort by type of care (assisted, independent, nursing home, etc.) and distance.

If you are a Cincinnati caregiver, below is our list of nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities. Currently we have 121 options for skilled nursing facilities in this area. CCRCs offer residents the full range of senior care including OH skilled nursing and hospice care. For more options, expand your search to Bowling Green, Mansfield or Huntington. Most residents in a Ohio skill nursing facility are there following an accident or illness. If you would like to have a Ohio specialist help you find care, just complete the form. The lowest cost option for Cincinnati senior care is residential home care; which starts at about $14/hour. Most of the nursing home reviews on this site are negative so if you find a great OH nursing home, create a positive review. Our directory also includes 14 assisted living facilities, 10 independent living facilities, 11 hospice care providers, 27 CCRCs, and 80 residential home care providers in Cincinnati.