Page 28 of Best Memory Care in Indiana

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289 homes
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Avg Walk Score: 40/ 100The average Walk Score across facilities in Indiana. A third-party neighborhood walkability score (0–100) measuring convenience and context, not healthcare quality. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 50/ 100
Avg No. of Beds: 116The average licensed bed capacity across facilities in Indiana. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 90
Overview of Charter Senior Living of Gateway Park

Charter Senior Living of Gateway Park is a family-owned retirement community in Greenfield, IN, that offers independent living, assisted living, and memory care. Fostering comfort and healing, the community ensures older adults are treated like family. With three meals daily, weekly housekeeping, and 24-hour support, residents are guaranteed a worry-free lifestyle. The community also strives to meet residents’ needs and preferences through personalized care plans.

Meditations, walking club, and local outings are among the recreational programs dedicated to helping residents stay active and well-connected. A full-service salon, a library, and beautiful gardens also ensure residents can interact with their surroundings and rest comfortably. Located near Hancock Health and a highway, the community ensures accessibility and convenience. With its exceptional standards of care and top-notch amenities, this retirement community is one of the ideal choices for senior living in Indiana.

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Overview of Lake Meadows Assisted Living

Lodged in the heart of Fishers, Indiana, Lake Meadows Assisted Living proudly stands as a beacon of exceptional senior living, offering a unique and affordable assisted living option for those seeking the perfect balance of care and comfort. Within this vibrant community, seniors find themselves embraced by a dynamic calendar of engaging events, fostering a sense of connection and purpose that sets Lake Meadows apart from traditional assisted living places.

Amidst this enriching environment, Lake Meadows Assisted Living presents a dining experience that elevates each meal into a moment of culinary delight. Offering a diverse range of thoughtfully designed apartment floor plans, residents are empowered to choose a living space that seamlessly aligns with their needs and preferences. This gracious retirement living extends the opportunity to savor comfort within a studio or one-bedroom apartment. With individually controlled heating and air conditioning, residents enjoy both convenience and tranquility, while the option to personalize and decorate their abodes ensures that every corner of Lake Meadows Assisted Living becomes an embodiment of home.

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Overview of Hubbard Hill Village

Create unforgettable moments in retirement at Hubbard Hill Village, a distinguished community in Elkhart, IN, offering independent living. The community features cozy and purposely built two-bedroom floor plans, dedicated to residents’ comfort and convenience. Here, residents enjoy a hassle-free lifestyle with maintenance services.

Residents will not run out of things to do for leisure and wellness with thriving local shops and recreational spaces nearby. With a fully furnished kitchen, residents can prepare meals based on their dietary needs and preferences. Pets are also welcome to accompany residents to ease their loneliness. The community’s extensive services and state-of-the-art amenities provide the ideal setting for residents to thrive in their golden years.

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Overview of Vita Senior Living of Greenfield

Vita Senior Living of Greenfield is a highly recognized assisted living and memory care community in Greenfield, IN, that offers personal and specialized care for those 62+. The community also ensures that older adults can ease their worries in retirement, promoting a warm and home-like environment. Weekly housekeeping, transportation assistance, and a concierge desk are also offered to enrich residents’ living experiences. With its dedication to helping maintain residents’ independence with ease, the community also includes utilities for their convenience.

Chair yoga, interest club activities, and creative programs are among the many life enrichment programs dedicated to residents’ holistic wellness. An on-site salon and barber, and a spacious courtyard are also available for relaxation. With restaurants, shops, and leisure sites nearby, residents have easy access to their necessities and leisure. As one of the trusted choices for senior living in Indiana, this assisted living and memory care community continuously provides exceptional services for older adults’ welfare.

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Overview of Wedgewood Pines Assisted Living

Located in Southbend, IN, is Wedgewood Pines, a senior living community offering excellent assisted living services and amenities to its residents. Their quality assisted living services provides residents with personalized care, from 24/7 assistance, to specialized care for resident living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Additionally, they also offer respite care, and hospice support.

Wedgewood Pines not only boast of the quality care they provide, they also ensure that the residents have access to quality amenities designed to make their stay more comfortable. The amenities include delicious homemade meals tailored to the residents taste and dietary needs. Furthermore, the staff also regularly schedule group exercise and music therapies to keep the residents physically active and mentally stimulated.

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Overview of Magnolia Springs Bridgewater

Located on Carey Road in Carmel, Indiana, Magnolia Springs Bridgewater is a senior living community in a quieter, car-dependent area. Here, most daily errands require a vehicle. The community is housed in a two-story building and offers studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom floor plans for different needs and preferences.

Families interested in Magnolia Springs Bridgewater will want to know more about the community or visit in person. Important topics to discuss include the care services offered, the dining and activity programmes, staffing and medical support, and whether the pricing and payment options fit the family’s needs.

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Overview of Holiday Retirement Village

Holiday Retirement Village is at 1200 W Buena Vista Rd in Evansville, Indiana. It’s a single-story building, and the area is moderately walkable, with a Walk Score of 54. That means residents can handle a few errands on foot, like a quick trip to a nearby store, without needing a car every time.

One thing worth noting: this community runs three levels of care under one roof. Nursing home, assisted living, and independent living all operate at the same address. So if a resident’s needs change down the line, they don’t necessarily have to pack up and move somewhere new. They can shift levels of care and stay put.

Rehab services and respite care are both offered on-site. And staffing is 24 hours, full stop, so help doesn’t clock out at 5pm. Whether it’s early afternoon or the middle of the night, someone’s there.

Pets are allowed, too; a lot of people don’t want to give up a dog or cat just because they’re moving into a care setting, and here, they don’t have to. Beyond that, the community also covers transportation to appointments and has salon services on-site, which are small things, honestly, but they add up. Less for a family to coordinate from the outside.

Put simply, Holiday Retirement Village is one building handling a lot of ground: nursing, assisted living, and independent living, all at once. It’s built for continuity, for families who want the option to adjust care over time without switching addresses every time something changes.

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Overview of BrightStar Senior Living of Fort Wayne

BrightStar Senior Living is tucked in the lush Pine Valley neighborhood of Fort Wayne, providing seniors with a beautiful and quiet atmosphere to call home. This tight-knit community offers assisted living and memory care services to meet the diverse needs of its residents. With round-the-clock care, residents can feel safe and well-cared for at all times. The facility offers studio and one-bedroom floor plans that are well-lit with large windows, providing a calm and collected space for residents to relax in. 

Its featured amenities are also impressive, including high-speed internet, kitchenettes, wheelchair-accessible showers, and respite stays are also offered. The facility also offers a range of housekeeping, laundry, and hairdressing services to ensure residents feel comfortable and well-cared for. Moreover, its existing outdoor common areas provide a serene and peaceful place for residents to unwind the beauty of nature.

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Overview of Walnut Creek Alzheimer’s Special Care Center

Enchanting seniors with scenic views of Bentee Wes Court, Evansville, IN, Walnut Creek Alzheimer’s Special Care Center is a distinguished senior living community that provides companion living, memory care, and respite care. The community features cozy and welcoming residences in various studio and two-bedroom floor plans, ensuring seniors experience comfort and convenience like no other. With a compassionate and highly equipped team providing exceptional care and support, seniors keep their peace of mind and lead an inspiring life in their golden years.

As part of Sinceri Senior Living, the community doubles its efforts to provide a homey and vibrant environment for seniors to retain their dignity and live their lives to the fullest. Feel good with delectable and well-balanced meals catering to dietary needs and preferences. Embraced by incredible amenities and sunlit outdoor spaces, Walnut Creek Alzheimer’s Special Care Center is great for seniors looking to spend a wonderful retirement without worries.

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Overview of Story Cottage

Story Cottage sits in Indianapolis’s Meridian Hills/Williams Creek neighborhood, about 10.2 miles from downtown, and the whole model here is built around scale, or really the lack of it. Small cottages, 8 to 10 residents each, inside a 2-story building. Walk Score comes in at 25, somewhat walkable, but this is a suburban stretch where most errands mean getting in a car.

This is memory care specifically for residents living with Alzheimer’s, dementia, and related memory disorders. Staff go through dementia-specific training, which matters more here than it would in general assisted living; the kind of support someone with cognitive impairment needs is genuinely different. Personalized monitoring systems and built-in safety features are part of how the living spaces are designed, not an afterthought bolted on.

Cognitive stimulation and activities programming exist for residents too, tailored specifically to cognitive impairment rather than a generic activity calendar borrowed from elsewhere.

Eight to ten residents per cottage is a genuinely different environment than a single large memory care wing housing dozens of people. Smaller groupings tend to mean more consistency, in staff faces, in routines, in the sensory experience of the space itself, which matters a lot for people living with memory loss. Story Cottage reads as a deliberate bet on smaller-scale, home-like memory care over the more common large-community model, and that structural choice is really the defining thing about what’s being offered here.

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Weighting overview

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    Resident Experience
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    Regulatory
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    Visual Media
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    Website
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    Stability
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    Environment
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Resident & Family Experience 35%

The single largest share of every ranking. Aggregated review sentiment and volume from major platforms — the closest signal to real resident experience.

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  • Review Sentiment
  • Review Volume
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Regulatory & Safety Record 25%

State inspection records, citations, and complaint visits. We weight per-inspection rates more heavily than raw counts.

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  • State Inspections
  • Citations/Inspection
  • % Inspections w/ Citations
  • Complaint Visits
  • Accreditations
  • BBB Rating
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Visual Media & Transparency 15%

Communities that publish high-quality visuals give families a real preview. No photos or tours = a negative transparency signal.

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  • Video Tours
  • Virtual Walkthroughs
  • Photo Quantity
  • Photo Quality
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Website & Operator Transparency 10%

Site quality and whether the operator publishes basic accountability information — staff names, contact details, ownership.

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  • Website Content
  • Mobile Usability
  • Staff Info Available
  • Owner Info Available
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Community Stability 10%

Operational signals indicating whether a community is well-run and meeting demand.

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  • Occupancy Rate
  • Bed Options
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Environment & Pricing 5%

Walkability and pricing transparency. Walk Score is weighted higher for Independent Living than for Memory Care, where most residents do not leave unaccompanied.

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  • Walk Score
  • Pricing Transparency
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Frequently Asked Questions

What government services provide money for senior housing?

Several government programs offer financial assistance for senior housing in various countries, focusing on the United States for a broad overview:

  • Medicaid: Medicaid is a state and federally funded program that can cover the costs of nursing home care for those who meet eligibility criteria, including income and asset limits. Some states also offer Medicaid waivers that help pay for home and community-based services to prevent or delay nursing home placement.
  • Medicare: Medicare, primarily a health insurance program for people aged 65 and over, does not cover long-term housing costs. However, it can cover short-term stays in a skilled nursing facility under specific conditions following a hospital stay.
  • Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program: This program provides housing for low-income seniors. It offers rental assistance and access to supportive services, such as cleaning, cooking, and transportation.
  • Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Properties: While not a direct subsidy, LIHTC encourages developers to create affordable housing. Seniors with low incomes can find reduced-rent apartments through this program.
  • State and Local Programs: Many states, counties, and cities offer their own programs to assist seniors with housing costs. These can include property tax relief programs, rental assistance programs, and programs that offer affordable senior housing options.
  • Veterans Affairs (VA): The VA offers several programs for veterans, including the Aid and Attendance benefit, which provides monthly payments to veterans who require the aid of another person, or are housebound, to help cover the cost of care in homes, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities.
  • Social Security: While Social Security primarily provides retirement income, for many seniors, these benefits are a crucial part of their budget, including housing costs.
How do you pick the homes you recommend?

Before recommending homes, we conduct a thorough evaluation on crucial factors that define a senior home such as the quality of care they provide, the reputation of the organization, and a comprehensive review of community testimonials as well. Every detail is assessed to assure that seniors are offered not just senior care options, but trustworthy homes where they can experience the care that they deserve.

Do you help families that need Medicaid?

Yes. Assisting families who need Medicaid is important to us as it plays a crucial role in offering financial support to seniors confronting economic challenges. We would like to keep essential healthcare services accessible to all community members, irrespective of one’s financial circumstances.

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We extend our services at no cost, ensuring that families and seniors can benefit from tailored assistance in their search for care and home options. Our ability to offer personalized guidance without charge to families and seniors is made possible through the support and funding from the communities with which we team up. 

What services do you offer?
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  • Finding and ranking the best memory care facilities
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  • Helping seniors use medicare, medicaid, and other government programs to pay for their homes
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Frequently Asked Questions about Memory Care in Indiana

What's the difference between assisted living and memory care in Indiana?

Assisted living in Indiana supports residents with daily activities (bathing, dressing, medication management) while preserving independence. Memory care is a specialized form of assisted living for residents living with Alzheimer's or dementia, and adds 24/7 secured environments, dementia-trained staff, and structured routines designed to reduce confusion and wandering.

Does Indiana Medicaid cover memory care?

Indiana Medicaid does not directly pay room-and-board for memory care, but most states (including Indiana) offer Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers that can offset the cost of care services delivered inside a licensed community. Eligibility, waitlists, and covered services vary — check directly with the state Medicaid agency.

What is memory care?

Memory care is a specialized form of assisted living for residents living with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, with secured environments, dementia-trained staff, and routines built to reduce confusion and wandering.

How many memory care communities are listed on this page?

This page features 289 memory care communities in Indiana. Use the filters and comparison tools above to compare ratings, amenities, and pricing.

How do I choose the right memory care community in Indiana?

Start by matching the level of care offered to the resident's current and anticipated needs, then compare licensing status, staff-to-resident ratios, recent inspection results, and pricing. Tour at least two or three communities in Indiana, talk to current residents and families, and confirm what is included in the base rate versus billed as add-on services.

What should I look for when visiting memory care communities in Indiana?

Pay attention to staff interactions with residents, cleanliness and odor, food quality at meal times, the activity calendar, and how questions about pricing and care plans are answered. Ask to see the most recent state inspection report, the move-out / level-of-care-change policy, and a sample monthly bill that lists every fee.