Page 2 of Best Memory Care in Kentucky

Why trust this guide? Our editorial team analyzed 179 memory care providers in KY using KY Cabinet for Health & Family Services (CHFS) data, inspection records, complaints, amenities, and facility-level details. How we rank memory care in KY
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Info below is compiled from the KY Cabinet for Health & Family Services (CHFS), senior community websites & trusted data sources such as Walk Score & BBB.

Communities are listed from highest-ranked to lowest-ranked based on our methodology.

Care Types in This Table AL (Assisted Living): Housing with help for daily activities like bathing, dressing, and medication, without 24-hour skilled nursing. NH (Nursing Home): 24/7 skilled nursing care for residents with complex, ongoing medical needs. SNF (Skilled Nursing Facility): Round-the-clock nursing care, often for recovery after surgery, injury, or illness. MC (Memory Care): Secured, specialized care for people living with Alzheimer's or dementia. RC (Respite Care): Short-term temporary care that gives family caregivers a break. IL (Independent Living): Community living with dining, activities, and transportation for active seniors who need little personal care. HOS (Hospice Care): Comfort-focused care for those with a terminal illness, prioritizing quality of life over treatment. ADC (Adult Day Care): Daytime supervision, health monitoring, and social activities for seniors who live at home. PC (Palliative Care): Comfort-focused care for serious illness at any stage, including alongside curative treatment. CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community): A campus with multiple care levels so residents can age in place without moving.
City and state of the facility. Used for mapping and state-average comparisons.
Licensed bed capacity (maximum allowed). Not the same as how many beds are currently filled.
Indicates whether residents are allowed to have pets in the facility.
Third-party neighborhood walkability score (0–100). Convenience/context metric, not a healthcare quality measure.
Description of bed or unit types offered (e.g. assisted living, memory care), as reported in state or facility disclosures.
Number of years the company has been in operation.
Better Business Bureau grade for the operating company. Reflects complaint handling and business practices, not clinical care quality.
Count of regulatory inspections in the reporting window. Higher volume can reflect more oversight visits, complaint-driven surveys, or routine licensure cycles.
Redbanks Colonial Terrace
MC
IL
NH
SNF
Sebree
87
Facility 87
KY AVG 83
Rank #69 / 155
No
41
Facility 41
KY AVG 41
Rank #89 / 172
-
15
Facility 15
KY AVG 11
Rank #21 / 64
A+3
Maple Health and Rehabilitation
MC
HOS
NH
RC
SNF
Greenville
97
Facility 97
KY AVG 83
Rank #53 / 155
No
50
Facility 50
KY AVG 41
Rank #57 / 172
-
1
Facility 1
KY AVG 11
Rank #31 / 64
-3
The Springs at Stony Brook
MC
ADC
AL
IL
NH
SNF
Louisville
106
Facility 106
KY AVG 83
Rank #38 / 155
No
28
Facility 28
KY AVG 41
Rank #115 / 172
Studio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed
10
Facility 10
KY AVG 11
Rank #26 / 64
-3
The Willows at Springhurst
MC
AL
IL
NH
RC
SNF
Louisville
62
Facility 62
KY AVG 83
Rank #103 / 155
Yes
34
Facility 34
KY AVG 41
Rank #101 / 172
Studio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed
4
Facility 4
KY AVG 11
Rank #30 / 64
A+3
Louisville East Post Acute
MC
HOS
NH
PC
SNF
Louisville
178
Facility 178
KY AVG 83
Rank #6 / 155
No
43
Facility 43
KY AVG 41
Rank #80 / 172
-
1
Facility 1
KY AVG 11
Rank #31 / 64
-5
Sunrise of Louisville
MC
AL
Louisville (Manor Creek)
94
Facility 94
KY AVG 83
Rank #57 / 155
Yes
21
Facility 21
KY AVG 41
Rank #137 / 172
Studio / Suite / 1 Bed
45
Facility 45
KY AVG 11
Rank #2 / 64
A--
Dominion Senior Living of Louisville
MC
AL
IL
Louisville
61
Facility 61
KY AVG 83
Rank #104 / 155
Yes
48
Facility 48
KY AVG 41
Rank #64 / 172
Private Rooms
19
Facility 19
KY AVG 11
Rank #17 / 64
A+-
Magnolia Springs East
MC
AL
Louisville
85
Facility 85
KY AVG 83
Rank #70 / 155
Yes
39
Facility 39
KY AVG 41
Rank #91 / 172
Studio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed
17
Facility 17
KY AVG 11
Rank #19 / 64
A+-
The Grand Senior Living
MC
AL
CCRC
IL
Louisville
84
Facility 84
KY AVG 83
Rank #71 / 155
Yes
62
Facility 62
KY AVG 41
Rank #30 / 172
Studio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed
8
Facility 8
KY AVG 11
Rank #28 / 64
A+-
Charter Senior Living of Hopkinsville
MC
AL
RC
Hopkinsville
82
Facility 82
KY AVG 83
Rank #75 / 155
Yes
42
Facility 42
KY AVG 41
Rank #86 / 172
Studio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed
37
Facility 37
KY AVG 11
Rank #4 / 64
A+-

Rank badges are statewide and care-type specific: each memory care community is ranked against every other KY memory care community we track that reports that metric, not just the 179 on this page. See how we rank facilities

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Overview of Sunrise of Louisville

Contributing to the recognition of the community is the overall excellent service and caregiving, Sunrise of Louisville is a compassionate and professional community that makes residents feel at home due to its active and personalized lifestyle. It’s been verified by residents that their management and staff were very accommodating, responsive, and respectful– just as with other Sunrise senior living communities. Sunrise of Louisville is one of the premier assisted living communities in the city that is a safe and beautiful community where residents can thrive and enrich their lifestyles. 

Life at the Sunrise of Louisville provides opportunity and inspiration along with exceptional service and care that is clearly branded as a Sunrise service. The community services include activities and programs that promote a continuum of growth and meaningful experiences that cultivate their golden years; outings and activities to stimulate their mental, physical, and emotional needs. As a personal care or assisted living community, their committed nurse staff is dedicated to attend to any need a resident may have.

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Overview of Redbanks Colonial Terrace

Redbanks Colonial Terrace offers nursing home, skilled nursing, independent living, and memory care in Sebree, KY. Nursing home and skilled nursing provide around the clock licensed nursing care, while memory care offers a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering. Independent living means private living with community services and no daily care.

Rehabilitation and short term rehabilitation are available for residents who need temporary support while recovering. The community has 87 beds, and its range of care can suit a resident whose needs may change over time. Marty Teasley serves as the administrator.

Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted, giving families several ways to cover care based on eligibility and financial arrangements. Total nurse staffing is 3 hours and 56 minutes per resident per day, representing the daily hands on nursing time allocated to each resident. A Walk Score of 41 places the area in a car dependent setting, so most errands require a car or a ride, and state inspections have reviewed the community’s routine care and safety standards.

Contact Redbanks Colonial Terrace

The Willows at Springhurst

3101 N Hurstbourne Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40241
Overview of The Willows at Springhurst

A member of the Trilogy Health Services group, The Willows at Springhurst is a trusted community where families and seniors know they made the right choice to live in the senior living community. As a sister company of Westport Place, The Willows ensures that residents have a wonderful experience in the community. Management emphasizes the importance of connections, which is why they promote socialization for everyone in the community. The Willows at Springhurst is a vibrant community that is excellent at satisfying the wellness needs of every resident. 

The Willows is an independent living, assisted living, and memory care community with skilled nursing and short-term stay. They ensure that, as a senior living community, they deeply emphasize and guarantee that independence is maintained for their residents. Residents can rest easy knowing that they are placed first with the list of services and amenities provided for them: ADLs, transportation, library, and private dining rooms. Skilled nursing and personalized care are also offered to the residents. 

Contact The Willows at Springhurst

Overview of Charter Senior Living of Hopkinsville

With 82 beds, Charter Senior Living of Hopkinsville is a etirement community in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, offering assisted living, memory care, and respite care. Located near downtown and Baptist Health Deaconess Hospital, the community provides studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments in a single-story setting.

Additionally, the community features 56 units dedicated to behavioral and cognitive care alongside 26 memory care units for individuals living with dementia. Under the leadership of Executive Director Marianne Kehr, who has 20 years of senior living experience, residents also receive 24-hour staffing, nursing services, emergency call systems, and the security of a controlled perimeter.

Furthermore, daily life is enhanced through Charter Senior Living’s Flourish℠ life-enrichment program, complemented by scheduled transportation, three nutritious meals each day, housekeeping, laundry services, a full-service salon, a discovery room, a resource library with computers, and landscaped outdoor spaces. Short-term respite care is also available for families needing temporary support.

Assisted living rates begin at $3,695 per month for a studio apartment, while memory care starts at $5,295 per month.

Contact Charter Senior Living of Hopkinsville

Overview of Louisville East Post Acute

Louisville East Post Acute in Louisville, Kentucky, offers skilled nursing, long-term nursing home care, memory care, palliative support, and hospice care. Memory care services provide dedicated supervision for individuals living with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. Palliative and hospice care prioritize symptom management and end-of-life comfort, while short-term rehabilitation programs and respite stays assist residents recovering from health events or giving regular caregivers time away.

Supervised by administrator Benjamin Brednich, this 178-bed facility includes on-site physician oversight, tailored meal plans designed for specific medical diets, and an expansive gym for therapy sessions. Shared physical amenities include spacious outdoor courtyards and central common areas for group activities. Positioned in an area with a 43 walk score, most daily errands around the neighborhood require motor transportation. Payment options cover Medicare for post-acute rehabilitation, Medicaid, and private funds.

Prospective representatives looking into local long-term care or rehabilitative services can contact Louisville East Post Acute to ask about bed openings, discuss financial policies, or request a campus walkthrough.

Contact Louisville East Post Acute

Overview of The Grand Senior Living

The Grand Senior Living sits at 9300 Civic Way in Louisville’s Jefferson County, an 84-bed community run by administrator Michael Peel over the past seven years. This isn’t a one-size-fits-all assisted living building. Alongside independent living, personal care, and memory care, the community carries a licensed Behavioral Health designation and dedicated Dementia Care units, a combination that says something specific about the range of needs this place is built to handle. Residents need to be 55 or older to move in.

The building itself is three stories, with studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom units. Walkability sits in the middle of the scale, Walk Score of 62, and a hospital is just over a mile away if it’s ever needed. Rent starts at $5,080 a month, with utilities included, and pets are welcome, so nobody has to leave a companion animal behind to move in.

Three named programs anchor daily life here: My Wellness, Miracle Moments, and the Passion Program, backed by rehabilitation services, respite care, and staff on-site around the clock. The amenity list reads more like a resort than a typical care facility: a fitness center, salon and barber services, a movie theater, private dining. Add in fitness classes, arts and crafts, live music, and themed parties, and the picture is less about basic care and more about actually living somewhere.

The Grand Senior Living adds up to a community built for residents whose needs go beyond standard assisted living, backed by real behavioral health and memory care licensing, wrapped in the kind of amenities you’d expect at that price point.

Contact The Grand Senior Living

Overview of Dominion Senior Living of Louisville

Dominion Senior Living of Louisville sits at 6000 Hunting Rd in Louisville’s Hunting Road neighborhood, a 61-bed community that’s been running for 19 years now. Ian Shives holds the Executive Director role, and Dana Boblitt serves as administrator. The building itself is sizable: 42,000 square feet, single story, all private rooms.

What actually defines this place is the split inside it. Forty-one units are assisted living apartments, and twenty are dedicated memory care, a real structural distinction rather than a marketing label. It’s faith-based, built around what the community calls a culture-first model, and serves residents 55 and up. Memory care here means specialized support for Alzheimer’s and other dementias, while personal care covers daily activities and medication management for residents who don’t need that level of specialized attention.

Location-wise, the Walk Score sits at 48, somewhat walkable, and Banner-adjacent hospital access isn’t far off either, just 2.62 miles to the nearest hospital. Pets are welcome, and nursing and caregiver staff are on-site around the clock, not just during business hours. Respite care, transportation, and fitness and recreation programs round out the offering.

This is a faith-based community genuinely built around two levels of care rather than one, with staffing that doesn’t clock out and a physical layout that reflects the distinction between assisted living and memory care rather than blurring it.

Contact Dominion Senior Living of Louisville

Overview of Maple Health and Rehabilitation

Five care types are under Maple Health and Rehabilitation’s license in Greenville, KY. They are hospice care, respite care, skilled nursing, memory care, and nursing home care. Nursing home care and skilled nursing both bring licensed nursing that stays through the night. Memory care is secured, with supervision, for a resident who can’t be left to wander on their own.

Hospice attends to end-of-life comfort when treatment is no longer the goal. Respite attends to those short breaks that someone’s caregiver needs from time to time. Short-Term rehab sits on the service list, and it’s aimed at recovery and eventual return home. Speech-Language Pathology, Dysphagia Treatment, Stroke Rehabilitation, and Orthopedic Rehabilitation are named programs alongside it.

The Rehab-to-Home program and Home Evaluations deal with ensuring the transition back to living at home goes smoothly after therapy ends. Medication and IV Management, Fall Prevention, and Pain Management are named too, and they cover needs that arise during the stay itself. A salon is among the amenities, so grooming is handled on the premises.

Ninety-seven beds are licensed here. Nursing time per resident is listed at 3 hours and 30 minutes daily. Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted. Greenville Ky Opco operates the community, and Vicki Butler is the administrator.

A fifty Walk Score is enough that some outside errands can be managed on foot, but it’s still advised to bring a car.

The pairing of continuing nursing with respite, rehabilitation, and hospice is what a family comes here for.

Contact Maple Health and Rehabilitation

Overview of Magnolia Springs East

Magnolia Springs East is a senior living community located at 13600 La Grange Road in Louisville, Kentucky. Managed by Sinceri Senior Living under executive director Zac LaFollette, the property opened in 2012 and provides tailored assisted living and specialized memory care.

The community is certified for 95 private apartments available in studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom configurations. Included within this layout is a secure 20-apartment memory care wing, utilizing a specialized program designed to minimize confusion and reduce wandering. Daily life features restaurant-style dining, weekly housekeeping, laundry services, and scheduled local shuttle transit.

Residents have access to shared lounges, a game room, walking paths, and physical wellness programs. The property accommodates pets and sits in a car-dependent neighborhood with a walk score of 39. General compliance reviews primarily emphasize routine administrative tasks, including the updating of resident files, documentation of staff training sessions, and standard facility maintenance checklists.

Individuals looking to explore care options or check current unit pricing can reach out to the La Grange Road leasing office directly to schedule an in-person tour.

Contact Magnolia Springs East

Overview of The Springs at Stony Brook

Find the care you need at The Springs at Stony Brook, a distinct community in Louisville, KY, offering independent living, assisted living, and memory care. Residents receive top-tier care for their unique needs around the clock from a compassionate and highly trained team. There’s no need to worry about household chores and daily activities, with the community helping with housekeeping and laundry.

Residents can meet new friends and gain meaningful experiences with a well-thought-out calendar of fun recreational activities and enriching programs. Mealtimes foster comfort and satisfy dietary needs with delicious and well-balanced dining options in a restaurant-style setting. The community is ideal for those looking to age in one place, especially with its different levels of care and exceptional services.

Contact The Springs at Stony Brook

Weighting overview

  • 35%
    Resident Experience
  • 25%
    Regulatory
  • 15%
    Visual Media
  • 10%
    Website
  • 10%
    Stability
  • 5%
    Environment
01

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.

  • Includes
  • Review Sentiment
  • Review Volume
02

Regulatory & Safety Record 25%

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

  • Includes
  • State Inspections
  • Citations/Inspection
  • % Inspections w/ Citations
  • Complaint Visits
  • Accreditations
  • BBB Rating
03

Visual Media & Transparency 15%

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

  • Includes
  • Video Tours
  • Virtual Walkthroughs
  • Photo Quantity
  • Photo Quality
04

Website & Operator Transparency 10%

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

  • Includes
  • Website Content
  • Mobile Usability
  • Staff Info Available
  • Owner Info Available
05

Community Stability 10%

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

  • Includes
  • Occupancy Rate
  • Bed Options
06

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.

  • Includes
  • Walk Score
  • Pricing Transparency
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Frequently Asked Questions about Memory Care in Kentucky

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

Assisted living in Kentucky 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 Kentucky Medicaid cover memory care?

Kentucky Medicaid does not directly pay room-and-board for memory care, but most states (including Kentucky) 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 179 memory care communities in Kentucky. Use the filters and comparison tools above to compare ratings, amenities, and pricing.

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

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 Kentucky, 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 Kentucky?

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.

Memory Care in Kentucky at a glance

Avg Walk Score: 41/ 100The average Walk Score across facilities in Kentucky. 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: 83The average licensed bed capacity across facilities in Kentucky. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 90