Page 7 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. RESC (Residential Care): Personal care and daily-living support in a smaller, more intimate residential setting. IL (Independent Living): Community living with dining, activities, and transportation for active seniors who need little personal care. HC (Home Care): Professional care delivered in the person's own home, from companionship to skilled nursing. HOS (Hospice Care): Comfort-focused care for those with a terminal illness, prioritizing quality of life over treatment. PC (Palliative Care): Comfort-focused care for serious illness at any stage, including alongside curative treatment.
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.
Creekside on Whipps Mill Road
MC
AL
RC
Louisville (Keeneland)
89
Facility 89
KY AVG 83
Rank #63 / 155
Yes
44
Facility 44
KY AVG 41
Rank #77 / 172
Studio / 1 Bed-A+-
Rose Terrace Lodge Inc
MC
AL
Nicholasville
40
Facility 40
KY AVG 83
Rank #129 / 155
No
61
Facility 61
KY AVG 41
Rank #34 / 172
Private / Shared Rooms--1
Everlan of Louisville
MC
AL
IL
Louisville (Lyndon)
-Yes
33
Facility 33
KY AVG 41
Rank #105 / 172
Studio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed
19
Facility 19
KY AVG 11
Rank #17 / 64
A+-
Gallatin Nursing and Rehab
MC
HOS
NH
SNF
Warsaw
120
Facility 120
KY AVG 83
Rank #26 / 155
No
60
Facility 60
KY AVG 41
Rank #35 / 172
---4
Morgantown Care and Rehabilitation Center
MC
HOS
NH
PC
SNF
Morgantown
122
Facility 122
KY AVG 83
Rank #22 / 155
No
54
Facility 54
KY AVG 41
Rank #45 / 172
-
1
Facility 1
KY AVG 11
Rank #31 / 64
-3
Home Instead
MC
HC
RC
Louisville
-No
60
Facility 60
KY AVG 41
Rank #35 / 172
-
27
Facility 27
KY AVG 11
Rank #10 / 64
A+-
Ashton Grove Senior Living
MC
AL
IL
RESC
Georgetown
90
Facility 90
KY AVG 83
Rank #60 / 155
No
83
Facility 83
KY AVG 41
Rank #3 / 172
Behavioral Health (60), Dementia Care (30)---
Rosedale Green
MC
HOS
NH
PC
SNF
Covington
191
Facility 191
KY AVG 83
Rank #3 / 155
No--
1
Facility 1
KY AVG 11
Rank #31 / 64
-4
Sycamore Heights Health and Rehabilitation
MC
NH
RC
SNF
Louisville (Clifton Heights)
96
Facility 96
KY AVG 83
Rank #55 / 155
No
36
Facility 36
KY AVG 41
Rank #95 / 172
---5
Eastern Star Home in Ky
MC
AL
NH
RC
SNF
Louisville (Cherokee Triangle)
42
Facility 42
KY AVG 83
Rank #126 / 155
No
83
Facility 83
KY AVG 41
Rank #3 / 172
-
1
Facility 1
KY AVG 11
Rank #31 / 64
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Overview of Creekside on Whipps Mill Road

Creekside on Whipps Mill Road in Louisville offers assisted living, memory care, and respite care. Assisted living includes help with bathing, dressing, and medication while the resident keeps a private living space. Memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering. Respite care offers a short stay when a family caregiver needs to travel or recover.

The combination may suit a resident whose needs could grow over time, or a family caregiver who needs temporary support. Creekside has 89 beds, with studio and one bedroom layouts. A studio gives a resident one private living space, while a one bedroom layout provides a separate bedroom. The building is single story. Pets are allowed, so a resident can bring a pet when moving in. Andrea Ray serves as the administrator.

Residents can arrange hair and grooming services at the salon and barber. Crafts and game rooms provide dedicated spaces for those activities. Restaurant style dining gives residents meals in a restaurant setting, and scheduled transportation provides rides arranged through the community. The area has a Walk Score of 44, placing it in a car dependent setting where most errands require a car or a ride. A resident who no longer drives will need transportation for most errands.

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Overview of Rose Terrace Lodge

Create meaningful moments at Rose Terrace Lodge. , a blissful community in Nicholasville, KY, offering assisted living and memory care. Those with cognitive conditions can keep their peace of mind with a kind and highly skilled team attending to their needs around the clock. A caregiver is assigned to every three residents, alongside purposely built and secure accommodations, ensuring residents are comfortable and safe.

A thoughtfully planned calendar of stimulating activities and enriching programs is conducted to improve residents’ living experience and cognition. Delightful and well-balanced meals are provided, ensuring residents have a hassle-free dining experience that satisfy their nutritional needs and preferences. Medication management and incontinence care are also provided for convenience and safety. With its dedicated services and state-of-the-art amenities, residents have a worry-free retirement amidst the community’s welcoming setting.

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Overview of Everlan of Louisville

Everlan of Louisville sits at 5900 Hunting Rd in Louisville, Kentucky, a quiet residential stretch where a Walk Score of 33 reflects reality plainly: you’ll need a car for almost everything. The two-story building has been running for about 19 years, which puts it well past the turbulence of early operation. Floor plan options cover studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom configurations, giving households with different space needs at least some flexibility to work with.

The building type and apartment range are real signals of a conventional senior living model.

What Everlan of Louisville is is a community with nearly two decades of operating history, a range of living configurations, and an address in a low-walkability Louisville neighborhood.

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Overview of Gallatin Nursing and Rehab

Gallatin Nursing and Rehab operates out of Warsaw, KY, with memory care, skilled nursing, hospice care, and nursing home care. Skilled nursing puts a licensed nurse on-site around the clock. On a list that carries hospice, that counts double since hours near the end of a life are not interchangeable.

Memory care names two things, those are security and supervision. Both are needed since neither does the whole job alone. Hospice is the item here nobody is trying to make longer or shorter. Short-term rehabilitation is the opposite case; it’s a temporary place to regain function after illness or injury.

That mix suits needs running to rehabilitation, ongoing nursing, supervision tied to memory, or hospice. There are 120 beds inside. Nursing staff log 2 hours and 43 minutes per resident each day.

Therapy happens in the building, so nobody books transport to reach it. The home bills Medicare, Medicaid, and private payers. A hospital stay opens the Medicare option. Medicaid is built for the long stay rather than the short one. And, private pay carries no qualifying event.

A Walk Score of 60 is the somewhat walkable range where some errands can be done without asking anyone, which is practical once driving stops. Day-to-day, Stacie Darnold runs the building for Gallantinidence Opco, LLC.

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Overview of Morgantown Care and Rehabilitation Center

Morgantown Care and Rehabilitation Center provides nursing home, skilled nursing, memory care, hospice care, and palliative care in Morgantown, KY. Nursing home and skilled nursing services provide licensed nursing care around the clock, while memory care offers supervision in a secured setting for someone at risk of wandering. Hospice care supports end of life needs, and palliative care focuses on comfort and symptom management during serious illness.

The center has 122 beds. Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted, giving families payment options for short term skilled care after a hospital stay, longer term Medicaid supported care for eligible residents, or direct payment. Total nurse staffing is 4 hours 3 minutes per resident per day, representing the daily hands on nursing time allocated to each resident.

Rehabilitation services can help a resident work toward functional recovery after illness or injury. Clinical programs include IV administration, pain management, respiratory and tracheostomy care, wound care and wound vac care, cardiac, diabetic and oncology care, and nutrition management with enteral tube feeding. Religious services are available, allowing residents to participate in services within the community.

A Walk Score of 54 places the area in the somewhat walkable band, meaning some errands can be done on foot, so a resident who no longer drives may be able to manage select nearby errands independently. Josh Strasburger serves as the administrator, and LP Morgantown operates the community. The combination of memory care, skilled nursing, hospice care, and palliative care may suit a resident whose needs include both cognitive supervision and ongoing medical or comfort focused support.

Contact Morgantown Care and Rehabilitation Center

Home Instead

4101 Taylorsville Rd Unit 200, Louisville, KY 40220
Overview of Home Instead

Home Instead is a home care agency in Greensboro, North Carolina, with 21 years behind it in the local market. The office sits in a moderately walkable stretch of the city, Walk Score 55, about 4.7 miles out from downtown. Some errands work on foot around here, though not all of them.

This is home care in the literal sense: caregivers go to clients, not the other way around. There is no building full of residents to picture, just support delivered where people already live. Rehabilitation support and respite care sit at the center of that, with respite giving primary caregivers actual breathing room when they need it.

Staffing runs around the clock through licensed nurses and certified nursing assistants, so clinical support is not limited to business hours. Religious services are part of the offering too, for families who want that built into daily care. Grab bar installation shows up as a listed safety feature, a small but practical piece of making a client’s home safer to move through.

Two decades in one market tends to mean something. It usually points to a provider that has weathered the day-to-day grind of care work long enough to know what actually helps.

Home Instead comes off as a fit for families who want in-home support with round-the-clock nursing on call and real respite relief. A few practical extras, religious services and home safety help, round out the picture.

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Overview of Ashton Grove Senior Living

With a 90-bed capacity, Ashton Grove Senior Living offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, and residential care in Georgetown, KY. Residents have access to higher levels of care with licensed nurses and CNAs on-site, as well as 24-hour staffing. The community also provides short-term memory care for those living with Alzheimer’s and dementia.

The community is administered by Miles Burkholder, and starting prices are $4,450 for independent living, $5,450 for assisted living, and $6,950 for memory care. Aside from care options, housekeeping and laundry services are also offered for convenience. Restaurant-style dining and an all-day bistro also give residents access to meals throughout the day on-site.

A Walk Score of 83 means the area is very walkable, with most errands possible on foot, so a resident who no longer drives can still get out independently. The community is also equipped with fitness center access, a beauty salon, a movie theater, and outdoor terrace and patio areas that support activities and personal routines. Scheduled transportation is available for planned trips.

$5,450/Month

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Overview of Rosedale Green

Rosedale Green provides nursing home, skilled nursing, memory care, hospice care, and palliative care in Covington, KY. Nursing home and skilled nursing services provide licensed nursing care on site around the clock. Memory care offers a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering, while hospice and palliative care support residents facing serious illness or end of life needs.

The community has 191 beds, placing it among larger communities with more residents, staff, and usually more programming. Long term care nursing supports an ongoing stay. Short term rehabilitation and therapy services provide a temporary setting for recovery and assistance, making these care levels suitable for a resident whose needs change over time, including someone who may move from rehabilitation into longer term nursing care.

Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted, giving families several ways to cover eligible services or residence costs. Total nurse staffing is 3 hours and 37 minutes per resident per day, representing the daily hands on nursing time assigned to each resident. Londa Knollman serves as the administrator, and Kenton Housing operates the community.

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Overview of Sycamore Heights Health and Rehabilitation

Sycamore Heights Health and Rehabilitation in the Clifton Heights neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, offers nursing home care, skilled nursing support, memory care, and short-term respite stays. Secured units within the memory care department assist residents experiencing cognitive decline or wandering tendencies. Temporary respite admissions provide coverage when primary family caregivers require time off for travel or recovery.

Cv Louisville Opco I operates the 96-bed center under administrator Bridgette Beason. Nursing department records show an average of 3 hours and 3 minutes of direct daily care provided per resident. In-house rehabilitation services deliver physical and occupational therapy directly on site.

Located in an area with a 36 walk score, the campus sits in a car-dependent neighborhood where routine errands require vehicle transport. Payment methods include Medicare for short-term stays, Medicaid, and direct private pay.

Families searching for multi-level care options or specialized memory support can connect with Sycamore Heights Health and Rehabilitation to verify unit openings, go over payment details, or arrange a personal tour.

Contact Sycamore Heights Health and Rehabilitation

Overview of Eastern Star Home in Ky

Eastern Star Home in Ky provides nursing home, assisted living, memory care, respite care, and skilled nursing in Louisville, KY. Nursing home care supports longer-term residence, while assisted living provides help with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and medications. Memory care offers a secured setting with supervision, and skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock.

Respite care provides a short stay for someone whose usual caregiver needs time away, while the range of care levels can suit a resident whose needs grow over time without requiring a move to another community. Opened in 1977, Eastern Star Home in Ky has 42 beds, making it a smaller community where staff and residents can get to know each other. The community may be a good fit for someone who needs different levels of support over time, including supervised memory care or nursing services.

Rehabilitation services support residents working on recovery or maintaining function. Beauty salon and barber services allow residents to receive grooming services within the community, while the garden courtyard provides an outdoor area and the chapel supports access to religious services. Regena Stewart serves as the administrator.

In the Cherokee Triangle neighborhood, the area has a Walk Score of 83 / 100 and is very walkable, meaning most errands can be done on foot. For a resident who no longer drives, nearby shops, a pharmacy, or cafes may be reachable by walking.

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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