Page 16 of Best Memory Care in New York State

Why trust this guide? Our editorial team analyzed 374 memory care providers in NY using NY State Dept. of Health (NYSDOH) data, inspection records, complaints, amenities, and facility-level details. How we rank memory care in NY
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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. 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.
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.
A 0–100 score of a facility's regulatory inspection record, shown as a letter and compared with other facilities of the same kind in the same state. This is a proprietary Assisted Living Magazine grade. It is not a government rating. A dash means we have no inspection data for that facility.
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.
Name of the licensed owner, operator, or managing entity as filed with the state. Useful for grouping facilities under the same organization.
Count of regulatory inspections in the reporting window. Higher volume can reflect more oversight visits, complaint-driven surveys, or routine licensure cycles.
Share of inspections that resulted in citations, expressed as a percentage of total inspections in the window.
Regulatory visits tied to complaints or allegations in the state file—not the same as every routine survey.
Total count of citations (cited regulatory issues) recorded in the selected reporting period. Read alongside inspection counts for context.
The average number of citations this facility receives each time it's inspected, calculated as total citations ÷ total inspections. A lower number suggests more consistent compliance with safety and care standards.
Housing or bed configuration options (e.g. studio, shared), often from facility-reported amenities and licensing details.
Bronxwood Assisted Living
MC
AL
NH
Bronx (Williamsbridge)
320
Facility 320
NY AVG 138
Rank #7 / 206
B-No
91
Facility 91
NY AVG 53
Rank #33 / 258
Bronxwood Home For The Aged, Inc23
39%
Facility 39%
NY AVG 55%
Rank #93 / 192
47
Facility 47
NY AVG 14.5
Rank #184 / 192
2.0
Facility 2.0
NY AVG 2.3
Rank #144 / 192
-
Rosewood on the Sound
MC
ADC
AL
RC
Bayville
50
Facility 50
NY AVG 138
Rank #202 / 206
CNo
61
Facility 61
NY AVG 53
Rank #102 / 258
Rosewood On The Sound, LLC2
100%
Facility 100%
NY AVG 55%
Rank #188 / 192
11
Facility 11
NY AVG 14.5
Rank #108 / 192
5.5
Facility 5.5
NY AVG 2.3
Rank #188 / 192
Private Rooms / Semi-Private Rooms
Legacy at Maiden Park
MC
AL
RC
Rochester (City Of Rochester)
98
Facility 98
NY AVG 138
Rank #133 / 206
C+No
26
Facility 26
NY AVG 53
Rank #205 / 258
Willow Ridge Senior Living - Maiden Park LLC14
43%
Facility 43%
NY AVG 55%
Rank #101 / 192
17
Facility 17
NY AVG 14.5
Rank #132 / 192
1.2
Facility 1.2
NY AVG 2.3
Rank #103 / 192
Private Suites / Friendship Suites
Esplanade of Woodmere
MC
Woodmere
76
Facility 76
NY AVG 138
Rank #159 / 206
C-No
83
Facility 83
NY AVG 53
Rank #57 / 258
Woodmere Operating Company LLC7
71%
Facility 71%
NY AVG 55%
Rank #164 / 192
12
Facility 12
NY AVG 14.5
Rank #117 / 192
1.7
Facility 1.7
NY AVG 2.3
Rank #130 / 192
Studio / 1 Bed
Belair Care Center Inc
MC
AL
HOS
NH
PC
RC
SNF
No Bellmore
102
Facility 102
NY AVG 138
Rank #314 / 422
ANo
92
Facility 92
NY AVG 53
Rank #56 / 450
Belair Care Center, Inc (For Profit)580%163.2-
Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence
MC
NH
PC
SNF
Lewiston
250
Facility 250
NY AVG 138
Rank #90 / 422
A-Yes
76
Facility 76
NY AVG 53
Rank #193 / 450
Our Lady Of Peace Nursing Care Residence (Not For Profit)1030%272.7-
Friendly Home
MC
HOS
NH
SNF
Rochester (City Of Rochester)
200
Facility 200
NY AVG 138
Rank #138 / 422
B+No
17
Facility 17
NY AVG 53
Rank #407 / 450
Rochester Friendly Home Inc (Not For Profit)1747%311.8Studio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed
Ozanam Hall of Queens Nursing Home Inc
MC
NH
PC
SNF
Bayside (Flushing)
432
Facility 432
NY AVG 138
Rank #18 / 422
B+No
88
Facility 88
NY AVG 53
Rank #93 / 450
Ozanam Hall Of Queens Nursing Home, Inc (Not For Profit)1675%291.8-
St. Patrick‘s Home Rehabilitation and Health Care
MC
NH
PC
RC
SNF
Bronx (West Bronx)
264
Facility 264
NY AVG 138
Rank #85 / 422
B-No
79
Facility 79
NY AVG 53
Rank #172 / 450
St Patricks Home For The Aged And Infirm (Not For Profit)743%162.3-
Northern Metropolitan Residential Health Care Facility Inc
MC
NH
PC
SNF
Monsey (Town Of Ramapo)
120
Facility 120
NY AVG 138
Rank #262 / 422
B+No
69
Facility 69
NY AVG 53
Rank #250 / 450
Northern Metropolitan Residential Health Care Facility Inc (Not For Profit)250%52.5-

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Overview of Bronxwood Assisted Living

A community that has been offering exceptional care since 1987, Bronxwood Assisted Living also promotes an independent lifestyle while receiving a supervised and safe environment. They offer helpful services and amenities to make each resident’s lives easier one activity at a time. Some of these include housekeeping and laundry, therapy, medical services, meal services, and transportation services to name a few.
Bronxwood ensures that residents feel comfortable with the staff, which is why they ensure that staff are well-trained and are able to give compassionate care to their residents. At Bronxwood Assisted Living, they make the challenges of aging easy by ensuring that residents get the best of both worlds of independence and service.

Starting Price $1,705/Month

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Overview of Rosewood on the Sound

Rosewood on the Sound provides assisted living, Adult Day Care, Memory Care, and Respite Care in Bayville, NY. Assisted living offers help with daily tasks, while Memory Care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering. Adult Day Care provides care during daytime hours, and Respite Care offers a short stay for a family whose usual caregiver needs to travel or recover. Respite Care may make Rosewood on the Sound a good fit for families needing temporary support.

Rosewood on the Sound has 50 beds. Residents can choose private rooms or semi-private rooms, with a private room providing space for one resident and a semi-private room suiting someone who prefers a companion. The community is single-story.

Landscaped gardens and walkways provide outdoor areas for residents to use, while hair and nail services are available through the salon and spa. Rehabilitation services give residents access to therapy within the community, and staffing is available 24 hours a day. The area has a Walk Score of 61 and is somewhat walkable, meaning some errands can be completed on foot and a resident who no longer drives may be able to manage those trips independently.

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Overview of Legacy at Maiden Park

Legacy at Maiden Park is a charming senior living community located in the quiet neighborhood of Monroe County, Rochester, NY, offering assisted living, enhanced assisted living, memory care, and short-term stays. The community makes sure residents’ care needs are met all the time with 24/7 care and support from a dedicated care team. Residents can comfortably relax in their comfortably designed suites that offer plenty of natural light, privacy, and safety with housekeeping services to ensure their living spaces are always spotless and cozy.

The community makes sure everyday is an opportunity to live vibrantly and actively with a dynamic and engaging calendar of activities. Delicious and healthy meals are also offered to make sure residents always have the energy and nourishment to live their daily lives fully. The community also provides plenty of spaces for social engagement, enjoyment, and relaxations, including a cozy lounge area, salon services, on-site wellness services, a library, and serene landscapes for relaxing views.

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Overview of Esplanade of Woodmere

Live in comfort and elegance with the blissful senior living community of Esplanade of Woodmere located in the bustling Irving Pl, Woodmere, NY, specializing in memory care. With well-built and purposely designed studio and one-bedroom floor plans, seniors enjoy comfort and security like no other. The community boasts a compassionate and highly skilled team providing world-class care and assistance for seniors to live with their dignity.

The community utilizes special programs to enhance residents’ quality of life. Experience the finest retirement with carefully curated activities conducted for leisure and wellness. Have delightful and nutritious meals catering to dietary requirements and tastes. Esplanade of Woodmere strives to provide a haven for seniors seeking solace in their golden years with its friendly environment and serene living spaces.

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Overview of Belair Care Center

Belair Care Center provides nursing home, assisted living, hospice, memory care, palliative care, respite care, and skilled nursing in No Bellmore, NY. Assisted living includes help with bathing, dressing, and medication while a resident maintains their living space. Memory care provides supervision in a secured setting for someone at risk of wandering, while skilled nursing offers licensed nursing care on site around the clock. Hospice and palliative care address comfort and supportive needs, and respite care provides a short stay when a usual caregiver needs to travel or recover.

The community has 102 beds. Total nurse staffing is 3 hours and 16 minutes per resident per day, representing the amount of daily nursing time assigned to each resident. Rehabilitation services support recovery and functional goals, with in house primary care and specialty physicians available so residents can receive those medical services within the community.

Belair Care Center accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and private pay, giving families payment routes for covered or privately funded care. A Walk Score of 92 places the area in the walker’s paradise band, so daily errands do not require a car and a resident who no longer drives can still reach nearby services independently. Andrew Yandoli serves as director, and the combination of short term, long term, memory, assisted living, and skilled care may suit a resident whose needs could change over time.

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Overview of Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence

Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence is a nursing home in Lewiston, NY offering memory care, palliative care, and skilled nursing. Skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock, memory care offers supervision for residents with memory-related needs, and palliative care focuses on comfort during serious illness. The combination may suit a resident whose needs may shift between rehabilitation, ongoing nursing care, memory support, and comfort-focused care.

Rehabilitation services and short-term rehabilitation support recovery after illness or injury, giving a resident access to that care during a temporary stay. Total nurse staffing is 3 hours and 56 minutes per resident per day, representing the amount of nursing time allocated to each resident across a day. With 250 beds, the community has more residents, staff, and usually more programming than a smaller home.

A barber shop and salon allow residents to receive grooming services on site, while the chapel offers interdenominational religious services. Pets are allowed, so residents may keep a pet at the community. A Walk Score of 76 places the area in the very walkable band, meaning most errands can be done on foot and a resident who no longer drives can still get out independently.

Payment options are Medicare and private pay. Medicare covers short-term skilled care after a hospital stay rather than long-term residence, while private pay means the resident or family pays directly.

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Overview of Friendly Home

As its name suggests, Friendly Home is the city’s premier skilled nursing and rehabilitation center. The results-driven nursing home care services are centered on a relaxing and rejuvenating recovery journey for seniors; it is delivered by their patient-friendly staff to offer the best care possible for their residents. The upscale nursing home aims to enhance the recovery journey of its seniors through warm and welcoming, family-like care provided.
Nursing home services include a range of services that include individualized care plans, medication management, post-surgical care, and wound care. Essential services include housekeeping, restaurant-style dining, social activities, scheduled transportation,  and  24-hour skilled nursing care services, providing compassionate care as it is their utmost priority.

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Overview of Ozanam Hall of Queens Nursing Home

Ozanam Hall of Queens Nursing Home is a nursing home in Bayside, NY offering memory care, palliative care, and skilled nursing. Nursing home and skilled nursing care provide licensed nursing care on site around the clock. Memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering, while palliative care centers on comfort and symptom management for someone with serious illness.

The community opened in 1971 and has 432 beds, a larger scale that brings more residents, staff, and usually more programming than a smaller community. Sister Philip Ann, O.Carm. serves as the director. The range of nursing, memory, palliative, and skilled services may be a good fit for a resident whose needs include ongoing nursing care and dementia support.

Short-term rehabilitation provides a temporary setting for recovery and therapy, with physical, occupational, and speech therapy addressing movement, daily activities, and communication. Religious services for all faiths allow residents to participate in worship within the community, and the beauty parlor supports personal grooming without leaving the home. There are practical supports here, too.

A Walk Score of 88 / 100 means the area is very walkable, with most errands possible on foot. For a resident who no longer drives, nearby shops, a pharmacy, or cafes may be reachable independently. Total nurse staffing is 3h 34m per resident/day, representing the daily hands-on nursing time assigned to each resident. Payment options are Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay; Medicare generally covers short-term skilled care after a hospital stay rather than long-term residence, while Medicaid may help eligible residents whose resources do not cover a long stay.

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Overview of St. Patrick‘s Home Rehabilitation and Health Care

The non-profit St. Patrick’s Home Rehabilitation and Health Care provides short and long-term care. The community offers an inviting community with fine hospitality. The skilled nursing community promotes social activities, education programs, spiritual and religious activities, and arts and crafts to their residents to cultivate their mental and physical abilities. Most residents are around the age of sixty, and come from different states of the country. Residents each get a personalized care that is catered to their needs. 

The community is run by the Carmelite Sisters who provide compassionate care to seniors. St. Patrick’s Home Rehabilitation and Health Care center aims to enhance the quality of life.

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Overview of Northern Metropolitan Residential Health Care Facility

Memory care, Palliative care, nursing home care, and skilled nursing are on offer by Northern Metropolitan Residential Health Care Facility, in Monsey, NY. Licensed nursing stays on duty whatever the clock says. Memory care adds supervision in a secured setting, for the point where a building somebody has lived in for years stops being navigable alone. Palliative care keeps its attention on comfort while a serious illness runs its course.

Four separate situations are answered here. Those being the need for steady nursing, dementia supervision, comfort as the priority, and a brief stay while a usual caregiver is elsewhere. Rehabilitation services plus a short-stay therapy track give somebody recovering from illness or injury a place to do that work. Respite covers the family caregiver who needs a stretch off.

Named programs run to cardiac care, pain management, and stroke care. There are 120 beds under the license. Medicare, Medicaid, and private funds all reach eligible care, or a family pays directly. A day’s nursing per resident is 3 hours and 1 minute.

Walking here rates 69 out of 100, which is nicely in the somewhat walkable range. Some errands close on foot, so a resident without a car can still reach a few nearby destinations alone.

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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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Memory Care in New York State at a glance

Avg Walk Score: 53/ 100The average Walk Score across facilities in New York State. 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: 138The average licensed bed capacity across facilities in New York State. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 90
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Frequently Asked Questions about Memory Care in New York

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

Assisted living in New York 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 New York Medicaid cover memory care?

New York Medicaid does not directly pay room-and-board for memory care, but most states (including New York) 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 374 memory care communities in New York. Use the filters and comparison tools above to compare ratings, amenities, and pricing.

How do I choose the right memory care community in New York?

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 New York, 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 New York?

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.