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10 Best Memory Care Facilities in Blackhawk, IL

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If your loved one needs memory care in Blackhawk, A Place for Mom can help. With 67 memory care facilities in Blackhawk, we’ll work with you to find the right fit for your family member’s budget, interests, and care needs.

Alzheimer’s care in Blackhawk incorporates memory care activities and therapies to reduce residents’ confusion and agitation. Blackhawk memory care also provides security features and supervision, along with trained staff. If you’re considering dementia care in Blackhawk, know it’s a safe setting for your older relative.

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Photo of Jersey Ridge Place
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The facility is cozy, the staff is great, the meals seem to be cooked with care and communication is very good. The rating is because of the small size of her apartment
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Life at Jersey Ridge Place is more interesting! Jersey Ridge Place is designed to nurture your spirit and senses. The schedules and activities are centered around your desires. You will have the opportunity to remain both physically and mentally active; and have a great time with your fellow...
Photo of Pinnacle Place
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Photo of Sunrise Villa Assisted Living
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Prairie Ridge of Galena
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Provides: Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Prairie Ridge of Galena is the area's premier Independent Living and Memory Care community. Located in beautiful and historic Galena, Illinois, our state-of-the-art building began welcoming residents in August 2017. Residents of Prairie Ridge can expect the very best in retirement living; from...
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3 star
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My loved one has the biggest smile on his face and they're always glad to see him! The therapists are doing the best they can to get him moving on his own. He's worn out every day and that's a testament! The...
Provides: Memory Care, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Choosing a healthcare and rehabilitation center for yourself or your loved one is one of the most important decisions you can make. You want someone who is caring, knowledgeable, and accessible; someone willing to take the time to go over all your options and treat you as a person. With the...
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Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Bickford of Clinton
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Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
We began our quest into senior living because of our love for our beloved mother, Mary Bickford, whose needs became too great for us to manage.  As we researched senior living options, we were shocked at our findings.  The options offered too much or too little — none met her needs and...
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Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Crestridge Inc
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Photo of Liberty Village of Freeport
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Bell Tower Retirement Community
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Originally built as a school in 1893, for nearly 100 years the building was used to educate and foster thousands of East Dubuque’s young people. Now the building will foster the individual growth and independence for some of those same people as seniors. It is a totally unexpected homecoming for...
Photo of Maggie's House Assisted Living
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Maggie's House Assisted Living
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Broadway Community Living Home
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of The Rose of Dubuque
1010 Photos available
33 Floor plans available
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Assisi Village Of Stonehill
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Hillcrest Family Services, RCF
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Parkway Center
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Avonlea Cottage of Sterling
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Since this is a smaller facility, the staff to resident ratio is better than at the larger facilities. They are more available to the family and the residents. My mom was in the memory care unit. She passed...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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Photo of Graceland Manor III
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.

Cost of memory care in Blackhawk, IL

The average cost of senior living in Blackhawk is $7,504 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Galena, IL with an average of $7,078 per month.

Memory care costs in Blackhawk, IL, vs. state and national averages

Blackhawk, IL
$7,504/mo
U.S. national average
$6,999/mo

Memory care costs in Blackhawk, IL, vs. other senior living options

Memory Care
$7,504/mo

Senior living costs in Blackhawk vs. state and national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: Blackhawk, IL
Column state: Illinois
Column national: U.S.
Community typeBlackhawk, ILIllinoisU.S.
Memory Care$7,504/mo$7,681/mo$6,999/mo
Assisted Living$5,822/mo$6,329/mo$5,830/mo
Independent Living$3,284/mo$3,342/mo$3,520/mo
Memory Care
Blackhawk, IL:$7,504/mo
Illinois:$7,681/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
Assisted Living
Blackhawk, IL:$5,822/mo
Illinois:$6,329/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Independent Living
Blackhawk, IL:$3,284/mo
Illinois:$3,342/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
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Memory care costs in Blackhawk, IL, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly memory care costs have shifted over the past five years in Blackhawk and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent quarterly averages of what seniors actually paid after moving into A Place for Mom partner communities.

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Memory care cost trends in Blackhawk, IL

The table below shows how monthly memory care costs in Blackhawk have changed in the last two years and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent averages of actual costs paid by seniors who moved into A Place for Mom partner communities in 2023 and 2024.

Cost comparison table showing 2023 and 2024 average costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column location: Location
Column cost2024: 2024 average cost
Column cost2023: 2023 average cost
Column percentChange: Percent change
Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
Blackhawk, IL$7,058/mo$6,658/mo+6.0%
Illinois$5,895/mo$5,934/mo-0.7%
National$5,597/mo$5,558/mo+0.7%
Blackhawk, IL
2024 average cost:$7,058/mo
2023 average cost:$6,658/mo
Percent change:+6.0%
Illinois
2024 average cost:$5,895/mo
2023 average cost:$5,934/mo
Percent change:-0.7%
National
2024 average cost:$5,597/mo
2023 average cost:$5,558/mo
Percent change:+0.7%
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What families are saying about memory care in Blackhawk

Recent reviews for memory care in Blackhawk

Ahva Living of East Dubuque

4.6
I visited a friend at Ahva Living and found the staff to be very friendly, courteous and helpful. Ahva is a beautiful building with a historic value that lends to a very homelike environment. The residents & staff attended to the resident's needs. Residents were very active and social as ...
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Sienna Crest - Platteville

5.0
It has been an especially good stay here. The women who assist us are very thoughtful, the food is good, things clothes and bedding are kept clean. They do a great job!

Bickford of Davenport

5.0
My mom's memory is improving, before she would say little phrases and now she is asking me questions. They have challenging activities and she participates in a lot of things. I talked with the staff and they tell me she is pleasant and happy. She is where she should be and they treat her with ...
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Blackhawk review score based on 33 family reviews

9.4
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This proprietary review score is based on 33 reviews of 1 Blackhawk memory care communities. All reviews were submitted in the past two years by verified community residents and family members.
The Blackhawk review score informs your search by letting you see at a glance how memory care residents and family members rate memory care in your area. Compare review scores in multiple locations to understand how overall satisfaction rates differ from city to city. Based on recent reviews, the maximum possible score is 10.Methodology: How we calculate our city review scores

Blackhawk review score compared against nearby cities

9.4
Blackhawk, IL1 facilities
9.4
Sterling, IL0 facilities
8.9
Freeport, IL0 facilities

Blackhawk memory care services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Blackhawk memory care communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Blackhawk, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select care services in Blackhawk memory care

Memory care communities offer a variety of care services and visiting health care providers to meet seniors’ health needs. The chart below shows the percentage of memory care partners in Blackhawk that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Blackhawk, ILNational
Full medication management
Full medication management
69.2%
56.6%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
44%
42.5%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
94.7%
75.6%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
97.2%
95%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
71.3%
63%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
24.4%
24.5%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
94.7%
81.8%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
62.2%
53.7%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
51.7%
65%
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*Including nurse, dentist, OT, PT, speech or podiatrist

Availability of select dementia care services in Blackhawk memory care

Our community partners provide many services to keep residents with dementia or other memory concerns safe and engaged. Below, take a look at what percentage of Blackhawk Memory Care partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Blackhawk, ILNational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
70.7%
65.4%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
55.2%
39.3%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
69.8%
61.6%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
33.6%
23.1%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Blackhawk memory care

Memory care communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Blackhawk partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Blackhawk, ILNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
35.4%
24.1%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
49%
38.6%
No sugar
No sugar
38.4%
35.8%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
34.5%
45%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
20.7%
19.1%
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Availability of select dining options in Blackhawk memory care

Our memory care communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Blackhawk communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Blackhawk, ILNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
42.4%
27.6%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
58.1%
34.4%
Room service
Room service
40.6%
32.3%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
22%
19.8%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Blackhawk memory care

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered memory care communities in Blackhawk offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Blackhawk, ILNational
Activity director
Activity director
63%
39.1%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
44.9%
28.5%
Community service programs
Community service programs
33.7%
24.8%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
57.3%
47.1%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
65.3%
44.2%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
61.1%
53.3%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
58.4%
33.9%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
48%
30.7%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
54.1%
31.5%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
55.6%
40.5%
Live performances
Live performances
64%
40.8%
Dances
Dances
33.2%
27.5%
Fitness center
Fitness center
27.5%
19.1%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
60.8%
39.7%
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State regulations for memory care in Blackhawk

Safety is a primary concern when seniors and their families look for memory care. Each state has its own laws and inspection processes to help ensure seniors reside in a safe environment and receive quality care. Learning about Illinois memory care regulations will help you understand how memory care communities in Blackhawk protect seniors.
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Frequently Asked Questions

The Fountains, Morningside of Sterling and Trustwell Living at Eagle Pointe Place are the top-rated memory care facilities near Blackhawk, Illinois. See full list of communities.
There are 67 memory care facilities near Blackhawk, Illinois. See the full list.
The 67 memory care facilities near you in Blackhawk, Illinois typically provide housing, therapies, and care tailored to those who have Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. To find memory care in Blackhawk, Illinois, browse our detailed listings showing photos, floor plans, amenities, activities, and reviews from real families.
Browse A Place for Mom’s listings for memory care in Blackhawk, Illinois, to take a virtual tour. Our local senior living experts can arrange for a live tour of these communities as well.
The cost of memory care facilities in Blackhawk, Illinois ranges from $1000 to $15775. The average Memory Care cost in Blackhawk, Illinois is $7,504. Prices often vary based on care provided, amenities, unit size, and more.
The cost of memory care in Blackhawk, Illinois typically starts at $1000. A Place for Mom’s local, expert senior living advisors can help you find affordable memory care facilities near you and offer advice on how to lower costs and pay for care with VA benefits or public payment options.
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