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If your loved one needs memory care in Cayuga Heights, A Place for Mom can help. With 74 memory care facilities in Cayuga Heights, we’ll work with you to find the right fit for your family member’s budget, interests, and care needs.

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This is the place to be around here they are really good to the residents. There are plenty of activities at the residence.
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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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.
United Methodist Homes Hilltop Campus offers seniors a safe and secure community to thrive enjoying peace of mind in knowing they have access to a high quality and compassionate care continuum. As a non-for-profit and faith based organization, we are dedicated to our residents and our Mission of...
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What I like the most about Elderwood Village is that they have very friendly and are responsive to mom's needs. It is a nice facility and I would recommend this community to other families based on the...
Provides: Assisted Living
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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.
Elderwood Village at Vestal is an assisted living community located in historic Vestal, New York, tucked away in a residential area, offering the peace and quiet our residents want while also being conveniently located to all that Vestal has to offer. Elderwood Village at Vestal is an intimate,...
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This community is clean, friendly and helpful atmosphere. The activities are on the second floor instead of the first floor so my loved one does not go often and that is one of the downfalls due to her...
Provides: Assisted Living
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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.
Enriched living at Clark Meadows begins with a philosophy – each day should be spent maximizing one’s health and happiness.Taking a preventive approach, it’s a philosophy stressing the importance of exercising the mind and body, as well as nurturing the spirit.Supporting total wellness, Clark...
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
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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.
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, Memory Care, Independent Living
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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.
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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.
Greenbriar is a 37 bed Adult Home located in Homer, NY. We have been in business for 35 years. Our facility is licensed by the state of New York. We provide medication management, supervision of diets, we assist with bathing, dressing and all other activities of daily living. We also do laudry...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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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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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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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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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
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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
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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, 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.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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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, 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.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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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
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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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We had heard mixed review, but he building has been under new management since the middle of 2017 and the care my mother got was great. The staff were very friendly and nice. Outstanding therapy staff...
Provides: Memory Care, Nursing Homes
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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.
Absolut Care of Endicott sits on a hill on the Northwest edge of the Village of Endicott. Located just west of Binghamton, NY, Endicott is a picturesque village, originally home of IBM.Absolut Care of Endicott houses 160 people needing a variety of care services. The facility has four distinct...
Provides: Assisted Living
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 Cayuga Heights, NY

The average cost of senior living in Cayuga Heights is $5,112 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Penn Yan, NY with an average of $4,189 per month.

Memory care costs in Cayuga Heights, NY, vs. nearby cities

Cayuga Heights, NY
$5,112/mo
$5,157/mo

Memory care costs in Cayuga Heights, NY, vs. state and national averages

Cayuga Heights, NY
$5,112/mo
U.S. national average
$4,794/mo

Memory care costs in Cayuga Heights, NY, vs. other senior living options

Memory Care
$5,112/mo

Memory care costs in Cayuga Heights, NY, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$4,942/mo
Studio
$5,520/mo
1 Bedroom
$5,228/mo
2 Bedroom
$4,449/mo

Senior living costs in Cayuga Heights 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: Cayuga Heights, NY
Column state: New York
Column national: U.S.
Community typeCayuga Heights, NYNew YorkU.S.
Memory Care$5,112/mo$5,594/mo$4,794/mo
Assisted Living$5,060/mo$5,523/mo$4,557/mo
Independent Living$3,877/mo$4,409/mo$4,016/mo
Memory Care
Cayuga Heights, NY:$5,112/mo
New York:$5,594/mo
U.S.:$4,794/mo
Assisted Living
Cayuga Heights, NY:$5,060/mo
New York:$5,523/mo
U.S.:$4,557/mo
Independent Living
Cayuga Heights, NY:$3,877/mo
New York:$4,409/mo
U.S.:$4,016/mo
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Memory care costs in Cayuga Heights, NY, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly memory care costs have shifted over the past five years in Cayuga Heights 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 Cayuga Heights, NY

The table below shows how monthly memory care costs in Cayuga Heights 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 median 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
Cayuga Heights, NY$6,905/mo$6,866/mo+0.6%
New York$7,984/mo$7,591/mo+5.2%
National$6,504/mo$6,180/mo+5.2%
Cayuga Heights, NY
2024 average cost:$6,905/mo
2023 average cost:$6,866/mo
Percent change:+0.6%
New York
2024 average cost:$7,984/mo
2023 average cost:$7,591/mo
Percent change:+5.2%
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2024 average cost:$6,504/mo
2023 average cost:$6,180/mo
Percent change:+5.2%
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What families are saying about memory care in Cayuga Heights

Recent reviews for memory care in Cayuga Heights

The Athenaeum of Skaneateles

5.0
The Athenaeum is the best assisted living facility in all of Central New York. Everyone is so nice and they provide excellent care. It is a sad day when a loved one can no longer live in their own home. The Athenaeum will make you feel so much better about this difficult move. Take a tour ...
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Clark Meadows in Canandaigua, NY

4.0
My loved one has her own nice apartment in the assisted living section of this community. She worked with the physical therapy department for a short time and has improved so much. They offer healthy meals and she is enjoying it there. This community is combined with the independent community. ...
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Brookdale Castle Gardens in Vestal, NY

4.4
What we like most about The Hearth at Castle Gardens is the staff, they are excellent. Although due to the turnover they have had some issues with the laundry service as well as returning the correct clothes to the proper owners. We would recommend this community to other families looking or a ...
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Cayuga Heights review score based on 185 family reviews

8.6
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This proprietary review score is based on 185 reviews of 66 Cayuga Heights memory care communities. All reviews were submitted in the past two years by verified community residents and family members.
The Cayuga Heights 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

Cayuga Heights review score compared against nearby cities

8.6
Cayuga Heights, NY66 facilities
8.7
8.7
Ithaca, NY70 facilities

Review subcategories for Cayuga Heights memory care

When memory care residents and family members submit a review on our site, they rate each community on categories such as cleanliness, activities, meals, and more. The chart below is based on 185 reviews of 66 Cayuga Heights memory care communities. This chart helps you compare Cayuga Heights resident and family memory care satisfaction rates against national averages. Use it to assess your needs and develop criteria for your own search. If you know that one of these categories is important to you or your loved one, our senior living advisors can help you find communities to match your needs.
Cayuga Heights, NY averageNational average
Cleanliness
3.8
4.2
Friendliness
3.9
4.3
Care services
3.5
3.9
Staff
3.8
4.1
Meals & dining
3.6
3.8
Activities
3.5
3.8
Value for cost*
3.4
3.8
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Cayuga Heights memory care services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Cayuga Heights memory care communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Cayuga Heights, 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 Cayuga Heights 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 Cayuga Heights that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
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Full medication management
Full medication management
39.4%
66.7%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
10.6%
49.1%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
100%
82.9%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
100%
99.2%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
42.4%
73.3%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
10.6%
29.3%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
98.5%
90%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
19.7%
63%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
16.7%
74%
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*Including nurse, dentist, OT, PT, speech or podiatrist

Availability of select dementia care services in Cayuga Heights 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 Cayuga Heights Memory Care partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Cayuga Heights, NYNational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
34.8%
75.6%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
16.7%
47%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
25.8%
72%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
15.2%
27.1%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Cayuga Heights 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 Cayuga Heights partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Cayuga Heights, NYNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
25.8%
28.4%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
30.3%
45.1%
No sugar
No sugar
25.8%
42.2%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
24.2%
51%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
12.1%
17%
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Availability of select dining options in Cayuga Heights 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 Cayuga Heights communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
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Professional chef
Professional chef
21.2%
32.5%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
31.8%
40.4%
Room service
Room service
16.7%
37.4%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
6.1%
23.3%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Cayuga Heights 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 Cayuga Heights offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Cayuga Heights, NYNational
Activity director
Activity director
39.4%
46.8%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
28.8%
34.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
22.7%
28.8%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
37.9%
55.7%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
36.4%
52.5%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
39.4%
62.4%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
28.8%
40.3%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
24.2%
35.2%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
28.8%
37%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
34.8%
48.1%
Live performances
Live performances
36.4%
48.7%
Dances
Dances
22.7%
31.6%
Fitness center
Fitness center
12.1%
22.1%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
36.4%
47.2%
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State regulations for memory care in Cayuga Heights

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 New York memory care regulations will help you understand how memory care communities in Cayuga Heights protect seniors.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Brookdale Ithaca MC, Brookdale Ithaca AL and Brookdale Castle Gardens are the top-rated memory care facilities near Cayuga Heights, New York. See full list of communities.

There are 74 memory care facilities near Cayuga Heights, New York. See the full list.

The best memory care facility near you in Cayuga Heights, New York is Brookdale Castle Gardens. This memory care community received the highest ranking based on verified family reviews.

The 74 memory care facilities near you in Cayuga Heights, New York typically provide housing, therapies, and care tailored to those who have Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. To find memory care in Cayuga Heights, New York, 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 Cayuga Heights, New York, 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 Cayuga Heights, New York ranges from $1025 to $9410. The average Memory Care cost in Cayuga Heights, New York is $5,112. Prices often vary based on care provided, amenities, unit size, and more. 

The cost of memory care in Cayuga Heights, New York typically starts at $1025. 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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