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10 Best Memory Care Facilities in York Cliffs, ME

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Memory care in York Cliffs offers 24-hour care and supervision, trained staff, and specialized activities to accommodate the needs of seniors with Alzheimer’s or dementia. These communities typically offer advanced security features and engaging activities to help ensure residents’ well-being. The cost of memory care in York Cliffs is about $9,896 per month.

To find the best memory care options for your needs and budget, browse the 126 communities, read 2221 reviews of families’ experiences, and learn about available services and amenities. You may also consider nearby communities such as Dover, Rochester and Portsmouth.

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I would tell my friends that hands down this is an awesome place to bring a loved one. The community seems to be caring and patient with my loved ones needs. The director down to the receptionist was...
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.
assisted living facility located on Route 4 just outside of downtown Durham, New Hampshire. A pre-admission assessment of all applicants, required by the state of New Hampshire, is done to determine the appropriate level of care required by the individual. This also determines if Harmony Homes...
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Harmony Homes is just that harmonious. They have a quaint staff and make the living space very beautiful and peaceful looking.
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.
Harmony Homes is an assisted living community in Durham, NH. Set in the heart of New Hampshire, and is located on a sprawling property, complete with walking paths. Watching the beauty of the seasons changing in New Hampshire is reason enough to make Harmony Homes your home. Because Harmony Homes...
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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.
Photo of Mountain View Residential Care
Provides: Assisted 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.
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.
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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.
We are a geriatric residential assisted living, honoring aging in place, providing end-of-life care, respite care, and adult day care services. We have both private and semi private rooms, with all the comforts of home. It's important our clients maintain the ability to do at they want when they...
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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.
Eventide Home, a non-profit nursing and assisted living facility, located in Exeter, New Hampshire, and has been providing health care services to women over the age of 65 since 1952.Our nursing home provides housing and health care services to 19 women, 15 of whom have private rooms. The...
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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.
Photo of The Inn At Atlantic Heights
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5 stars! The best place to visit a loved one, fun staff, beautiful setting, and the best breakfast I've ever had! [Removed] wouldn't leave this place, even if you offered for her to go back home.
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.
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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.
Photo of RiverWoods Exeter
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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.
RiverWoods is a nationally-accredited Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in Exeter, NH. RiverWoods offers Independent Living as well as direct admission to Assisted Living Care and all of the benefits that come with choosing the Seacoast’s premier CCRC/life care community. Located on 200...
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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.
Photo of Country Center for Health and Rehabilitation
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.
On behalf of our team of caregivers and support staff, thank you for considering our healthcare center. We offer a full range of medical services to meet the individual needs of our residents, including short-term rehabilitative services and long-term skilled care. Working with the resident’s...
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, 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.
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 Village At Oak Hill
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.
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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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.
Inn At Village SquareThe Inn at Village Square is a top-rated assisted living community located in quaint and picturesque Gorham, ME, the economic center of the State of Maine, and is one of the state’s most serene natural environments characterized with and known for its rolling green hills.The...
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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.
Photo of Eunice Frye Home
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, Senior Apartments
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.
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Photo of Larrabee Village
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 York Cliffs, ME

The average cost of senior living in York Cliffs is $9,896 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Portland, ME with an average of $9,226 per month.

Memory care costs in York Cliffs, ME, vs. state and national averages

York Cliffs, ME
$9,896/mo
$9,393/mo
U.S. national average
$6,999/mo

Memory care costs in York Cliffs, ME, vs. other senior living options

Memory Care
$9,896/mo

Memory care costs in York Cliffs, ME, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$7,141/mo
Studio
$9,107/mo
1 Bedroom
$8,297/mo

Senior living costs in York Cliffs 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: York Cliffs, ME
Column state: Maine
Column national: U.S.
Community typeYork Cliffs, MEMaineU.S.
Memory Care$9,896/mo$9,393/mo$6,999/mo
Assisted Living$7,904/mo$7,568/mo$5,830/mo
Independent Living$4,444/mo$4,089/mo$3,520/mo
Memory Care
York Cliffs, ME:$9,896/mo
Maine:$9,393/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
Assisted Living
York Cliffs, ME:$7,904/mo
Maine:$7,568/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Independent Living
York Cliffs, ME:$4,444/mo
Maine:$4,089/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
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Memory care costs in York Cliffs, ME, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly memory care costs have shifted over the past five years in York Cliffs 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 York Cliffs, ME

The table below shows how monthly memory care costs in York Cliffs 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
York Cliffs, ME$8,345/mo$7,964/mo+4.8%
Maine$7,748/mo$7,468/mo+3.8%
National$6,685/mo$6,446/mo+3.7%
York Cliffs, ME
2024 average cost:$8,345/mo
2023 average cost:$7,964/mo
Percent change:+4.8%
Maine
2024 average cost:$7,748/mo
2023 average cost:$7,468/mo
Percent change:+3.8%
National
2024 average cost:$6,685/mo
2023 average cost:$6,446/mo
Percent change:+3.7%
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What families are saying about memory care in York Cliffs

Recent reviews for memory care in York Cliffs

Atria Merrimack Place in Newburyport, MA

5.0
We chose Atria Merrimack Place because of the quality of the facility as well as the convenience to family. His room size was adequate for his needs. I ate here and the quality of food was good but the options were limited. My favorite part about the community was that it was a positive ...
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The Haven at Lee

5.0
The community is very clean and neat. The staff is very nice and friendly and the food is amazing and tastes so good. They have lots of activities available also. I would recommend this community to others based on my experience.

Avita of Stroudwater in Westbrook, ME

5.0
They did try to take good care of my loved one. They offered daily activities and the community was clean. The food was good. My loved one was only there for a short time as we realized he needed more care than they were able to provide. They oversold themselves on the care that was ...
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York Cliffs review score based on 381 family reviews

8.4
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This proprietary review score is based on 381 reviews of 126 York Cliffs memory care communities. All reviews were submitted in the past two years by verified community residents and family members.
The York Cliffs 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

York Cliffs review score compared against nearby cities

8.4
York Cliffs, ME126 facilities
8.2
Portland, ME54 facilities
8.6
Topsham, ME41 facilities

Review subcategories for York Cliffs 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 381 reviews of 126 York Cliffs memory care communities. This chart helps you compare York Cliffs 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.
York Cliffs, ME averageNational average
Cleanliness
3.3
3.7
Friendliness
3.4
3.8
Care services
3.1
3.5
Staff
3.2
3.7
Meals & dining
3.0
3.4
Activities
3.0
3.3
Value for cost*
3.0
3.4
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*Learn more about cost details

York Cliffs memory care services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in York Cliffs memory care communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in York Cliffs, 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 York Cliffs 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 York Cliffs 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
47.6%
63.8%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
30.2%
47.2%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
93.7%
82.2%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
97.6%
98.2%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
59.5%
69.9%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
21.4%
28.4%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
95.2%
89.4%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
50.8%
59.1%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
57.1%
69.5%
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*Including nurse, dentist, OT, PT, speech or podiatrist

Availability of select dementia care services in York Cliffs 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 York Cliffs Memory Care partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
York Cliffs, MENational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
53.2%
72.2%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
38.9%
45.6%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
46.8%
68%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
18.3%
26.2%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in York Cliffs 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 York Cliffs partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
York Cliffs, MENational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
23.8%
28%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
47.6%
44.8%
No sugar
No sugar
42.1%
41.4%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
41.3%
50.4%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
15.9%
22.8%
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Availability of select dining options in York Cliffs 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 York Cliffs communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
York Cliffs, MENational
Professional chef
Professional chef
38.9%
32.1%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
39.7%
40.1%
Room service
Room service
31.7%
37.6%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
19%
23%
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Availability of select programs and activities in York Cliffs 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 York Cliffs offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
York Cliffs, MENational
Activity director
Activity director
45.2%
45.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
34.1%
33.2%
Community service programs
Community service programs
30.2%
29%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
50%
53.2%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
48.4%
51.1%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
56.3%
59.7%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
42.1%
39.7%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
31%
35.8%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
38.9%
36.8%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
43.7%
47.1%
Live performances
Live performances
49.2%
47.3%
Dances
Dances
25.4%
32.1%
Fitness center
Fitness center
24.6%
22.4%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
46.8%
46.3%
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State regulations for memory care in York Cliffs

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 Maine memory care regulations will help you understand how memory care communities in York Cliffs protect seniors.
Learn about Maine memory care regulationsDownload the Guide to Senior Living Licensure and Inspection Reports

Frequently Asked Questions

Carriage Hill Assisted Living, Hillsbrook Village at Allenstown and Arbors of Bedford are the top-rated memory care facilities near York Cliffs, Maine. See full list of communities.
There are 126 memory care facilities near York Cliffs, Maine. See the full list.
The best memory care facilities near you in York Cliffs, Maine are Carriage Hill Assisted Living, Hillsbrook Village at Allenstown and The Pines Of Newmarket. These memory care communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.
The 126 memory care facilities near you in York Cliffs, Maine typically provide housing, therapies, and care tailored to those who have Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. To find memory care in York Cliffs, Maine, 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 York Cliffs, Maine, 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 York Cliffs, Maine ranges from $4104 to $12000. The average Memory Care cost in York Cliffs, Maine is $9,896. Prices often vary based on care provided, amenities, unit size, and more.
The cost of memory care in York Cliffs, Maine typically starts at $4104. 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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