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10 Best Memory Care Facilities in Joppa, MD

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Memory care in Joppa 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 Joppa is about $7,783 per month.

To find the best memory care options for your needs and budget, browse the 261 communities, read 6085 reviews of families’ experiences, and learn about available services and amenities. You may also consider nearby communities such as Baltimore, Towson and Bel Air.

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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.
Newark Manor Nursing Home is an intermediate care facility with twenty four hour a day professional nursing care located on W. Main Street in Newark, Delaware. We have been in business since 1964. We pride ourselves on the longevity of our staff and the homelike environment we provide.We are...
Provides: Assisted Living, Home 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.
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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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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.
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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.
Since 1995, Kenwood Care has managed four Howard County assisted living homes with two in Fulton, one in Dayton, and one in Laurel. Each location is in a beautiful residential setting and features:UNPARALLELED ROUND THE CLOCK CARE -2.5-to-1 resident-to-caregiver ratio (3x higher than state...
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, 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.
Since 1995, Kenwood Care has managed four Howard County assisted living homes with two in Fulton, one in Dayton, and one in Laurel. Each location is in a beautiful residential setting and features:UNPARALLELED ROUND THE CLOCK CARE -2.5-to-1 resident-to-caregiver ratio (3x higher than state...
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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.
Carroll Lutheran Village is a not-for-profit life plan community. For over 40 years, we have helped individuals achieve their personal best in our full-service continuing care retirement community, which is why we’ve been recognized as Carroll’s Best for retirement living, assisted living and...
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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
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.
Provides: Assisted Living, 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.
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.
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.
Photo of Columbia Cottage Hanover LLC
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.
Somerford Place shares the same beautifully landscaped campus as Somerford House, in Newark, Delaware. Again, centrally located the surrounding community offers easy access to downtown Newark, local shopping districts, Christiana Hospital and Interstate 95. Somerford Place is specifically...
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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.
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 Hershey Mill 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.
Photo of Pullman Apartments
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 Albright LIFE
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 Willow Valley Manor North
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
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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 Joppa, MD

The average cost of senior living in Joppa is $7,783 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Dundalk, MD with an average of $7,462 per month.

Memory care costs in Joppa, MD, vs. state and national averages

Joppa, MD
$7,783/mo
U.S. national average
$6,999/mo

Memory care costs in Joppa, MD, vs. other senior living options

Memory Care
$7,783/mo

Memory care costs in Joppa, MD, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$5,787/mo
Studio
$7,607/mo
1 Bedroom
$8,011/mo
2 Bedroom
$10,033/mo

Senior living costs in Joppa 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: Joppa, MD
Column state: Maryland
Column national: U.S.
Community typeJoppa, MDMarylandU.S.
Memory Care$7,783/mo$8,003/mo$6,999/mo
Assisted Living$6,671/mo$6,951/mo$5,830/mo
Independent Living$3,580/mo$4,117/mo$3,520/mo
Memory Care
Joppa, MD:$7,783/mo
Maryland:$8,003/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
Assisted Living
Joppa, MD:$6,671/mo
Maryland:$6,951/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Independent Living
Joppa, MD:$3,580/mo
Maryland:$4,117/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
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Memory care costs in Joppa, MD, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly memory care costs have shifted over the past five years in Joppa 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.

Joppa, MDMD stateNational

Memory care cost trends in Joppa, MD

The table below shows how monthly memory care costs in Joppa 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
Joppa, MD$7,543/mo$7,604/mo-0.8%
Maryland$7,436/mo$7,380/mo+0.8%
National$6,685/mo$6,446/mo+3.7%
Joppa, MD
2024 average cost:$7,543/mo
2023 average cost:$7,604/mo
Percent change:-0.8%
Maryland
2024 average cost:$7,436/mo
2023 average cost:$7,380/mo
Percent change:+0.8%
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 Joppa

Recent reviews for memory care in Joppa

Arbor Terrace Senior Living in Lanham, MD

4.9
From day one of them literally rolling out the red carpet - Arbor Terrace has provided exceptional care for Mom …. Mom’s room is always clean and well kept - they keep the her in engaged with various activities (the staff recently got Mom all dressed and dolled up and I was able to take her to ...
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Sunrise of Chevy Chase in Silver Spring, MD

4.5
Sunrise of Chevy Chase is welcoming community with thoughtful and supportive staff. The activities engage residents with different interests and needs. Staff keep in contact with family on a regular basis.

Brightview Avondell in Bel Air, MD

5.0
My mother has been there just about a month now, and they're excellent. The personalized attention my mother gets makes her feel like she's on a cruise ship that hasn't left the dock. Every single member of the staff is exceptional. Avondell has 25 assisted living beds and I think about ...
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Joppa review score based on 1,341 family reviews

8.4
Review score261 facilities1341 reviewsWrite a review
This proprietary review score is based on 1341 reviews of 261 Joppa memory care communities. All reviews were submitted in the past two years by verified community residents and family members.
The Joppa 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

Joppa review score compared against nearby cities

8.4
Joppa, MD261 facilities
8.8
Dundalk, MD98 facilities
8.3
Edgewood, MD53 facilities

Review subcategories for Joppa 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 1,341 reviews of 261 Joppa memory care communities. This chart helps you compare Joppa 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.
Joppa, MD averageNational average
Cleanliness
3.2
3.7
Friendliness
3.2
3.8
Care services
2.9
3.5
Staff
3.0
3.7
Meals & dining
2.9
3.4
Activities
2.9
3.3
Value for cost*
2.9
3.4
0.01.02.03.04.05.0
*Learn more about cost details

Joppa memory care services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Joppa memory care communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Joppa, 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 Joppa 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 Joppa that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Joppa, MDNational
Full medication management
Full medication management
66.3%
63.8%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
59%
47.2%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
98.5%
82.2%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
98.5%
98.2%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
67.4%
69.9%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
38.7%
28.4%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
98.5%
89.4%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
60.5%
59.1%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
60.9%
69.5%
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*Including nurse, dentist, OT, PT, speech or podiatrist

Availability of select dementia care services in Joppa 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 Joppa Memory Care partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Joppa, MDNational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
67%
72.2%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
46.7%
45.6%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
59.8%
68%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
20.3%
26.2%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Joppa 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 Joppa partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Joppa, MDNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
33.3%
28%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
56.7%
44.8%
No sugar
No sugar
52.9%
41.4%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
48.7%
50.4%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
34.1%
22.8%
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Availability of select dining options in Joppa 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 Joppa communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Joppa, MDNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
42.9%
32.1%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
50.2%
40.1%
Room service
Room service
43.7%
37.6%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
23.4%
23%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Joppa 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 Joppa offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Joppa, MDNational
Activity director
Activity director
57.5%
45.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
41.8%
33.2%
Community service programs
Community service programs
40.2%
29%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
60.2%
53.2%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
62.1%
51.1%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
61.7%
59.7%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
49%
39.7%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
44.1%
35.8%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
49%
36.8%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
58.2%
47.1%
Live performances
Live performances
58.6%
47.3%
Dances
Dances
36.8%
32.1%
Fitness center
Fitness center
28%
22.4%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
58.2%
46.3%
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State regulations for memory care in Joppa

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