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Memory care in St James 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 St James is about $6,821 per month.

To find the best memory care options for your needs and budget, browse the 130 communities, read 2570 reviews of families’ experiences, and learn about available services and amenities. You may also consider nearby communities such as Frederick, Hagerstown and Boonsboro.

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It's been an adjustment, she's cute, she likes it and she likes the people but she said they make you feel a little "o-l-d." She has been participating in the activities, she likes it there, they're great....
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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.
Welcome to Meadow Glen of Leesburg! Meadow Glen is Loudoun County's premiere assisted living community. It offers an intimate home-like setting centered around a beautiful 150-year old farmhouse. Meadow Glen accommodates just 40 residents in 37 suites. With one-story construction, residents...
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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, 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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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
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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.
Royal Haven Assisted Living of Winchester is a single level building on a quiet street in a residential neighborhood.  Residents have access to a large fenced yard with flowering plants and trees.  We are able to promote activity and independence within a safe and secure environment...
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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.
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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I moved my husband here in [date removed]. The facility is laid out exactly like his previous facility, but what a difference. The administrative staff is excellent, the caregivers are so kind and...
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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.
From comfortable living arrangements and nutritious dining services to versatile social activities and therapeutic forms of recreation, Poet’s Walk Lansdowne redefines what it means to reside in a senior care facility. Backed by a team that takes a personalized approach to memory care, we help...
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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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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, 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.
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Upon retirement, we looked at various long-term care facilities within our community. The location and the updated facilities at Falcons Landing are impressive. The food and service are excellent. We were...
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.
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, 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.
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, 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.
Imagine Living amidst 350 wooded country acres……in a community that can comfortably address your needs for the rest of your life…in a setting unlike any other you’ve ever seen.Welcome to Green Ridge Village, a continuing care retirement community offering independent and assisted living as well...
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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.
Serene Manor is a Pennsylvania non profit corporation, and it is committed to affordable senior housing and care.Our management team is made of experienced, highly qualified professionals who are dedicated to making Serene Manor one of the premier Personal Care Homes in Pennsylvania.Our...
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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, 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
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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.
Elternhaus, IncElternhaus, provides a caring assisted living community to those adults who are looking to be a part of Dayton, MD. This community is located in a quiet area that is a great place to call home. Dayton is a part of Howard County and it offers much natural beauty in a peaceful area...
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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.
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...

Cost of memory care in St James, MD

The average cost of senior living in St James is $6,821 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Funkstown, MD with an average of $6,821 per month.

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

St James, MD
$6,821/mo
U.S. national average
$6,999/mo

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

Memory Care
$6,821/mo

Memory care costs in St James, MD, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$5,542/mo
Studio
$7,212/mo
1 Bedroom
$7,705/mo

Senior living costs in St James 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: St James, MD
Column state: Maryland
Column national: U.S.
Community typeSt James, MDMarylandU.S.
Memory Care$6,821/mo$8,003/mo$6,999/mo
Assisted Living$6,430/mo$6,951/mo$5,830/mo
Independent Living$3,907/mo$4,117/mo$3,520/mo
Memory Care
St James, MD:$6,821/mo
Maryland:$8,003/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
Assisted Living
St James, MD:$6,430/mo
Maryland:$6,951/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Independent Living
St James, MD:$3,907/mo
Maryland:$4,117/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
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Memory care costs in St James, MD, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly memory care costs have shifted over the past five years in St James 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 St James, MD

The table below shows how monthly memory care costs in St James 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
St James, MD$7,044/mo$6,770/mo+4.0%
Maryland$7,436/mo$7,380/mo+0.8%
National$6,685/mo$6,446/mo+3.7%
St James, MD
2024 average cost:$7,044/mo
2023 average cost:$6,770/mo
Percent change:+4.0%
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 St James

Recent reviews for memory care in St James

HeartFields Assisted Living at Frederick

5.0
My experience at Heartfields was excellent! I couldn’t have placed [name removed] in a more caring, professional environment. I would recommend Heartfields to anyone. It was a difficult time for me and they made it easier on a daily basis to continue to help [name removed]

Comfort Care in Fairfield, PA

5.0
Having to find placement for a loved one was a "Daunting" task. We looked at many options elsewhere and were mortified by what we saw! There entire staff have been exceptional! Kind, caring, and professional! we can clearly see their excellence..... They go above and beyond. Food, fantastic! ...
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Morningside House of Leesburg

4.6
A great place for most elderly with a fabulous staff that really cares about the people. The food is excellent and they have great activities. Would recommend for your loved one, if they are high-functioning.

St James review score based on 465 family reviews

8.6
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This proprietary review score is based on 465 reviews of 130 St James memory care communities. All reviews were submitted in the past two years by verified community residents and family members.
The St James 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

St James review score compared against nearby cities

8.6
St James, MD130 facilities
8.5
Frederick, MD40 facilities
8.4
Eldersburg, MD312 facilities

Review subcategories for St James 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 465 reviews of 130 St James memory care communities. This chart helps you compare St James 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.
St James, MD averageNational average
Cleanliness
3.2
3.7
Friendliness
3.2
3.8
Care services
2.9
3.5
Staff
3.1
3.6
Meals & dining
2.9
3.3
Activities
2.9
3.3
Value for cost*
2.8
3.4
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St James memory care services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in St James memory care communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in St James, 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 St James 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 St James that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
St James, MDNational
Full medication management
Full medication management
63.8%
63.9%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
60%
47.2%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
98.5%
82.2%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
99.2%
98.2%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
67.7%
70%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
35.4%
28.4%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
98.5%
89.4%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
60.8%
59.1%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
63.8%
69.6%
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Availability of select dementia care services in St James 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 St James Memory Care partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
St James, MDNational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
63.1%
72.2%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
45.4%
45.6%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
55.4%
68%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
20.8%
26.2%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in St James 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 St James partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
St James, MDNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
35.4%
28%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
53.8%
44.8%
No sugar
No sugar
49.2%
41.5%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
48.5%
50.4%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
35.4%
22.9%
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Availability of select dining options in St James 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 St James communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
St James, MDNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
40.8%
32.1%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
50%
40.2%
Room service
Room service
45.4%
37.7%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
29.2%
23%
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Availability of select programs and activities in St James 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 St James offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
St James, MDNational
Activity director
Activity director
56.9%
45.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
43.8%
33.2%
Community service programs
Community service programs
41.5%
29.1%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
58.5%
53.2%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
60%
51.1%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
59.2%
59.7%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
49.2%
39.7%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
43.1%
35.9%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
46.9%
36.9%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
56.9%
47.1%
Live performances
Live performances
58.5%
47.3%
Dances
Dances
33.8%
32.2%
Fitness center
Fitness center
30.8%
22.4%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
57.7%
46.3%
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State regulations for memory care in St James

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 St James protect seniors.
Learn about Maryland memory care regulationsDownload the Guide to Senior Living Licensure and Inspection Reports
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