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10 Best Memory Care Facilities in Wayside, NJ

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Memory care in Wayside 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 Wayside is about $9,435 per month.

To find the best memory care options for your needs and budget, browse the 373 communities, read 10204 reviews of families’ experiences, and learn about available services and amenities. You may also consider nearby communities such as Toms River, Staten Island and Freehold.

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Photo of Heritage Village at Manalapan
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.
Dover Woods Health Care Center is a residential health care facility located in Toms River, with an admissions policy for anyone over 18 years of age with physical and/or mental disabilities. Dover Woods Health Care Center is in a modern building with a full choice of room arrangements, catering...
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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.
Photo of Complete Care at Green Acres
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, 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.
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.
Photo of Millenium Memory Care
Provides: Memory Care
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.
Photo of Ave Care
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.
Welcome to Ave Care,  a Comprehensive Personal Care Home and Residential care home.  Our services include 24/7  supervision, a supportive residential environment, and staff state-certified to address the needs of residents with compassion, expertise and...
Photo of Memory and Aging Center
Provides: Memory Care
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.
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 St Joseph's Senior's 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.
Photo of Eger Health Care and Rehab Ctr
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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Photo of New Broadview Home For Adults
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Dad is still adjusting to living at this community. The staff are friendly, helpful and attentive. They are encouraging him to participate in some of the daily activities. He seems to like the food and...
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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I went to several seniors care homes, before I decided to bring my mom to The Bayville Manor. The Bayville Manor are honest and very reasonably priced. My bill is exactly what they said it would be. They...
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 Garden of Eden Home For Adults
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 Park Inn 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 Norwegian Christian Home
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 Mariners Residence
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, 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 The Veranda Assisted Living
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.
The Veranda Assisted Living is a newly renovated facility. It is a large 363 bed Medicaid assisted living facility. We are located on Staten Island, just minutes away from the Staten Island Ferry and Verrazano Bridge. Offering private and semi-private rooms that are available today. Providing...
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Photo of Delaire Nursing and Convalescent Center
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, 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.
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.
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Rehabilitation Center at Hartwick @ Oak Tree is excellent, attentive, caring, professional, competent in every way.
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.
Well known as a provider of high quality nursing and rehabilitation care, Hartwyck at Oak Tree is a unique facility that provides not only geriatric care, but also specialized care for residents who are ventilator-dependent or suffering from traumatic brain injury. Our staff is highly skilled in...
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Very beautiful and well kept. My bubbe was very happy here. She made a lot of friends and loved her room. I would recommend this place to anyone. The staff are very friendly and everyone smiles. I only had...
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.
The Martin and Edith Stein Assisted Living Residence represents a new dimension in living for those who choose not to live alone, yet do not need nursing home care. In our innovative, assisted-living environment, the fullness of life continues. Residents are appreciated for their talents and...
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Im sending my uncle there starting next month. Im very happy with what they offer. Place is very clean and staff is caring and professional.
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 Brooklyn Boulevard ALP
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, 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.

Cost of memory care in Wayside, NJ

The average cost of senior living in Wayside is $9,435 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Lakewood, NJ with an average of $8,309 per month.

Memory care costs in Wayside, NJ, vs. state and national averages

Wayside, NJ
$9,435/mo
U.S. national average
$6,999/mo

Memory care costs in Wayside, NJ, vs. other senior living options

Memory Care
$9,435/mo

Memory care costs in Wayside, NJ, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$7,751/mo
Studio
$10,012/mo
1 Bedroom
$10,356/mo
2 Bedroom
$8,624/mo

Senior living costs in Wayside 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: Wayside, NJ
Column state: New Jersey
Column national: U.S.
Community typeWayside, NJNew JerseyU.S.
Memory Care$9,435/mo$9,376/mo$6,999/mo
Assisted Living$7,727/mo$7,748/mo$5,830/mo
Independent Living$5,148/mo$4,407/mo$3,520/mo
Memory Care
Wayside, NJ:$9,435/mo
New Jersey:$9,376/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
Assisted Living
Wayside, NJ:$7,727/mo
New Jersey:$7,748/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Independent Living
Wayside, NJ:$5,148/mo
New Jersey:$4,407/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
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Memory care costs in Wayside, NJ, over time

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

Wayside, NJNJ stateNational

Memory care cost trends in Wayside, NJ

The table below shows how monthly memory care costs in Wayside 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
Wayside, NJ$9,107/mo$8,701/mo+4.7%
New Jersey$8,877/mo$8,321/mo+6.7%
National$6,685/mo$6,446/mo+3.7%
Wayside, NJ
2024 average cost:$9,107/mo
2023 average cost:$8,701/mo
Percent change:+4.7%
New Jersey
2024 average cost:$8,877/mo
2023 average cost:$8,321/mo
Percent change:+6.7%
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 Wayside

Recent reviews for memory care in Wayside

Orchard Estate of Woodbury

4.9
The restaurant was clean, along with the bathrooms, and the rooms that I visited. I would let people to look at this community. I think the staff is excellent. The community is beautiful and brand new.

Sunrise of Cresskill

4.5
We fell in love with Sunrise as soon as we walked into the place. Every area is beautifully and warmly decorated. The staff is very pleasant and easy to talk to. The residents all say "hello" with a smile on their face. When you walk through the rooms and are always greeted with smiling seniors, ...
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Brookdale Hillsborough

5.0
Overall I have no complaints of this community they have provided my mother with excellent care and have really made her comfortable in her new living environment. They have a great menu for the residents to choose from with a wide variety of meals. They also have a great activity program ...
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Wayside review score based on 1,836 family reviews

8.4
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This proprietary review score is based on 1836 reviews of 373 Wayside memory care communities. All reviews were submitted in the past two years by verified community residents and family members.
The Wayside 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

Wayside review score compared against nearby cities

8.4
Wayside, NJ373 facilities
8.4
Edison, NJ493 facilities
8.4
Lakewood, NJ311 facilities

Review subcategories for Wayside 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 1,836 reviews of 373 Wayside memory care communities. This chart helps you compare Wayside 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.
Wayside, NJ averageNational average
Cleanliness
3.4
3.7
Friendliness
3.4
3.8
Care services
3.2
3.5
Staff
3.3
3.6
Meals & dining
3.1
3.3
Activities
3.1
3.3
Value for cost*
3.1
3.4
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Wayside memory care services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Wayside memory care communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Wayside, 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 Wayside 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 Wayside that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Wayside, NJNational
Full medication management
Full medication management
68.1%
63.9%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
64.6%
47.2%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
93.3%
82.2%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
97.3%
98.2%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
74%
70%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
40.2%
28.4%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
93.8%
89.4%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
63.5%
59.1%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
70.2%
69.6%
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*Including nurse, dentist, OT, PT, speech or podiatrist

Availability of select dementia care services in Wayside 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 Wayside Memory Care partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Wayside, NJNational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
67%
72.2%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
51.7%
45.6%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
63.3%
68%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
22.5%
26.2%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Wayside 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 Wayside partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Wayside, NJNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
53.4%
28%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
61.9%
44.8%
No sugar
No sugar
59%
41.5%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
54.7%
50.4%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
35.9%
22.9%
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Availability of select dining options in Wayside 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 Wayside communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Wayside, NJNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
50.1%
32.1%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
60.3%
40.2%
Room service
Room service
49.6%
37.7%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
31.6%
23%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Wayside 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 Wayside offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Wayside, NJNational
Activity director
Activity director
62.5%
45.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
52.8%
33.2%
Community service programs
Community service programs
41%
29.1%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
62.5%
53.2%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
63.8%
51.1%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
68.4%
59.7%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
55.2%
39.7%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
53.9%
35.9%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
58.2%
36.9%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
62.2%
47.1%
Live performances
Live performances
61.7%
47.3%
Dances
Dances
45.8%
32.2%
Fitness center
Fitness center
27.6%
22.4%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
63.5%
46.3%
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State regulations for memory care in Wayside

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 Jersey memory care regulations will help you understand how memory care communities in Wayside protect seniors.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Atria Tinton Falls, Christian Fellowship House and Arden Courts Wayne, A Memory Care Community are the top-rated memory care facilities near Wayside, New Jersey. See full list of communities.
There are 373 memory care facilities near Wayside, New Jersey. See the full list.
The best memory care facilities near you in Wayside, New Jersey are Atria West 86, Arden Courts Whippany, A Memory Care Community and Brandywine The Gables by Monarch. These memory care communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.
The 373 memory care facilities near you in Wayside, New Jersey typically provide housing, therapies, and care tailored to those who have Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. To find memory care in Wayside, New Jersey, 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 Wayside, New Jersey, 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 Wayside, New Jersey ranges from $$3,500 to $$28,750. The average Memory Care cost in Wayside, New Jersey is $9,435. Prices often vary based on care provided, amenities, unit size, and more.
The cost of memory care in Wayside, New Jersey typically starts at $$3,500. 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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