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10 Best Memory Care Facilities in James City County, VA

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Memory care in James City County 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 James City County is about $7,046 per month.

To find the best memory care options for your needs and budget, browse the 129 communities, read 3302 reviews of families’ experiences, and learn about available services and amenities. You may also consider nearby communities such as Williamsburg, Newport News and Gloucester.

James City County Memory Care Facilities | 3302 Reviews

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Photo of Commonwealth Senior Living at Cedar Manor
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44 Floor plans available
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My mom is level 2 dementia and we had a mishappening, I rang the bell several times for help and after 25 minutes I went in search of a nurse after I found one it took another 10 minutes for them to come to...
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.
Cedar Manor Assisted Living is an affiliate of Chesapeake Regional Medical Center. Cedar Manor offers a comfortable, supportive atmosphere to enjoy your independence in a secure, peaceful, wooded setting. Each private suite features kitchenettes, individual climate control and bathrooms with...
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I've only been at the cross roads and Dunlop house and they are night and day. At the cross roads we would always find my parents in bed sleeping the day away, not going to have a meal and if they did go to...
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.
Located in Colonial Heights, Dunlop House has been honored as a Top Assisted Living Facility in Virginia by Assisted Living Today. Dunlop House specializes in both assisted living and Alzheimer's care for seniors. Since 1999 it has provided its residents with quality care and a rewarding...
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It definitely stood out compared to the others I toured. The facility was clean and smelled nice. The apartments were bigger than other places and arranged well. They were a smaller living space but super...
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 Pemberton at University Park provides an independent living community to those interested in making Richmond, VA their home. This community offers a great place to live in a location that provides much to do and see. Richmond provides residents and guests with opportunities to visit the...
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My mother has lived at Mennowood assisted living for 4 months. The staff did a very good job transitioning her into her new home. We are very happy that we found such a nice place for her to live. Every...
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.
At Mennowood Retirement Community, we pride ourselves on the comfortable and inviting atmosphere that seniors can come to expect here. Even if your elderly relative is suffering from different stages of dementia, we can help make sure that they receive the treatment they need. Our staff will be...
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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.
The Chesapeake retirement community boasts a spacious 35-acre campus in the heart of Newport News, Virginia.  Residents enjoy a multitude of opportunities to live active, healthy, fulfilling lives while simultaenously planning for their future health care needs.  Choosing from spacious...
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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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I have asked for some materials on the visiting physician, the in-house doctor, and I've asked twice but I've never recieved anything. That was my only complaint. My mother doesn't participate but supposedly...
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.
Eden Court is a place that is catered around the needs of those suffering with memory problems. This is a Memory Care community that specializes in helping those that are suffering with Alzheimer's and Dementia. This is an actual home that is nestled in a beautiful neighborhood in the Hampton...
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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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
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 Rita Heavenly Adult 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.
Photo of The Bridges at Petersburg
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Very personable facility. Vista Park Memory Care was very welcoming and the care has been excellent. I feel relieved to have finally found a loving facility for my friend. Vista Park has been a blessing.
Provides: Memory Care
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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.
Vista Park Memory Care is an assisted living community located in Petersburg, Virginia, in Petersburg City County. A supportive environment in a beautiful setting, Vista Park Memory Care is an excellent place for you to make a new home. Petersburg is a peaceful city with friendly citizens 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.
Photo of BT Cumberland
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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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.
Metro-Gardens is an assisted living community located in the picturesque city of Petersburg, VA. The city is surrounded by sprawling wooded areas and provides easy access to major metropolitan areas such as Richmond and Washington D.C. The community itself is surrounded by large shady trees and...
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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.
Fillmore Place is inner-city urban home which helps people that may be difficult to place due to diagnosis and financial resources. The facility specializes in the care of individuals with chronic mental health disabilities.  We are able to work with clients who have a diagnosis of...
Photo of Hamilton - West
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 Totty Place
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.
Totty Place is an assisted living community located in the lovely and scenic Petersburg, Virginia. Petersburg sits right along the banks of the James River and the Appomattox River making it one of the most beautiful locations in Virginia. Rafting, boating, hiking, and fishing are just a few of...
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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 Browder's Assisted Living Inc
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 Lake Prince Woods
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.
Photo of Hawkins Residential
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 Humphrey's Retirement 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.

Cost of memory care in James City County, VA

The average cost of senior living in James City County is $7,046 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Williamsburg, VA with an average of $6,798 per month.

Memory care costs in James City County, VA, vs. nearby counties

James City County, VA
$7,228/mo
$6,798/mo

Memory care costs in James City County, VA, vs. state and national averages

James City County, VA
$7,228/mo
U.S. national average
$7,121/mo

Memory care costs in James City County, VA, vs. other senior living options

Memory Care
$7,228/mo

Memory care costs in James City County, VA, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$6,157/mo
Studio
$7,542/mo
1 Bedroom
$8,239/mo

Senior living costs in James City County 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: James City County, VA
Column state: Virginia
Column national: U.S.
Community typeJames City County, VAVirginiaU.S.
Memory Care$7,228/mo$7,523/mo$7,121/mo
Assisted Living$6,630/mo$6,344/mo$5,830/mo
Independent Living$4,481/mo$4,048/mo$3,520/mo
Memory Care
James City County, VA:$7,228/mo
Virginia:$7,523/mo
U.S.:$7,121/mo
Assisted Living
James City County, VA:$6,630/mo
Virginia:$6,344/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Independent Living
James City County, VA:$4,481/mo
Virginia:$4,048/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
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Memory care costs in James City County, VA, over time

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

The table below shows how monthly memory care costs in James City County 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
James City County, VA$7,085/mo$6,735/mo+5.2%
Virginia$6,952/mo$6,648/mo+4.6%
National$6,685/mo$6,446/mo+3.7%
James City County, VA
2024 average cost:$7,085/mo
2023 average cost:$6,735/mo
Percent change:+5.2%
Virginia
2024 average cost:$6,952/mo
2023 average cost:$6,648/mo
Percent change:+4.6%
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 James City County

Recent reviews for memory care in James City County

Golden Years Assisted Living in Hampton, VA

5.0
Welcome to Golden Years! When looking for a new home, this assisted living is a five star hotel encircled by the care often associated with family. You go online and pick up pamphlets searching. Let me stop you right there! Look no further. I am a resident at Golden Years and have been since ...
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Mennowood Retirement Community in Newport News, VA

5.0
I am very happy with this community. The staff is great and very caring. The food is appealing with a nice variety. They offer alot of activities. I would be happy to recommend this community to other families. We are happy with the cleanliness here.

Commonwealth Senior Living at Kilmarnock

5.0
Before I retired seven years ago, I was in healthcare administration in the Kilmarnock community, and Commonwealth has always had a good reputation. I did look into several agencies, and came in to take the tour at Commonwealth and liked what I saw. It was very clean, and there was a home ...
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James City County review score based on 530 family reviews

8.0
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This proprietary review score is based on 530 reviews of 129 James City County memory care communities. All reviews were submitted in the past two years by verified community residents and family members.
The James City County 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

James City County review score compared against nearby cities

8.0
James City County, VA129 facilities
8.0
Williamsburg, VA121 facilities
7.9
Claremont, VA131 facilities

Review subcategories for James City County 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 530 reviews of 129 James City County memory care communities. This chart helps you compare James City County 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.
James City County, VA averageNational average
Cleanliness
3.2
3.7
Friendliness
3.4
3.8
Care services
2.9
3.4
Staff
3.2
3.6
Meals & dining
2.9
3.3
Activities
2.9
3.3
Value for cost*
3.0
3.4
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James City County memory care services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in James City County memory care communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in James City County, 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 James City County 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 James City County that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
James City County, VANational
Full medication management
Full medication management
67.7%
63.9%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
56.2%
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
71.5%
70%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
34.6%
28.4%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
98.5%
89.4%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
62.3%
59.1%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
69.2%
69.6%
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Availability of select dementia care services in James City County 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 James City County Memory Care partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
James City County, VANational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
66.2%
72.2%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
49.2%
45.6%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
60%
68%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
26.2%
26.2%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in James City County 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 James City County partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
James City County, VANational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
52.3%
28%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
56.2%
44.8%
No sugar
No sugar
50.8%
41.5%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
48.5%
50.4%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
33.8%
22.9%
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Availability of select dining options in James City County 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 James City County communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
James City County, VANational
Professional chef
Professional chef
39.2%
32.1%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
56.9%
40.2%
Room service
Room service
40%
37.7%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
23.1%
23%
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Availability of select programs and activities in James City County 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 James City County offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
James City County, VANational
Activity director
Activity director
58.5%
45.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
43.8%
33.2%
Community service programs
Community service programs
39.2%
29.1%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
63.1%
53.2%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
60%
51.1%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
63.1%
59.7%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
51.5%
39.7%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
43.1%
35.9%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
47.7%
36.9%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
60.8%
47.1%
Live performances
Live performances
55.4%
47.3%
Dances
Dances
41.5%
32.2%
Fitness center
Fitness center
23.8%
22.4%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
56.9%
46.3%
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State regulations for memory care in James City County

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