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10 Best Memory Care Facilities in Portage County, WI

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Memory care in Portage 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 Portage County is about $5,874 per month.

To find the best memory care options for your needs and budget, browse the 106 communities, read 428 reviews of families’ experiences, and learn about available services and amenities. You may also consider nearby communities such as Wisconsin Rapids, Stevens Point and Waupaca.

Portage County Memory Care Facilities | 428 Reviews

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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.
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, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provides: Assisted Living
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, 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.
When living at home is no longer a safe or practical option, Traditions at Cedar Ridge Mosinee offers an affordable, home-like atmosphere along with the assistance sometimes needed in our later adult years. We serve frail elderly men and women and specialize in providing dementia and Alzheimer’s...
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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.
If you are looking for that welcoming-homelike atmosphere, then Rosemore Village Retirement Communities is the place for you. "WE ARE FAMILY WHEN YOURS IS NOT AROUND" Rosemore Village has a wide range of care levels starting at "TOTAL INDEPENDENCE" to "COMPLETE ASSISTANCE". Our seniors recieve...
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.
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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, 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.
At Copperleaf Assisted Living of Schofield, our philosophy of care is unique to Assisted Living. By providing the finest in personal care, supportive services, and leisure activities, we strive to create a supportive environment for older individuals who cannot live alone, but do not require...
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
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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They are keeping our loved one safe, healthy, and taken care of. We don't worry for his safety anymore.
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.
PROVIDING THE NEXT BEST THING TO HOME The Cedar Ridge Homes are single-story assisted living residences with seniors in mind. When living at home is no longer a safe or practical option, we offer an affordable, home-like atmosphere along with the assistance sometimes needed in our later adult...
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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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.
Primrose Retirement Communities in Wausau provide independent living and assisted living senior care in a country setting, within one mile of Grand Ave. Conveniently located between East Hill and Greenwood Hills County Club. Also centrally located between Aspirus and St. Clare's...
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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.
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First, the staff never seem to be mean to staff or inconsiderate or condescending. They seem to treat them with respect. We have had challenges with over charging mom, not being easy to talk with anyone...
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.
Basic Services for our residents include a Private suite, Health Status Monitoring, Three Home Cooked Meals Daily, Snacks Upon Request, Routine Housekeeping and Laundry Services, 24-hour Security and Staff Availability, Emergency Call System in Each Unit, Health Promotion and Exercise Programs,...
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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.
Cady Homes is a family owned and operated assisted living business. We have been in operation for 20 years. There are four facilities in our company but Tracy and Sally (daughter and mother) have personal contact and knowledge of all the residents and families and the everyday happenings at the...
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The best place to put your loved one. They are so good to my mom. Not one complaint from my family about the care. I feel that I don't have to worry about her.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Photo of Garden Apartments
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.
Forest Park Village is a division of Homme Home, Inc. A Christian-based, not-for-profit agency dedicated to providing quality care for all persons for over 125 years. Our staffs of highly trained professionals are second to none in assuring that individual dignity in treatment is respected and...
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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.

Cost of memory care in Portage County, WI

The average cost of senior living in Portage County is $5,874 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Plover, WI with an average of $5,874 per month.

Memory care costs in Portage County, WI, vs. nearby counties

Portage County, WI
$5,874/mo
$6,762/mo

Memory care costs in Portage County, WI, vs. state and national averages

Portage County, WI
$5,874/mo
U.S. national average
$6,999/mo

Memory care costs in Portage County, WI, vs. other senior living options

Memory Care
$5,874/mo

Memory care costs in Portage County, WI, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$5,605/mo
Studio
$6,398/mo
1 Bedroom
$7,990/mo

Senior living costs in Portage 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: Portage County, WI
Column state: Wisconsin
Column national: U.S.
Community typePortage County, WIWisconsinU.S.
Memory Care$5,874/mo$7,352/mo$6,999/mo
Assisted Living$4,872/mo$5,889/mo$5,830/mo
Independent Living$3,032/mo$3,028/mo$3,520/mo
Memory Care
Portage County, WI:$5,874/mo
Wisconsin:$7,352/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
Assisted Living
Portage County, WI:$4,872/mo
Wisconsin:$5,889/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Independent Living
Portage County, WI:$3,032/mo
Wisconsin:$3,028/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
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What families are saying about memory care in Portage County

Recent reviews for memory care in Portage County

Care Partners Assisted Living and Memory Care Weston

5.0
I have been very pleased with Care Partners Assisted Living and Memory Care. We chose this facility because I was in a time crunch and they were very accommodating and receptive to our needs. The room sizes here are very spacious, more than enough room for him. The bathrooms are nice size, ...
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Care Partners Assisted Living Hortonville

5.0
My husband has lived in Memory Care at Care Partners in Hortonville the past three months. I am impressed with the kindness, patience, and expertise these Caregivers show in their respectful care of residents with dementia. The Activity Director is especially attuned to individual needs and ...
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Care Partners Assisted Living-Stevens Point

4.8
Started in [date removed] contacting over 10 different facilities. In [date removed] we were ready to place. Care Partners was one of the few facilities that returned calls and set up tours quickly. We toured 4 facilities and loved chose this location. A mature building nestled in a magnificent ...
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Portage County review score based on 81 family reviews

6.6
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This proprietary review score is based on 81 reviews of 106 Portage County memory care communities. All reviews were submitted in the past two years by verified community residents and family members.
The Portage 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

Portage County review score compared against nearby cities

6.6
Portage County, WI106 facilities
7.3
Waupaca, WI185 facilities
5.8
Wood County, WI37 facilities

Review subcategories for Portage 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 81 reviews of 106 Portage County memory care communities. This chart helps you compare Portage 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.
Portage County, WI averageNational average
Cleanliness
3.9
3.7
Friendliness
4.0
3.8
Care services
3.9
3.5
Staff
3.8
3.6
Meals & dining
3.8
3.3
Activities
3.5
3.3
Value for cost*
3.5
3.4
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Portage County memory care services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Portage County memory care communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Portage 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 Portage 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 Portage County that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Portage County, WINational
Full medication management
Full medication management
45.3%
63.9%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
8.5%
47.2%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
94.3%
82.2%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
97.2%
98.2%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
48.1%
70%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
16%
28.4%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
96.2%
89.4%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
51.9%
59.1%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
54.7%
69.6%
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*Including nurse, dentist, OT, PT, speech or podiatrist

Availability of select dementia care services in Portage 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 Portage County Memory Care partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Portage County, WINational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
46.2%
72.2%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
17%
45.6%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
29.2%
68%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
17.9%
26.2%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Portage 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 Portage County partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Portage County, WINational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
8.5%
28%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
22.6%
44.8%
No sugar
No sugar
19.8%
41.5%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
17.9%
50.4%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
7.5%
22.9%
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Availability of select dining options in Portage 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 Portage County communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Portage County, WINational
Professional chef
Professional chef
4.7%
32.1%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
14.2%
40.2%
Room service
Room service
13.2%
37.7%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
8.5%
23%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Portage 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 Portage County offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Portage County, WINational
Activity director
Activity director
30.2%
45.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
13.2%
33.2%
Community service programs
Community service programs
9.4%
29.1%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
40.6%
53.2%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
27.4%
51.1%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
37.7%
59.7%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
19.8%
39.7%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
11.3%
35.9%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
10.4%
36.9%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
23.6%
47.1%
Live performances
Live performances
25.5%
47.3%
Dances
Dances
9.4%
32.2%
Fitness center
Fitness center
2.8%
22.4%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
22.6%
46.3%
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State regulations for memory care in Portage 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 Wisconsin memory care regulations will help you understand how memory care communities in Portage County protect seniors.
Learn about Wisconsin memory care regulationsDownload the Guide to Senior Living Licensure and Inspection Reports
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