Assisted living · memory care · Memphis, Germantown, Collierville, Bartlett, Cordova, DeSoto County
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Reviewed by The Industry Guides Editorial Team · Updated · Sources: Tennessee Health Facilities Commission, Mississippi State Department of Health, Division of TennCare
Short answers first. What applies to you depends on your situation, but each one links to the full answer.
Assisted living helps with bathing, dressing, meals and medications in a private apartment. Memory care is a secured unit with dementia-trained staff for people who may wander or cannot be left alone safely. Care home is the everyday name for either one.
Full answer in the FAQSettle four things in order: the care your parent needs today, whether memory loss needs a secured unit, what the family can pay for years, and fit. Tour only the communities that pass the first three.
Full answer in the FAQCareScout's 2025 survey put the annual median cost of assisted living in Tennessee at $67,140, against $74,400 nationally. Memphis-area communities price above and below that depending on apartment, location and care level, so ask for an all-in quote in writing.
Full answer in the FAQWhen dementia makes your parent unsafe: wandering or trying to leave, getting lost in familiar places, or not being safe alone. A diagnosis by itself is not the trigger; safety is.
Full answer in the FAQThe advertised price is usually the base rate. The assessment sets your parent's care level, and each level adds a monthly care charge. Ask which tasks set the level and what would move it up.
Full answer in the FAQTennCare CHOICES can pay for care services in an Assisted Care Living Facility for people who qualify, up to $1,497.77 a month in 2026. It does not pay room and board, which the resident pays from income, capped at $2,385.60 a month for CHOICES members.
Full answer in the FAQEach page lists the licensed communities nearest to it, with phone numbers, licence numbers and memory care.
Memphis, TNEast Memphis, TNGermantown, TNCollierville, TNBartlett, TNCordova, TNArlington, TNLakeland, TNMillington, TNSouthaven, MSOlive Branch, MSHorn Lake, MSHernando, MSWest Memphis, ARMarion, ARNear Baptist Memorial Hospital-MemphisNear Methodist University HospitalNear Saint Francis Hospital-Park AvenueNear Regional One Health
A sample, one per area, in no order of preference. Each city page lists every licensed community near it, with licence numbers and distances.
Memphis, TN · 901-755-1244 · memory care
Germantown, TN · 901-752-8444
Collierville, TN · 901-585-2050 · memory care
Bartlett, TN · 901-383-6901
Cordova, TN · 901-377-7500 · memory care
Southaven, MS · 662-349-9043 · memory care
Olive Branch, MS · 662-893-1462
Arlington, TN · 901-295-5556 · memory care
The four things that actually decide it: care needs, memory, money and fit.
Base rate, care levels and fees, and how increases work.
What to have ready in 72 hours when discharge is coming.
Families never pay us, but communities do: senior living communities pay us a referral fee or a flat fee when they accept a family we introduce, and some buy sponsored placements, which are always labelled. The directory still lists every licensed community, paying or not.
A few questions about care needs, memory, budget and timing. We introduce you to licensed communities that fit, and you decide who to tour.
Memphis Senior Care Homes is a free guide to assisted living, memory care and senior care homes in the Memphis area. Assisted living helps with bathing, dressing, meals and medications in a private apartment. Memory care adds a secured unit and dementia-trained staff. A care home is the everyday name for either; Tennessee licenses both.
Memphis Senior Care Homes lists every Assisted Care Living Facility the State of Tennessee licenses in Shelby County and every Personal Care Home Mississippi licenses in DeSoto County, including the ones with memory care, and explains the decisions families face: which level of care, what it costs, how to pay, and what to check before signing.
Families never pay us, but communities do: senior living communities pay us a referral fee or a flat fee when they accept a family we introduce, and some buy sponsored placements, which are always labelled. The directory still lists every licensed community, paying or not.