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Memory Care in your area

Secured, dementia-specific care delivered through a Special Needs Assisted Living Residence (SNALR) certification -- New York's add-on certification for memory care, layered onto an ALR license.

Quick answer

New York's Department of Health regulates memory care through the state's Adult Care Facility and Assisted Living Residence system.

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Memory care is secured, dementia-specific assisted living. New York requires a Special Needs Assisted Living Residence (SNALR) certification — an add-on to an ALR license under 10 NYCRR Part 1001 — rather than a wholly separate memory-care license.

Short answer

We list 59 verified memory care providers across your metro. Memory care is secured, dementia-specific assisted living.

Three things worth knowing first

  • Ask to see the SNALR certification by name.
  • Ask specifically about wandering and exit-seeking. Secured courtyards, door alarms and staffing patterns vary far more than brochures suggest.
  • There is usually no published median price for memory care. Get quotes in writing from each community.
Memory care regulation in New York. New York requires SNALR certification, an add-on to an ALR license, for dementia-specific memory care. Read the full explanation →

Verified memory care across the region

We list 59 verified memory care providers across your metro. The full table with addresses and counties lives in the directory.

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Memory Care by city

Memory Care in Huntington

1 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Hempstead

0 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Garden City

1 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Levittown

1 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Freeport

0 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Long Beach

1 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Massapequa

1 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Great Neck

2 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Mineola

0 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Rockville Centre

1 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Babylon

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Islip

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Bay Shore

2 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Patchogue

2 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Smithtown

1 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Riverhead

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Port Jefferson

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Commack

1 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Brentwood

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Oyster Bay

1 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Glen Cove

2 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Plainview

2 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Syosset

0 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Farmingdale

0 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Wantagh

0 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Seaford

0 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Bethpage

1 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Merrick

0 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Bellmore

1 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Oceanside

0 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Deer Park

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Lindenhurst

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Amityville

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Ronkonkoma

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Selden

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Centereach

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Kings Park

1 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in St. James

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Sayville

2 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Southampton

0 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Stony Brook

1 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in New Hyde Park

0 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Uniondale

0 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Hauppauge

1 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in West Babylon

2 verified · Suffolk County

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Memory Care in Westbury

2 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Valley Stream

0 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Port Washington

0 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Franklin Square

0 verified · Nassau County

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Memory Care in Woodmere

0 verified · Nassau County

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Questions families ask

What does a nursing home cost per day in New York?

CareScout's 2025 Cost of Care Survey puts the New York State median at $511 per day ($15,528/month, $186,333/year) for a semi-private room and $550 per day ($16,729/month, $200,750/year) for a private room, both based on 365 days of care. These are statewide figures; CareScout does not publish a separate Long Island-specific nursing home rate.

How much does hourly in-home caregiving cost in New York?

CareScout's 2025 Cost of Care Survey reports a New York State median of $35 per hour for what it now calls non-medical caregiver services, a category that merged the formerly separate homemaker services and home health aide categories in 2025 due to price convergence. Based on a 44-hour week, that works out to roughly $6,673 per month or $80,080 per year. Private duty nursing, a higher-acuity service, runs a New York State median of $120 per hour.

What does adult day care cost in New York, and could it help delay a move to assisted living?

CareScout's 2025 Cost of Care Survey puts New York State's Adult Day Health Care median at $144 per day, or about $3,120 per month based on five days a week, $37,440 per year. That's up from $113 per day in the 2024 survey, an increase of roughly 27 percent year over year, the largest percentage jump among CareScout's surveyed New York categories.

Is there a separate published cost for memory care in New York?

No. CareScout's Cost of Care Survey, the primary published cost benchmark used on this site, does not survey or publish a distinct memory care cost category in either its 2024 or 2025 New York State data tables. CareScout only publishes figures for Assisted Living Community, Nursing Home (semi-private and private), Adult Day Health Care, and in-home care categories.

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