How many memory care communities are licensed in Louisville, KY?
Louisville and Jefferson County have 24 Assisted Living Community with Dementia Care (ALC-DC) licenses on Kentucky's OIG roster, with 633 licensed units in secured dementia care units, a median of 24 units each.
| Louisville area | Licenses | Units | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Matthews & Lyndon | 3 | 70 | The Episcopal Church Home |
| Middletown, Anchorage & the East End | 7 | 213 | The Legacy at English Station |
| Prospect & Northeast Jefferson County | 5 | 110 | Storypoint Brownsboro |
| Jeffersontown & Fern Creek | 6 | 170 | The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer's & Memory |
| The Highlands & Crescent Hill | 0 | 0 | — |
| Downtown, Old Louisville & the West End | 0 | 0 | — |
| Germantown, Audubon Park & the South End | 0 | 0 | — |
| Shively, Pleasure Ridge Park & Valley Station | 1 | 18 | Symphony at Valley Farms |
| Okolona, Buechel & Hikes Point | 2 | 52 | Creekside on Bardstown |
What should I check first at a Louisville memory care unit?
Confirm the community appears on OIG's roster with an ALC-DC license at that address, then ask for its dementia-care policies, the training records for staff on the secured unit and the overnight staffing inside the unit.
Kentucky requires 8 hours of dementia orientation and 16 hours of specialized training for direct care staff in their first 30 days, and 8 hours a year after. There is no numeric staffing ratio, so the overnight number is the one to press. No published memory care price exists for Louisville; ask for a written quote.
Are there memory care options just outside Louisville?
Yes: 4 more ALC-DC licenses are in the surrounding KIPDA counties, mostly in Mount Washington, Shelbyville, La Grange.
- Inspirations of Mt Washington, Mount Washington — ALC-DC 18 units
- Sanders Ridge Health Campus, Mount Washington — ALC-DC 12 units
- Shelby Farms Senior Living, Shelbyville — ALC-DC 23 units
- The Springs at Oldham Reserve, La Grange — ALC-DC 15 units
What does memory care cost in Louisville?
No Louisville-specific figure is published; CareScout's 2025 Kentucky median for assisted living is $63,480 a year, about $5,290 a month, and memory care is not surveyed at all.
Kentucky Medicaid has no waiver that pays for assisted living or ALC-DC memory care, so ask every community what happens if private funds run out.
Memory care in Louisville at a glance
| Memory care in Louisville is | Memory care in Louisville is not | |
|---|---|---|
| License | ALC-DC, inspected on site before licensing | A marketing label |
| Where | Most licenses are in Middletown, Anchorage & the East End and the East End | Evenly spread across Louisville |
| Price data | A Kentucky median (assisted living only) | A published Louisville figure |
| Medicaid | Private pay, VA pension or LTC insurance | Covered by a Kentucky Medicaid waiver |
