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If your loved one needs memory care in Union Star, A Place for Mom can help. With 79 memory care facilities in Union Star, we’ll work with you to find the right fit for your family member’s budget, interests, and care needs.

Alzheimer’s care in Union Star incorporates memory care activities and therapies to reduce residents’ confusion and agitation. Union Star memory care also provides security features and supervision, along with trained staff. If you’re considering dementia care in Union Star, know it’s a safe setting for your older relative.

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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
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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.
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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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent 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.
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 fertile banks of the Patoka River have given rise to a community where families, friendships, and hometown values flourish, making Jasper, Indiana the perfect town for St. Charles Health Campus to call home. Residents of our health campus have regular opportunities to enjoy this vibrant...
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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, Nursing Homes
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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.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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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, Memory Care, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
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.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
At The Altenheim, you will find many values and traditions associated with living at home. Our residents consider The Altenheim to be a small community with a big heart. We are a full service retirement home, providing each resident with the individualized care and services he or she needs. In...
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Provides: Memory Care, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
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.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
On behalf of the caregivers and support staff of Rolling Hills, we thank you for considering our healthcare center. We offer a full range of medical services to meet the individual needs of our residents, including short-term rehabilitative services and long-term skilled care. Working with the...
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Provides: Memory Care, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
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.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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We live out of town but our family who lives in town and close to the community say the people there are very sweet, and since our loved one has moved in she has felt right at home. We would absolutely...
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.
Quality service with a commitment to excellence, that is Bee Hive Homes! Bee Hive Homes feature family style living in a residential setting for those who do not require full time skilled nursing care. The Bee Hive home is a planned environment, allowing for ten to fourteen residents to enjoy a...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent 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.
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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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent 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.
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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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.
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Provides: Memory Care, Nursing Homes
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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.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
On behalf of the caregivers and support staff of Bashford, we thank you for considering our healthcare center. We offer a full range of medical services to meet the individual needs of our residents, including short-term rehabilitative services and long-term skilled care. Working with the...
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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, 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.
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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.
A great place to call home! At ALC, we honor the commitments we make to our residents and their families. Our goal is to enhance our resident’s quality of life by providing a warm, caring environment that fosters independence, dignity and choice of each resident. Our residents are often seen...

Cost of memory care in Union Star, KY

The average cost of senior living in Union Star is $4,128 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Elizabethtown, KY with an average of $3,544 per month.

Memory care costs in Union Star, KY, vs. nearby cities

Union Star, KY
$4,128/mo
$4,383/mo

Memory care costs in Union Star, KY, vs. state and national averages

Union Star, KY
$4,128/mo
U.S. national average
$4,794/mo

Memory care costs in Union Star, KY, vs. other senior living options

Memory Care
$4,128/mo

Memory care costs in Union Star, KY, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$3,783/mo
Studio
$4,681/mo
1 Bedroom
$5,108/mo
2 Bedroom
$5,043/mo

Senior living costs in Union Star 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: Union Star, KY
Column state: Kentucky
Column national: U.S.
Community typeUnion Star, KYKentuckyU.S.
Memory Care$4,128/mo$4,162/mo$4,794/mo
Assisted Living$4,128/mo$4,146/mo$4,557/mo
Independent Living$3,236/mo$3,070/mo$4,016/mo
Memory Care
Union Star, KY:$4,128/mo
Kentucky:$4,162/mo
U.S.:$4,794/mo
Assisted Living
Union Star, KY:$4,128/mo
Kentucky:$4,146/mo
U.S.:$4,557/mo
Independent Living
Union Star, KY:$3,236/mo
Kentucky:$3,070/mo
U.S.:$4,016/mo
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Memory care costs in Union Star, KY, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly memory care costs have shifted over the past five years in Union Star 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 Union Star, KY

The table below shows how monthly memory care costs in Union Star 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 median 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
Union Star, KY$5,423/mo$4,368/mo+24.2%
Kentucky$5,606/mo$4,940/mo+13.5%
National$6,490/mo$6,152/mo+5.5%
Union Star, KY
2024 average cost:$5,423/mo
2023 average cost:$4,368/mo
Percent change:+24.2%
Kentucky
2024 average cost:$5,606/mo
2023 average cost:$4,940/mo
Percent change:+13.5%
National
2024 average cost:$6,490/mo
2023 average cost:$6,152/mo
Percent change:+5.5%
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What families are saying about memory care in Union Star

Recent reviews for memory care in Union Star

Bluegrass Assisted Living in Elizabethtown, KY

4.5
The rooms and overall layout of this community would be a four out of five. Before COVID we were able to eat some meals there with our loved one, and the food our be about a three out of five. We would recommend this community to others.

Treyton Oak Towers in Louisville, KY

4.0
My Mother and I got a really good vibe from this facility. She really loved it here and we know we made the right decision. This is a cat-friendly place and all of the residents are fairly nice. For activities, they have things like exercise classes, once a week they have a pool trip, and they ...
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Legacy Living of Jasper

5.0
We chose Legacy Living of Jasper because it is like living in an apartment with all of the freedom you get. The room sizes here are great and perfect sized for our loved one. They also have choices on room sizes as well depending on your needs. I have eaten here and the food is great, it is ...
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Union Star review score based on 167 family reviews

7.6
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This proprietary review score is based on 167 reviews of 67 Union Star memory care communities. All reviews were submitted in the past two years by verified community residents and family members.
The Union Star 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

Union Star review score compared against nearby cities

7.6
Union Star, KY67 facilities
8.1
Irvington, KY107 facilities
6.8
Hardinsburg, KY55 facilities

Review subcategories for Union Star 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 167 reviews of 67 Union Star memory care communities. This chart helps you compare Union Star 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.
Union Star, KY averageNational average
Cleanliness
3.9
4.1
Friendliness
3.9
4.2
Care services
3.5
3.9
Staff
3.8
4.1
Meals & dining
3.3
3.8
Activities
3.5
3.7
Value for cost*
3.5
3.8
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Union Star memory care services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Union Star memory care communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Union Star, 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 Union Star 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 Union Star that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
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Full medication management
Full medication management
38.8%
66.7%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
31.3%
49.1%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
94%
82.9%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
100%
99.2%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
53.7%
73.3%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
16.4%
29.3%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
94%
90%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
44.8%
63%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
47.8%
74%
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Availability of select dementia care services in Union Star 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 Union Star Memory Care partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Union Star, KYNational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
47.8%
75.6%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
31.3%
47%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
40.3%
72%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
10.4%
27.1%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Union Star 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 Union Star partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Union Star, KYNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
29.9%
28.4%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
34.3%
45.1%
No sugar
No sugar
32.8%
42.2%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
31.3%
51%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
11.9%
17%
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Availability of select dining options in Union Star 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 Union Star communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
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Professional chef
Professional chef
23.9%
32.5%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
44.8%
40.4%
Room service
Room service
37.3%
37.4%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
17.9%
23.3%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Union Star 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 Union Star offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Union Star, KYNational
Activity director
Activity director
50.7%
46.8%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
25.4%
34.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
29.9%
28.8%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
41.8%
55.7%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
46.3%
52.5%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
50.7%
62.4%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
29.9%
40.3%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
29.9%
35.2%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
37.3%
37%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
46.3%
48.1%
Live performances
Live performances
44.8%
48.7%
Dances
Dances
31.3%
31.6%
Fitness center
Fitness center
26.9%
22.1%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
41.8%
47.2%
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State regulations for memory care in Union Star

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 Kentucky memory care regulations will help you understand how memory care communities in Union Star protect seniors.
Learn about Kentucky memory care regulationsDownload the Guide to Senior Living Licensure and Inspection Reports
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