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If your loved one needs memory care in Columbia, A Place for Mom can help. With 114 memory care facilities in Columbia, we’ll work with you to find the right fit for your family member’s budget, interests, and care needs.

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

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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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Its a really small facility which I love. The staff gives each person individual attention which is what they need. I am overall happy and my aunt is too.
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.
Chestnut Grove Assisted Living, located in beautiful southwest Virginia, is a residential care facility providing a variety of assisted living services since 1975. With a large facility boasting four different exquisite halls, we exceed all safety standards set by both State and Federal...
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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.
The ParkwoodThe Parkwood is a caring assisted living community for seniors who are looking to make Richmond, VA their home. This community is located in a city that is rich in its history. Richmond offers much to do and see, including the Science Museum of Virginia, the Museum of the Confederacy,...
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We have been very pleased with everyone. They have been very accommodating to my aunts needs. We are just real pleased. I would recommend The Hermitage. The facility is very clean. The staff is very friendly...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, 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.
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.
The Hermitage is an assisted living residence in historic Richmond, Virginia. It is conveniently located just off I-64 and is near Joseph Bryan Park. The Science Museum of Virginia is located a couple of miles to the south of The Hermitage. The residence sits on an expansive lawn with lilac...
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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.
Commonwealth Senior Living at Monument AvenueSubhead: Senior Living in Richmond, VA“We Listen, We Love, We Care, We Serve.” Those are the words that stand behind the promise wemake to both you and your family every day at Commonwealth Senior Living at Monument Avenue.Located in the heart of...
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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
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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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St. Francis Home is a non-profit and I thought it was okay. They still offered bingo and things like that but hey didn't have a way for my mother to go out to lunch to the store or anything like that. They...
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
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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: 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, 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.
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.
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Everything has been going great since dad has been here. They have plenty of things to do with the residents. The food is good most of the time dad says. We also like that it is close to us so that we can...
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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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.
A welcoming atmosphere fills the hallways, dining room, and other areas as residents of Culpeper Baptist Retirement Community enjoy numerous programs and offerings that cater to their individual wellness, social, intellectual and spiritual needs.  Residents enjoy living in comfortable...
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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.
St Luke's is a small family business and not corporate own. This gives us the opportunity to provide more for our residents. Being a small facility in a small town gives a home-like feeling. And problems or concerns go right to the administrators/owners. We try to maintain a low staff to resident...

Cost of memory care in Columbia, VA

The average cost of senior living in Columbia is $5,077 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Pamplin City, VA with an average of $3,802 per month.

Memory care costs in Columbia, VA, vs. nearby cities

Columbia, VA
$5,077/mo
$5,948/mo

Memory care costs in Columbia, VA, vs. state and national averages

Columbia, VA
$5,077/mo
U.S. national average
$4,794/mo

Memory care costs in Columbia, VA, vs. other senior living options

Memory Care
$5,077/mo

Memory care costs in Columbia, VA, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$4,825/mo
Studio
$5,701/mo
1 Bedroom
$5,684/mo
2 Bedroom
$6,407/mo

Senior living costs in Columbia 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: Columbia, VA
Column state: Virginia
Column national: U.S.
Community typeColumbia, VAVirginiaU.S.
Memory Care$5,077/mo$5,216/mo$4,794/mo
Assisted Living$4,993/mo$5,211/mo$4,558/mo
Independent Living$3,715/mo$4,385/mo$4,016/mo
Memory Care
Columbia, VA:$5,077/mo
Virginia:$5,216/mo
U.S.:$4,794/mo
Assisted Living
Columbia, VA:$4,993/mo
Virginia:$5,211/mo
U.S.:$4,558/mo
Independent Living
Columbia, VA:$3,715/mo
Virginia:$4,385/mo
U.S.:$4,016/mo
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Memory care costs in Columbia, VA, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly memory care costs have shifted over the past five years in Columbia 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 Columbia, VA

The table below shows how monthly memory care costs in Columbia 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
Columbia, VA$6,677/mo$5,873/mo+13.7%
Virginia$6,857/mo$6,306/mo+8.7%
National$6,490/mo$6,152/mo+5.5%
Columbia, VA
2024 average cost:$6,677/mo
2023 average cost:$5,873/mo
Percent change:+13.7%
Virginia
2024 average cost:$6,857/mo
2023 average cost:$6,306/mo
Percent change:+8.7%
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 Columbia

Recent reviews for memory care in Columbia

Shalom Parkside Senior Living in Richmond, VA

4.5
It's a fine place and they lots of activities and I like living there. I would definitely recommend this community to others

The Westmont at Short Pump Community in Glen Allen, VA

4.9
Overall, our experience at Westmont has actually been very positive. When our father transferred to a memory care unit, we initially did not think that that was a great idea. Very soon we realized that we were wrong. The nurses the evaluators really did a wonderful job.

Spring Arbor of Salisbury in Midlothian, VA

5.0
I have recommended it to a few!I looked at 6 different places for my dad. When I walked into Spring Arbor, I was greeted by staff who were happy and pleasant. Two staff members met in the hall to have a chat about whether a patient had actually bathed or not, left her info private but respected ...
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Columbia review score based on 465 family reviews

8.1
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This proprietary review score is based on 465 reviews of 97 Columbia memory care communities. All reviews were submitted in the past two years by verified community residents and family members.
The Columbia 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

Columbia review score compared against nearby cities

8.1
Columbia, VA97 facilities
8.5
Scottsville, VA12 facilities
8.5
Rivanna, VA12 facilities

Review subcategories for Columbia 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 465 reviews of 97 Columbia memory care communities. This chart helps you compare Columbia 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.
Columbia, VA averageNational average
Cleanliness
3.7
4.1
Friendliness
3.8
4.2
Care services
3.4
3.9
Staff
3.7
4.1
Meals & dining
3.2
3.8
Activities
3.2
3.7
Value for cost*
3.3
3.8
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Columbia memory care services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Columbia memory care communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Columbia, 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 Columbia 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 Columbia that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Columbia, VANational
Full medication management
Full medication management
64.9%
66.7%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
48.5%
49.1%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
100%
82.9%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
100%
99.2%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
70.1%
73.3%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
34%
29.3%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
100%
90%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
68%
63%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
68%
74%
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Availability of select dementia care services in Columbia 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 Columbia Memory Care partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Columbia, VANational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
66%
75.6%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
50.5%
47%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
59.8%
72%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
23.7%
27.1%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Columbia 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 Columbia partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Columbia, VANational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
50.5%
28.4%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
55.7%
45.1%
No sugar
No sugar
51.5%
42.2%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
45.4%
51%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
26.8%
17%
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Availability of select dining options in Columbia 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 Columbia communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Columbia, VANational
Professional chef
Professional chef
41.2%
32.5%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
55.7%
40.4%
Room service
Room service
33%
37.4%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
18.6%
23.3%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Columbia 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 Columbia offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Columbia, VANational
Activity director
Activity director
61.9%
46.8%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
43.3%
34.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
26.8%
28.8%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
61.9%
55.7%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
60.8%
52.5%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
66%
62.4%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
53.6%
40.3%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
38.1%
35.2%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
42.3%
37%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
54.6%
48.1%
Live performances
Live performances
56.7%
48.7%
Dances
Dances
34%
31.6%
Fitness center
Fitness center
26.8%
22.1%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
52.6%
47.2%
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State regulations for memory care in Columbia

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Heritage Green, Arden Courts Richmond and Morningside of Charlottesville are the top-rated memory care facilities near Columbia, Virginia. See full list of communities.
There are 114 memory care facilities near Columbia, Virginia. See the full list.
The 114 memory care facilities near you in Columbia, Virginia typically provide housing, therapies, and care tailored to those who have Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. To find memory care in Columbia, Virginia, browse our detailed listings showing photos, floor plans, amenities, activities, and reviews from real families.
Browse A Place for Mom’s listings for memory care in Columbia, Virginia, to take a virtual tour. Our local senior living experts can arrange for a live tour of these communities as well.
The cost of memory care facilities in Columbia, Virginia ranges from $147 to $56000. The average Memory Care cost in Columbia, Virginia is $5,077. Prices often vary based on care provided, amenities, unit size, and more.
The cost of memory care in Columbia, Virginia typically starts at $147. A Place for Mom’s local, expert senior living advisors can help you find affordable memory care facilities near you and offer advice on how to lower costs and pay for care with VA benefits or public payment options.
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