Memory care around Dayton

What is memory care in Ohio?

Memory care is dementia care in a secured special care unit inside a licensed residential care facility or nursing home; Ohio has no separate memory care license.

Across the six counties, 12 of the 73 licensed RCFs list Alzheimer's disease among their ODH-registered services (roster retrieved November 6, 2026); others run secured units without registering the service.

What must an Ohio memory care unit tell families?

It must give a written disclosure of the unit's admission and discharge criteria, staffing, training, activities, extra costs and physical design before admission or on request (OAC 3701-16-07).

Ohio sets no staffing ratio for dementia care, so ask for the actual staff on the unit for each shift and compare it with the disclosure.

What does memory care cost near Dayton?

No Ohio or Dayton memory care median is published; expect a premium over the $6,103 Ohio assisted living median, quoted either as an all-inclusive rate or as a fee added to rent.

For Medicaid-eligible residents, only units certified under the Assisted Living Waiver's memory care standards can bill its memory care rate.

How do we choose a memory care unit?

Compare written disclosures, ODH survey citations and state resident survey scores, then visit in late afternoon and watch how staff handle residents who are restless or upset.

Choose a building that can keep your parent as needs grow, ideally one that accepts hospice in the unit.

When do Dayton families usually move a parent into memory care?

Most moves follow a safety event, such as a parent found outside at night, a kitchen fire or a fall while confused, or a caregiver who can no longer cope with night waking; planning a move before that event gives far more choice.

Tour two or three units while your parent is still doing reasonably well, put names on waiting lists where they exist, and ask each building how it handles a resident admitted straight from a hospital or a geriatric psychiatry unit. Our dementia guide walks through the first year.

Where is memory care licensed across Greater Dayton?

This is how ODH's roster spreads memory care across Montgomery, Greene, Miami, Clark, Darke and Preble counties.

Which Miami Valley towns have the most memory care licenses?

Dayton leads with 3 licenses, followed by Springfield (1) and Greenville (1), out of 12 in the six counties on ODH's roster retrieved November 6, 2026.

Postal cities follow mailing addresses, so a Dayton address may sit in Harrison, Washington or Miami Township. Use the town and area pages to see every option near a particular neighborhood.