3 Memory Care Facilities in Grass Valley, CA

Grass Valley is a quiet outlying suburb of the Sacramento metropolitan area, set halfway up into the Foothills area at the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Roughly 26.5 percent of Grass Valley's 13,000 people are seniors age 65 and over, many of them living with Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia that requires full-time supervision in a memory care facility.

Grass Valley has three memory care facilities to look after seniors with dementia. Memory care is regulated as a form of residential care by the state and licensed by the California Department of Social Services Adult Care Licensing program, which inspects facilities around the state.

• Grass Valley has a climate that's typical of the hill terrain of Northern California, with mild summers and sometimes chilly winters. Summer highs average 87 degrees in August, and lows average 33. Grass Valley gets 54 inches of rain and 9 inches of snow in a typical year.
  
• Grass Valley's cost of living is high by national standards, but it's low by the standards of California. Overall, it is 31 percent more expensive to live in Grass Valley than in a similar-sized city nationally, but this is low compared with the 69 percent premium that's typical for California. Healthcare is actually less expensive, by about 1 percent of total cost, in Grass Valley than the national average paid elsewhere in the country.
• Crime rates are relatively high in Grass Valley, though the categories of reported incidents are heavily weighted toward nonviolent offenses. Property crimes, such as theft, are twice as common in Grass Valley as the national average, while the city can go over a decade without fatalities or more than a handful of assaults.
• The Grass Valley area is home to world-class medical facilities, including those specializing in brain health and dementia care, such as Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital and Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital, in the event of medical emergencies or illness.

Financial Assistance for Memory Care in Grass Valley

Learn more about these programs, plus who’s eligible, on our Memory Care in California page.

More Ways to Pay for Memory Care

While many families use their own funds or personal assets to pay for memory care, there are plenty of additional options to cover these costs. Some additional ways to finance memory care costs include:

• Veterans Benefits
• Life Insurance Policy
• Long-Term Care Insurance
• Reverse Mortgage

For more information about different ways to finance memory care, visit our Memory Care in California page.

Grass Valley and the surrounding area are home to numerous government agencies and non-profit organizations offering help for seniors searching for or currently residing in a memory care community. These organizations can also provide assistance in a number of other eldercare services such as geriatric care management, elder law advice, estate planning, finding home care and health and wellness programs.

To see a list of free memory care resources in Grass Valley, please visit our Memory Care in California page.

Directory of Winners in the Grass Valley Area

Grass Valley-area memory care communities must adhere to the comprehensive set of state laws and regulations that all memory care communities in California are required to follow. Visit our Memory Care in California page for more information about these laws.