What types of senior care are available around Memphis?
Memphis-area families choose among assisted living (Tennessee ACLFs), memory care (secured units inside ACLFs and nursing homes), small homes for the aged, nursing homes, in-home care from home health agencies or private caregivers, adult day care, and hospice.
Independent living without assisted-care services needs no ACLF license. Each guide below explains what the license allows, what it costs at Tennessee's 2025 medians, and how many licenses the state lists in the three counties.
How do I choose the right care type?
Work from needs, not labels: daily help plus medication administration points to an ACLF, wandering points to a secured unit, continuous nursing points to a nursing home, and a stable parent who mainly needs meals and supervision may fit a home for the aged.
Our comparisons put two options side by side, and the situation guides start from what just happened.
Which care types do Medicare or TennCare pay for?
Medicare pays for short skilled nursing stays after a qualifying inpatient admission, intermittent home health and hospice; TennCare CHOICES pays for nursing home care (Group 1) and for home care and ACLF services (Groups 2 and 3), but not ACLF room and board.
OPTIONS for Community Living helps with homemaker and personal care at home on a sliding fee. VA Aid and Attendance can help veterans and surviving spouses with any of these costs.
Care types guides
Assisted living in the Memphis area
What a Tennessee assisted-care living facility provides, who can live there, the 2025 Tennessee median of about $5,595/month, TennCare CHOICES help, and how to find licensed Memphis-area ACLFs.
Read →Memory care in the Memphis area
Memory care in Tennessee: secured units in licensed ACLFs and nursing homes, admission evaluations, 24-hour awake staff on the unit, annual training, and Memphis-area secured bed counts.
Read →Homes for the aged around Memphis
Tennessee homes for the aged (RHA): small licensed residences providing room, board and personal services, how they differ from ACLFs, and the active Memphis-area licenses.
Read →Nursing homes in the Memphis area
Tennessee nursing homes: 24-hour licensed nursing, CMS ratings, 2025 Tennessee median of $113,150/yr semi-private, Medicare rehab and TennCare CHOICES Group 1.
Read →In-home care around Memphis
In-home care in the Memphis area: Medicare home health from HFC-licensed agencies, non-medical home care at about $31/hour (2025 Tennessee median), TennCare CHOICES and OPTIONS.
Read →Hospice care around Memphis
Hospice in the Memphis area: eligibility, Medicare coverage, hospice in Tennessee ACLFs and nursing homes, and HFC-licensed hospices in Shelby, Fayette and Tipton counties.
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