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10 Best Memory Care Facilities in Watertown Town, MA

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If your loved one needs memory care in Watertown Town, A Place for Mom can help. With 97 memory care facilities in Watertown Town, we’ll work with you to find the right fit for your family member’s budget, interests, and care needs.

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

We are also serving Assisted Living facilities in surrounding neighborhoods like Brighton, Longwood and Allston.
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Really my only disappointment was with the senior staff once my mom moved in. They didn't check in during the first few days and also when she came back from a hospital stay (on hospice) they didn't check...
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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.
Located along the banks of the Charles River, Waterstone at Wellesley is a premier senior living community offering both independent living and assisted living. Here, a world of luxury, attentive service and convenience come together to support and inspire a rewarding, carefree life.Residents of...
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I have visited many senior living facilities and Avery Crossing is truly one of the best. On our visits the staff is incredibly helpful with anything we may need. In addition, we have found the facilities...
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.
Avery Crossings is a 60 apartment independent/assisted living residence located in Needham Heights. Our community is a short walk from shops, restaurants, medical offices and the train station. We have a long tenured, seasoned and caring staff that provide personal care 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, 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.
The Chelsea Jewish Foundation is an assisted living community located in the quiet area of Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Located just across the bridge from Boston, the Chelsea area has always been an independent, working-class industrial community from the beginning of its existence....
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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.
The Leonard Florence Center for Living, a state-of-the-art, 100-bed skilled nursing home sponsored by the Chelsea Jewish Foundation, is now accepting resident applications for its February opening. Located on Admiral's Hill in Chelsea, MA, the Leonard Florence Center for Living is the first...
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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: 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.
At Marian Manor, a Genesis HealthCare facility, we offer our patients and residents outstanding care, delivered by highly skilled practitioners in a warm and comfortable setting. Our Quality Healthcare Units provide skilled nursing, medical and rehabilitative care for patients and residents....
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Provides: Memory Care
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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.
DID YOU KNOW THAT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IS TREATABLE? WE DO. While presently there is no cure, the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias can be managed and reduced. At Hearthstone Alzheimer Care, we know how to do this better than anyone else. The direct care services we provide...
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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 our team of caregivers and support staff, 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 resident’s...
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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
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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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Arnold House was the best place for our father. The nursing staff were highly educated and most important caring to my father and all of my sisters. We became part of the family. The food was excellent all...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, 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.
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.
At Arnold House we now about life's choices.Residents and staff alike share in them daily.We also know that sometimes those decisions may be difficult to make, but when viewed from the perspective of genuine caring about others, the difficulties seem to diminish and the answers become...
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Provides: Memory Care
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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.
Our goal at White Oak Cottages is to offer our residents homes where they enjoy excellent quality of life and quality of care. The home itself has been thoughtfully designed with the happiness and well being of our residents in mind. The White Oak Cottages are homes where people want to live and...
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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 our team of caregivers and support staff, 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 resident’s...
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Provides: Assisted Living, 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.
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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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.

Cost of memory care in Watertown Town, MA

The average cost of senior living in Watertown Town is $7,072 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Millis-Clicquot, MA with an average of $6,801 per month.

Average monthly cost of Memory Care in Watertown, MA vs. nearby cities

Watertown, MA
$7,072/mo
$7,121/mo
$7,066/mo

Average monthly cost of Memory Care in Watertown, MA vs. the state and national average

Watertown, MA
$7,072/mo
U.S. national average
$4,761/mo

Average monthly cost of Memory Care in Watertown vs. other types of senior living

Memory Care
$7,072/mo

Median monthly costs of Memory Care in Watertown, MA by room type

Semi-Private
$6,883/mo
Studio
$8,336/mo
1 Bedroom
$8,285/mo
2 Bedroom
$9,511/mo

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What families are saying about memory care in Watertown

Recent reviews for memory care in Watertown

The Residence at Paine Estate in Wayland, MA

4.7
My dad was determined and prepared to remain in his Wayland home. He moved to Traditions of Wayland in December for a two month “respite”, not long after a bad fall and several broken bones required hospitalizations and weeks in rehab. When the Traditions Resident Care Director, came to his ...
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Cadbury Commons in Cambridge, MA

4.5
Very good staff for the most part. It is a good environment with a lot of bright people. The community is quite clean and have housekeepers on each floor. The staff is very friendly and knew my name immediately. The activities are good and they offer good off-community trips and normal on-site ...
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Alliance Health at Marina Bay in Quincy, MA

5.0
My mom had to go to rehab after she had a stroke and was sent here. Omce it was decided she was not going to be able to return home we chose to keep her there. She was not happy to not be going home and frequently told anyone who would listen that she wanted to go home. The staff was so kind ...
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Reviews mention these favorite features of communities

Mixed experiences with care quality. Reviews show varying levels of care quality across different communities. At Providence House, concerns include understaffing and inconsistent care, while at Sunrise of Newton, families praise the excellent and supportive care provided. Other communities, such as The Falls At Cordingly Dam ...
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Activities and socializing. Communities like Holiday Maplewood Place and Sunrise of Burlington MA, have limited or nonexistent activities, while The Falls At Cordingly Dam and Benchmark Senior Living at Woburn offer a range of programs to keep residents engaged and active.
Communication between families and staff. Some communities, like The Arbors at Stoneham, have good communication, while others, such as Artis Senior Living of Lexington, have issues with inconsistent or inadequate communication between families and staff.
Value for cost. Reviews for Holiday Maplewood Place highlight the value for cost, while others, such as Adelaide of Newton Centre, express concern over high prices for the level of care provided.
Flexible and accommodating staff. At Windrose at Woburn, staff are known for their flexibility and creativity in addressing residents' needs, while Benchmark Senior Living at Waltham Crossings emphasizes the professionalism and helpfulness of their staff.
Robust and appropriate responses to resident needs. Some communities, like Sunrise of Newton, have excellent responses to resident needs, while others, such as Prospect House, struggle to meet residents' needs effectively.
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Watertown review score based on 296 family reviews

7.7
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This proprietary review score is based on 296 reviews of 89 Watertown memory care communities. All reviews were submitted in the past two years by verified community residents and family members.
The Watertown 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

Watertown review score compared against nearby cities

7.7
Watertown, MA89 facilities
7.7
Cambridge, MA87 facilities
7.9
Newton, MA86 facilities

Review subcategories for Watertown 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 296 reviews of 89 Watertown memory care communities. This chart helps you compare Watertown 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.
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Cleanliness
4.4
4.4
Friendliness
4.4
4.5
Care services
4.0
4.2
Staff
4.3
4.4
Meals & dining
3.9
4.0
Activities
3.9
4.0
Value for cost*
3.8
4.0
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Watertown memory care services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Watertown memory care communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Watertown, 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 Watertown 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 Watertown that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Watertown, MANational
Full medication management
Full medication management
46.3%
57.8%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
21.1%
43.2%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
82.1%
74.4%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
92.6%
89.4%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
67.4%
64.7%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
27.4%
25.5%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
82.1%
80.9%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
65.3%
54.5%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
71.6%
64.2%
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Availability of select dementia care services in Watertown 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 Watertown Memory Care partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Watertown, MANational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
56.8%
66.7%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
46.3%
41.3%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
52.6%
62.1%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
21.1%
23.6%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Watertown 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 Watertown partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Watertown, MANational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
42.1%
24.4%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
55.8%
39.6%
No sugar
No sugar
49.5%
37%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
47.4%
44.7%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
10.5%
14.5%
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Availability of select dining options in Watertown 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 Watertown communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Watertown, MANational
Professional chef
Professional chef
52.6%
28.2%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
54.7%
34.4%
Room service
Room service
36.8%
32.5%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
27.4%
20%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Watertown 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 Watertown offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Watertown, MANational
Activity director
Activity director
64.2%
40.8%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
43.2%
29.9%
Community service programs
Community service programs
38.9%
25.1%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
54.7%
48.9%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
61.1%
46.1%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
65.3%
54.7%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
54.7%
35.1%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
41.1%
30.6%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
56.8%
32.3%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
62.1%
42.2%
Live performances
Live performances
62.1%
42.6%
Dances
Dances
27.4%
27.5%
Fitness center
Fitness center
35.8%
19.3%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
61.1%
41.4%
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Frequently Asked Questions

Atria Longmeadow Place, Brookmeadow at Blue Hills and Atria Draper Place are the top-rated memory care facilities near Watertown Town, Massachusetts. See full list of communities.

There are 97 memory care facilities near Watertown Town, Massachusetts. See the full list.

The best memory care facilities near you in Watertown Town, Massachusetts are Atria Longmeadow Place, Brookmeadow at Blue Hills and Atria Draper Place. These memory care communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.

The 97 memory care facilities near you in Watertown Town, Massachusetts typically provide housing, therapies, and care tailored to those who have Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. To find memory care in Watertown Town, Massachusetts, 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 Watertown Town, Massachusetts, 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 Watertown Town, Massachusetts ranges from $300 to $69161. The average Memory Care cost in Watertown Town, Massachusetts is $7,072. Prices often vary based on care provided, amenities, unit size, and more. 

The cost of memory care in Watertown Town, Massachusetts typically starts at $300. 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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