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Memory Care in Illinois

Illinois has 281 licensed memory care communities listed on ElderCareCosts across 1,461 cities. The median estimated cost statewide is $7,774/mo. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.

281 licensed memory care communities listed.

Cost of memory care in Illinois

Median monthly price, Illinois

$7,774/mo

Modeled range $7,463 – $8,085 how this range is derived

● Illinois $7,774 ○ National median $7,788

Modeled from assisted living · 2025

Modeled memory-care ranges for Illinois and a multi-state national aggregate. Method: local assisted-living estimate plus a documented 20–30% premium band (not a Genworth memory-care survey median).

Memory Care cost comparison (2025)
Memory CareIllinoisNational
25th percentile$7,463/mo$6,861/mo
Median$7,774/mo$7,788/mo
75th percentile$8,085/mo$8,854/mo

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Source: Modeled from assisted living · 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Methodology
Why is this number different on other websites? Many directories quote a community's "starting at" rent, before care fees. This figure is the state survey median. It is an estimate to plan against, not a quote; ask each provider for its own number in writing. Our methodology →

Ways families typically pay

  • Private pay (savings, income, home equity)
  • Long-term care insurance
  • VA Aid & Attendance for eligible veterans and surviving spouses
  • Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) waivers, where eligible. Rules vary by state

Medicare generally does not cover long-term custodial care. State-specific Medicaid waiver guides are coming soon.

Illinois licensing & regulation

Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) licenses and inspects assisted living communities, including communities that offer memory care, in Illinois. Before you sign anything, look up the community's license status and past complaints on the state's own site, not a marketing page.

Source: State licensing agency.GOV

Medicaid & local resources in Illinois

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Illinois Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in Illinois resolve concerns about care and rights.

Official Ombudsman locator / program page

Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOV

Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs

Named programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.

  • Community Care Program. Illinois Department on Aging Community Care Program (includes Medicaid HCBS elderly waiver pathway).
Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.

Cities in Illinois

Showing the 500 largest of 1,461 tracked cities.

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Counties in Illinois

County pages carry the local Area Agency on Aging, the state Medicaid waiver contacts and, for nursing homes, what federal inspectors recorded. Ordered by how many memory care providers each county holds.

Memory Care by county in Illinois

Memory Care providers in Illinois

Sample of licensed memory care communities listed for Illinois. City pages show fuller local inventories.

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Frequently asked questions

How many memory care communities are listed in Illinois?

We currently list 281 licensed memory care communities across Illinois.

Which cities in Illinois have memory care listings?

We track 1461 Illinois cities for memory care. See the city list on this page for options near you.

Past 60 days in Illinois: 281 added · 988 updated. Most recent change Sep 2. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not confirmed licensing actions.

How to cite this page

Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, memory care in Illinois costs $7,774/month (median).

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (2026). Memory Care in Illinois. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/memory-care/illinois/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Memory Care in Illinois." ElderCareCosts. Last modified August 10, 2026. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/memory-care/illinois/.

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