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Memory Care in Tennessee

We're still building out our memory care directory for Tennessee. The median estimated cost statewide is $7,306/mo. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.

Cost of memory care in Tennessee

Median monthly price, Tennessee

$7,306/mo

Modeled range $7,014 – $7,599 how this range is derived

● Tennessee $7,306 ○ National median $7,788

Modeled from assisted living · 2025

Modeled memory-care ranges for Tennessee 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 CareTennesseeNational
25th percentile$7,014/mo$6,861/mo
Median$7,306/mo$7,788/mo
75th percentile$7,599/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.

Tennessee licensing & regulation

Tennessee Health Facilities Commission (licensure) / Tennessee Department of Health (inspections & complaints) licenses and inspects assisted living communities, including communities that offer memory care, in Tennessee. 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 Tennessee

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Tennessee Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in Tennessee 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.

  • CHOICES. TennCare CHOICES provides nursing facility and HCBS LTSS for seniors 65+ and adults 21+ with physical disabilities. Prior elderly/disabled 1915(c) is terminated on Medicaid.gov; CHOICES operates under TennCare 1115 authorities.
Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

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

Cities in Tennessee

Showing the 500 largest of 504 tracked cities.

Show the other 470 cities in Tennessee

Memory Care providers in Tennessee

We don't have licensed memory care communities listed for Tennessee yet.

We're adding providers on a rolling basis from CMS and state licensing data. Check back soon, or browse nearby cities below.

How we rank these

Frequently asked questions

Which cities in Tennessee have memory care listings?

We track 504 Tennessee cities for memory care. See the city list on this page for options near you.

How to cite this page

Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, memory care in Tennessee costs $7,306/month (median).

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

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

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