Memory Care in Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia Beach, VA has 13 licensed memory care communities listed on ElderCareCosts. The median estimated cost is $8,573/mo. That's roughly in line with the Virginia state median. Compare providers below, or request a personalized shortlist to start your search.
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Median monthly price, Virginia Beach
$8,573/mo
Modeled range $8,230 – $8,915 how this range is derived
● Virginia Beach $8,573 ○ National median $7,788
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What senior care costs in Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach figures as of 2025. Method and sources below.
Modeled memory-care ranges for Virginia Beach versus Virginia 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).
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What home care really costs by the hour
The $6,590 monthly figure assumes 44 hours of care a week. The survey standard. At Virginia Beach's implied rate of about $35 an hour:
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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.
Nearby: Norfolk $8,573 · Chesapeake $8,573 · Portsmouth $8,573 · Hampton $8,573 · Poquoson $8,573
What can you afford?
Every family starts with a number. Here's what different monthly budgets realistically cover in Virginia Beach, grounded in local medians on this page.
Part-time home care or entry assisted living
Assisted living with room to spare
Nursing care or heavy home-care schedules
Every licensed memory care community: 13
A note on counting: we show 13 licensed memory care communities listed for Virginia Beach proper. Other sites show bigger numbers when they count a wide radius. Nearby options are linked below, labeled by city.
How we rank these: we don't. Listed by verification date, newest first.
Providers appear with their government data: license status, capacity, inspection history, and a CMS star rating where the service has one. The order is the date we last verified each record, newest first. Nobody pays to appear, and nobody pays to move up. If a listing says "Sponsored," a provider paid for that placement and the label says so.
Looking for a transparent sort by CMS stars, inspection records, and staffing? That is a separate data ranking, not an editorial pick.
Most listings publish no price. The Virginia Beach memory care median is $8,573/mo, an estimate; ask each community for its own number in writing.
Westminster Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay
Village at Maimonides of Virginia Beach
The Waterford at Virginia Beach
The Gardens of Virginia Beach
Harmony at Independence
First Colonial Inn Alf
Discovery Commons Virginia Beach
Brookdale Virginia Beach
Bickford of Virginia Beach
Bay Lake Independent, Assisted Living and Memory Care Community
Aviva Pembroke
Arden Courts (Virginia Beach)
A Home Away From Home Boutique Memory Care
Sponsored placements, when they appear, are always labeled. How we make money →
Free local help worth saving
Virginia Beach has an estimated population of 456,349. About 72,515 residents (16%) are age 65 or older. Virginia Beach is located in Virginia Beach city, Virginia. The median household income is $92,968. Our directory currently lists 13 licensed memory care communities in Virginia Beach. Estimated median cost in Virginia Beach is $8,573 per month, compared with $8,681 per month statewide in Virginia.
Source: US Census Bureau (ACS) · Updated Jul 2026.GOVThese services are public and free. We list them before anything we could earn from.
- Virginia Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programltcombudsman.org
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.
State LTC Ombudsman - Virginia State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)shiphelp.org
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).
Medicare counseling (SHIP) - No Wrong Door Virginia1-888-992-0959nowrongdoorvirginia.org
Aging & Disability Resource Center hub for this state.
State aging agency - Virginia Beach VA Clinicva.gov
Primary Care Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Virginia Beach.
VA open data - Commonwealth Coordinated Care Plus WaiverOfficial program page
Can help pay for care if your parent qualifies. Rules change. Confirm on the official page.
State Medicaid program - Veterans options in Virginia Beach
1 licensed VA Community Living Center / State Veterans Home, sourced from VA Access to Care.
JONES & CABACOY VETERAN CARE CENTER
VA Aid & Attendance overview →VA open data
Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.
- Eldercare Locator · 800-677-1116
Free nationwide connection to local aging services.
- 211
Local health and human services referrals.
- NCOA BenefitsCheckUp
Screen for benefits you may qualify for.
- DIAL
ACL Disability Information and Access Line.
- VA health benefits
Veterans health care and long-term care programs.
Veterans & surviving spouses: VA Aid & Attendance can help wartime veterans who qualify. Official info only. How Aid & Attendance works →
Questions families ask
How many memory care communities are listed in Virginia Beach, VA?
We currently list 13 licensed memory care communities in Virginia Beach, VA.
Is memory care in Virginia Beach more expensive than the rest of Virginia?
Virginia Beach's median memory care cost is about 1% lower than the Virginia state median.
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Trust & methodology
How to cite this page
Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, memory care in Virginia Beach, VA costs $8,573/month (median).
APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (2026). Memory Care in Virginia Beach, VA. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/memory-care/virginia/virginia-beach/
Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Memory Care in Virginia Beach, VA." ElderCareCosts. Last modified August 10, 2026. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/memory-care/virginia/virginia-beach/.
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