Memory Care in Lafayette, LA: Costs and How to Choose

In Lafayette, LA, a family looking at memory care can get the care and fees in writing before signing. Louisiana law requires it of any place with an Alzheimer's special care unit. Cedar Crest Memory Care, which is devoted to memory care, lists a starting price of $5,800. In this guide, memory care comes in two settings: dementia care programs inside five licensed assisted living communities, and a memory care neighborhood inside one nursing home.

Memory care in Lafayette, LA. AI interpretation of Lafayette, LA, with approximate buildings and layout
Last Updated: October 2026
9-minute read| Author: Seth Burney
Published: October 2026
9-minute read | Author: Seth Burney | Date Published: October 2026 | Last Updated: October 2026

Key Takeaways

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In Louisiana, memory care has no license of its own. In assisted living, it runs as a dementia care program inside the licensed community.
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Under Louisiana law, a community with special Alzheimer's care has to put its care and its fees in writing before a family signs.
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Lady of the Oaks Retirement Manor, a nursing home in Lafayette, LA, has its own smaller memory care neighborhood.
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The Lafayette Public Library lends Memory Care Kits for 28 days to families and professionals caring for someone with dementia.

What Memory Care Costs in Lafayette, LA, and What Communities Must Disclose

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Of the six places with memory care in this Lafayette, LA, guide, one posts a price. Cedar Crest Memory Care lists memory care starting at $5,800 (as published by the community, checked Oct. 21, 2026). The other five don't post a memory care rate. They are The Blake at Lafayette, The Vincent, Brookdale Lafayette, Garden View of Lafayette and Lady of the Oaks Retirement Manor.

A Louisiana law fills that gap. It's called the Alzheimer's Special Care Disclosure Act. A place that offers an Alzheimer's special care unit has to describe that unit in writing to anyone looking for care. This has to happen before any care agreement is signed. Each time the license is renewed, the state health department checks that each disclosure is accurate.

The written disclosure covers:

  • the program's philosophy, and who it takes in and who has to move out
  • how care is planned, and how many staff there are and how they're trained
  • the building and grounds
  • how often activities happen, and what kinds
  • the part the family plays in care
  • the fees for care, plus any added fees

Lady of the Oaks Retirement Manor offers its memory care inside a nursing home and doesn't post a price. In CareScout's 2025 survey, a shared nursing home room in the Lafayette, LA, area had a median cost of $5,911 a month.

Memory Care Communities in Lafayette, LA

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The Blake at Lafayette

The Blake at Lafayette calls its memory care neighborhood Reunion Memory Care. The Blake describes its suites as designed for residents with memory loss. The team includes Certified Dementia Practitioners. Licensed staff keep watch on residents' health and manage their medicines. They also give incontinence care, which is help when a resident can't control their bladder or bowels. Its walking paths are secure. The Blake uses SafelyYou as part of its fall program. Activities are planned around what each resident can still do, and regular reviews check that the care still fits.

The Vincent

The Vincent keeps its memory care on the same gated campus as its assisted and independent living. Its three memory care floor plans are private studios of 325 and 350 square feet. Residents have secure areas to walk and explore. Each day follows a set routine meant to ease stress. The program includes music therapy, pet therapy and activities that use the senses. Memory-focused activities happen three days a week. Meals follow each resident's own nutrition plan, and they can be brought to the room when needed. A full-time licensed nurse is on staff. The Vincent also lists respite services.

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Memory Care Places and Louisiana Licenses

Cedar Crest Memory Care is devoted to memory care. It serves people living with dementia, Alzheimer's and other memory loss. Lady of the Oaks Retirement Manor is a nursing home with a license for skilled nursing. Its memory care neighborhood is a smaller area inside the building.

Adult Day Care and Dementia Help at Home in Lafayette, LA

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Louisiana Medicaid's Adult Day Health Care Waiver pays for a weekday center, where your family member gets rides, help with medicines, a nurse and two small meals. It's for adults 22 and older who qualify for long-term care Medicaid and need the level of care a nursing home gives.

At home, Senior Helpers in Lafayette, LA, runs a program called Senior Gems for people living with dementia. It and Right at Home both list Alzheimer's and dementia care and respite for the family caregiver. Both are non-medical agencies, so their caregivers help with daily life, not medical care.

The assisted living guide for Lafayette, LA lists the home care agencies with offices in the city.

No Separate License: How Louisiana Handles Memory Care

A program, not a license. Louisiana calls assisted living adult residential care, and a licensed community of this kind may choose to run a specialized dementia care program. All five assisted living communities with memory care in this Lafayette, LA, guide hold a Level 3 license. Level 3 apartments must have a kitchenette, but apartments in a dementia program don't need one.

Locked units. A community has to give the resident and family its written guidelines for who is placed in the program. A locked unit must have enough staff on hand at all times to handle an emergency. Each resident's care plan has to say why the person is on the unit and how the unit meets their needs. Brookdale Lafayette describes its Clare Bridge memory care as a secure, homelike setting.

Training by role. Some staff in a dementia program see residents often but don't give hands-on care. They get four hours of dementia training within 90 days of starting, then two hours a year. Training for hands-on staff includes how to talk with a person living with dementia and how to handle family concerns. At The Blake at Lafayette, the team includes Certified Dementia Practitioners.

When a nursing home is the setting. Louisiana's Office of Aging and Adult Services decides the level of care for each person moving into a nursing home certified for Medicaid, no matter who pays. Medicare's comparison site shows each nursing home's health and fire-safety inspections, and each one has to post its latest inspection inside the building. A Level 3 community can't give the intermittent nursing a nursing home can.

Memory Care in a Nursing Home or an Assisted Living Program?

In Lafayette, LA, the choice is between two settings. One is a dementia care program inside licensed assisted living. The other is the memory care neighborhood at Lady of the Oaks Retirement Manor, a nursing home licensed for skilled nursing. The Alzheimer's Association's Louisiana Chapter, which serves families in Lafayette, LA, offers free education on care options while you weigh it.

Questions to bring on a memory care tour:

  • Can I have a copy of your written Alzheimer's special care disclosure, with every fee listed?
  • What are your guidelines for who moves into the secured area, and who has to move out?
  • How many staff work the locked unit at night?
  • At Cedar Crest Memory Care, what's the price difference between a private suite and a companion suite?
  • At Lady of the Oaks Retirement Manor, how is the memory care neighborhood kept apart from the rest of the building?
  • How will staff let the family know about changes in care or health?

Medicaid's Nursing Home Rules and Other Ways to Pay

Lady of the Oaks Retirement Manor takes part in Medicaid, and Louisiana Medicaid pays for nursing home care when a person meets its rules. Countable resources, meaning the money and property the state counts, can't be more than $2,000 for one person. The state also looks back 60 months for money given away, and the resident pays part of the cost from their own income.

For the five assisted living programs, ways to pay include income, savings, a home sale and a long-term care policy. VA Aid and Attendance is another source for a veteran who needs daily help. It helps to ask each community which it accepts. The assisted living guide for Lafayette, LA covers each program in full, including PACE Lafayette for people 55 and older who would otherwise need nursing home care.

Free Dementia Help in Lafayette, LA

  • Alzheimer's Association, Louisiana Chapter. Lafayette, LA, is one of seven areas the chapter serves, and all of its services are free. Trained leaders run its support groups by phone, by video or in person. Caregiver groups are for family and friends who aren't paid to give care. The chapter asks people to call before stopping by an office.
  • Memory Care Kits at the library. The Lafayette Public Library lends Memory Care Kits to family members and professionals caring for someone with Alzheimer's or dementia. Each kit can be checked out for 28 days.
  • In-home respite. The Lafayette Council on Aging sends help into the home so the family caregiver can rest for a while.
  • Hurricane planning. The Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs asks older adults who'll need help leaving in an evacuation to contact their parish office of emergency preparedness. It also asks them to plan before a storm comes. The Cajun Area Agency on Aging advises telling local authorities about special needs ahead of time, so a ride out can be arranged.

Frequently Asked Questions

There's no separate memory care license in Louisiana. A licensed assisted living community may choose to run a specialized dementia care program. A locked unit in that program has its own rules on staffing and on who is placed there. In this guide to Lafayette, LA, five assisted living communities offer memory care, and one nursing home has a memory care neighborhood.

Cedar Crest Memory Care, the one memory care community in this Lafayette, LA, guide that posts a price, lists memory care starting at $5,800. Every program's written disclosure has to list its fees for care and any added fees, so you can ask each one for its figures. CareScout's 2025 survey has no memory care figure. Its assisted living median for the area was $4,070 a month.

Right at Home in Lafayette, LA, says clients with dementia can be evaluated for free support through Medicare's GUIDE Model, short for Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience. The daily care in a memory care program is long-term care, which Medicare doesn't pay for. Medicare can cover a skilled nursing facility stay, and in 2026 days 21 to 100 of that stay cost $217 a day.

In Lafayette, LA, the Lafayette Council on Aging sends in-home respite so family caregivers can rest. The Adult Day Health Care Waiver pays for a weekday center for people who qualify. When a nursing home is needed, Louisiana Medicaid's limit on countable resources is $2,000 for one person, and it looks back 60 months at money given away.

For Lafayette Parish, the Cajun Area Agency on Aging's resource center explains the state's programs, including long-term care and Medicaid eligibility. For dementia in particular, the Alzheimer's Association's Louisiana Chapter offers free support groups by phone, video or in person. The Lafayette Public Library lends Memory Care Kits for 28 days.

It starts with knowing the price. Louisiana law has a place with an Alzheimer's special care unit put its fees in writing before a family signs. Cedar Crest Memory Care also posts a starting price of $5,800. With those figures in hand, families plan around their own money. At Lady of the Oaks Retirement Manor, a nursing home with memory care, Louisiana Medicaid can pay for people who meet its rules.

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Checked Oct. 21, 2026.

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