Memory Care Communities in Pleasant Hill, California

Memory Care costs in Pleasant Hill start around $7,247 per month on average, while the nationwide average cost of memory care is $5,694 per month.

It’s important to note that memory care rates in Pleasant Hill and the surrounding suburbs can vary widely based on factors such as location, the level of care needed, apartment size and the types of amenities offered at each community.

While many families use their own funds or personal assets to pay for memory care, there are plenty of additional options to cover these costs. Some additional ways to finance memory care costs include:

• Veterans Benefits
• Life Insurance Policy
• Long-Term Care Insurance
• Reverse Mortgage

For more information about different ways to finance memory care, visit our Memory Care in California page.

Pleasant Hill is a bedroom community in the middle of Contra Costa County, in the East Bay Area in Northern California. Roughly 15 percent of California's 40 million people are seniors over the age of 65, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and at least 650,000 people in the state have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Many more have dementia, Parkinson's disease or advanced Huntington's disease. These seniors often live in dedicated memory care facilities.

Seniors in memory care facilities, which are sometimes called residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFEs), get 24-hour supervision and engaging activities to keep their minds as active as possible. Pleasant Hill has 24 memory care facilities, all of which are licensed by the California Department of Health and Human Services. 

• The weather in Pleasant Hill is essentially the same as it is in neighboring Walnut Creek, with average summer highs of 85 degrees, winter lows of 40 degrees, and 25 inches of rain in a typical year. There are often high pollen counts and mold that can aggravate seniors' asthma in the wet season from October to April.
  
• The cost of living in Pleasant Hill is 54 percent higher, on average, than the national rate for most categories. Housing is especially expensive, though items that directly apply to seniors in memory care can be substantially higher than average. Healthcare, for example, costs an average of 23 percent more in Pleasant Hill than is common nationwide.
  
• The Walnut Creek area, including Pleasant Hill, is fairly safe by California standards. The violent crime rate in Walnut Creek is roughly a quarter the state average, with just a one in 833 chance of being the victim of a crime, relative to California's one in 225 chance. Property crimes, such as larceny and vandalism, are somewhat more common in Walnut Creek, where the rate is about 25 percent higher than the state numbers.
  
• The Walnut Creek area is home to world-class medical facilities, including those specializing in brain health and dementia care such as John Muir Health-Concord Medical Center and John Muir Health-Walnut Creek Medical Center, in the event of medical emergencies or illness.