Memory Care Communities in Hartford, Wisconsin

Memory Care costs in Hartford start around $5,710 per month on average, while the nationwide average cost of memory care is $5,743 per month.

It’s important to note that memory care rates in Hartford 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 Wisconsin page.

More than 15 percent of Hartford's 15,000 residents are seniors age 65 or older. Many seniors in the area have been diagnosed with a form of dementia such as Alzheimer's Disease, which affects 110,000 seniors throughout the state. To support this population, the Hartford area is home to two memory care facilities.

These facilities are closely regulated by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, which classifies memory care under the same category as assisted living. As such, both levels of care are often provided by the same facility. 

• Although the cost of living in Harford is slightly above the national average, housing costs in the area are more than 30 percent below that of the average city. This may be reflected in the cost of room and board at memory care facilities in the area, which is beneficial to families with limited funding for memory care. 
  
• The Hartford area has cold, snowy winters. In January, the average low temperature is only 18 degrees and the average annual snowfall in the area is 37 inches, 11 inches more than the national average. Extreme weather conditions can be hazardous to seniors with a tendency to wander, so it's important to make sure that memory care facilities have procedures in place to keep residents indoors during cold spells.
  
• The air quality in the Hartford area has been assigned a passing grade by the American Lung Association and the threat it poses to vulnerable members of the population such as seniors or those with respiratory illnesses is limited. 
  
• The Hartford area is home to world-class medical facilities, including those that specialize in brain health and dementia care such as Aurora Health Care, in the event of medical emergencies or illness.