Memory Care in Arlington

Compare licensed memory care in Arlington and the surrounding Tarrant County area. Free guidance, no obligation.

1 verified in Arlington

Tarrant County

Quick answer

There is 1 verified memory care option listed in Arlington. Texas HHSC licenses assisted living as Type A or Type B and inspects facilities under Health and Safety Code Chapter 247.

Memory care is secured, dementia-specific assisted living. Texas requires any facility marketing memory care to file an Alzheimer's/dementia Disclosure Statement with HHSC under 26 TAC Section 553.264, rather than issuing a separate memory-care license.

Short answer

We list 1 verified memory care option in Arlington.

What to watch for with memory care in Arlington

Ask to see the current Alzheimer's/dementia disclosure statement, by name.

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Verified memory care in Arlington

Community	Care type	Address	County
Avalon Memory Care - Arlington	Memory Care	7140 Highway 287 South Arlington, TX 76001	Tarrant

Memory Care elsewhere in the region

Families in Arlington sometimes place a parent one city over, especially when a specific care level is needed.

Community	Care type	Address	County
Brookdale Tanglewood Oaks	Assisted Living	2698 South Hulen Street Fort Worth, TX 76109	Tarrant
Sunrise of Fort Worth	Assisted Living	6151 Bryant Irvin Road Fort Worth, TX 76132	Tarrant
Legend at Fort Worth	Assisted Living	8600 North Riverside Drive Fort Worth, TX 76244	Tarrant
Bethesda Gardens Fort Worth	Memory Care	5417 Altamesa Boulevard Fort Worth, TX 76123	Tarrant
Discovery Village at Alliance Town Center	Independent Living	9901 North Riverside Drive Fort Worth, TX 76244	Tarrant
Whitley Place	Assisted Living	800 Whitley Road Keller, TX 76248	Tarrant

The Arlington market specifically

Arlington's senior communities cluster along the Highway 287 corridor and sit roughly equidistant between the Fort Worth and Dallas medical systems, which gives families here a genuinely wider choice of hospital networks than most Tarrant County suburbs.

Arlington's central position means it is often the practical meeting point for adult children who live on opposite sides of the metro and need a location that works for everyone's visiting schedule.

Visit twice, at different hours

A scheduled mid-morning tour and an unannounced 7 p.m. drop-in can look like two different buildings. Evening and overnight are when staffing thins and when families are most often surprised.

Eat a meal there. Talk to a resident's family member in the parking lot rather than one the community introduces you to.

You can check any facility's record free. Call HHSC's Complaint and Incident Intake line at 1-800-458-9858 for any Texas facility's complaint and inspection history. Assisted living is not CMS star-rated -- only nursing homes are. Read the full explanation →

Questions families ask

Can I push back on a hospital discharge date in Fort Worth?

Yes. A discharge date is a clinical recommendation, not an immovable deadline, and hospitals are required to have a discharge planning process you can engage with -- especially when no safe post-discharge arrangement is actually in place yet.

Does Medicare cover a rehab stay after a Fort Worth hospital admission?

Medicare covers a limited skilled nursing facility stay after a qualifying inpatient hospital admission, when daily skilled care is medically necessary. It does not cover long-term custodial nursing care, and observation-status stays don't qualify at all.

How do I know it's time to look at assisted living instead of keeping Mom or Dad at home in Fort Worth?

This is rarely one dramatic moment -- it's usually an accumulation of smaller signs that becomes undeniable, often noticed by one family member well before others. Separate what's genuinely unsafe (missed medications, a fall nobody witnessed, a stove left on) from what's simply untidy or inconvenient.

What should I do after my parent has a fall in the Fort Worth area?

Treat a fall as a signal rather than an isolated accident -- a first fall is one of the strongest predictors of a second one. Get the cause properly investigated by a physician (medication, blood pressure, vision, inner-ear issues are all common culprits), and fix the immediate environment while you decide on next steps.