If you're looking for memory care in Springfield, Delaware County, this is the local rundown — real 2026 pricing, how Pennsylvania licenses it, and what to check before you tour.
The local picture in Springfield
Springfield is a family-oriented Delaware County township with a moderately priced mix of assisted living and personal care homes around the Springfield Mall area and Saxer Avenue.
Springfield sits in Delaware County. Nearby hospitals include Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, Bryn Mawr Hospital, which matters for discharge planning and for staying close to a parent's doctors. Families here commonly focus on areas such as Springfield Mall Area, Saxer Avenue. Springfield pricing trends near the metro median.
Understanding memory care in Pennsylvania
Memory care is a secured, structured setting with dementia-trained staff for residents who wander, need extra cueing, or are no longer safe in standard assisted living.
Pennsylvania has no separate memory-care license; dementia care is delivered within a Personal Care Home or Assisted Living Residence under the applicable chapter (55 Pa. Code Ch. 2600 or 2800), which require disclosure of the specific dementia-care services offered. A typical monthly range is $6,200 to $8,600 a month.
When you visit, look past the lobby and check these:
- that the specific secured unit is disclosed and staffed as a dementia-care setting
- how many dementia-training hours staff have completed, and how recently
- the awake-overnight ratio in the secured unit specifically
What it costs, and how families pay, in Springfield
In the Springfield market, memory care typically runs $6,200 to $8,600 a month. Springfield pricing trends near the metro median. Most families combine sources over time: private savings and Social Security first, then long-term-care insurance if it's in place, VA Aid & Attendance for eligible veterans and surviving spouses, and Pennsylvania's Community HealthChoices (CHC), which can cover care services (not room and board) for those who meet the income and asset tests.
Verify any community's license and inspection record on the appropriate PA DHS or PA DOH facility search before you commit — these are the statewide databases that cover every provider in Delaware County.
What to do next
You don't have to sort this out alone. Call a free Philly Senior Advisor advisor at (215) 555-0100, or request a call back, and we'll match you to one to three vetted options.