Memory care (SNALR) across the Capital Region

Which Capital Region residences have SNALR memory care?

17 licensed residences in the nine counties hold Special Needs Assisted Living Residence certification, with 575 SNALR beds in the 2026 Q2 capacity report; 6 are certified SNALR for every bed.

Why rely on the state capacity report to find memory care?

Because New York allows only SNALR-certified residences to keep assisted living residents whose dementia needs a specialized setting, the SNALR bed count a residence reports to the Department of Health is the official proof that memory care exists there; the phrase memory care alone means nothing legally.

A SNALR operates under a special needs plan the department approved, covering staffing, training, the environment and activities. See New York's memory care rules. Nursing homes run dementia units too, but New York's bulk nursing home data does not say how big they are, so they are not listed here.