How Many Older Adults Live in Memphis?
Memphis has 88,932 residents age 65 and older, 8,451 residents age 85 and older, and 32,761 seniors living alone, with a city median household income of $51,211, according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
Those city figures do not tell us how many people have dementia, but they do show a large older population, including many people who live alone. Families often look for in-home help when memory changes make meals, medications, or evenings harder to manage between visits. For more local context, see our Memphis care guide.
What In-Home Dementia Care Involves
In-home dementia care involves scheduled visits or live-in support in the person's own house or apartment, focused on familiar routines, safety, and help with tasks that memory loss has made harder.
Caregivers may provide companion care such as conversation, shared meals, and gentle reminders that keep the day on track. When bathing, dressing, toileting, or mobility need hands-on help, personal care covers those tasks while protecting privacy and dignity.
Memory care at home emphasizes consistent cues, reduced clutter and confusion, and supervision matched to what the person can still do. Some households need 24-hour live-in care when it is no longer safe to leave someone unattended overnight.
Family members often need a break. Respite care brings in a substitute caregiver so a spouse or adult child can rest, work, or keep their own appointments. After a hospital stay, hospital discharge care can steady the first days at home, when new instructions, weakness, and medications are easy to mix up.
Who In-Home Dementia Care Is For
In-home dementia care is for Memphis adults living with Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia, and for the family members who want that person to remain at home with reliable help.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes dementia as a general term for the impaired ability to remember, think, or make decisions that interferes with everyday activities, and notes that Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia.
This kind of care can fit someone who still lives independently but misses meals or doses, a couple in which one spouse is exhausted from overnight supervision, or an adult child coordinating support from across town. It can also help when the goal is to delay a move to a residential setting, as long as the home can be kept reasonably safe.
Nothing on this page is a diagnosis or a treatment plan. Medical questions belong with the person's own clinicians. Families who want to learn about Alzheimer's research can find Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers through the National Institute on Aging.
How Free Caregiver Matching Works
Free caregiver matching works by learning what a Memphis household needs, then introducing caregivers whose skills, schedule, and temperament fit that home, with no fee to run the match itself.
Families typically describe the daily routine, the kinds of memory changes they see, preferred hours, and any language or personality preferences. Matching staff then present caregiver options so the family can choose who comes into the home.
There is no obligation to start care after an introduction. Once a caregiver is selected, visits can be a few hours a week or a fuller schedule, and the plan can change as needs change.