No. CareScout's Cost of Care Survey, the primary published cost benchmark used on this site, does not survey or publish a distinct memory care cost category in either its 2024 or 2025 New York State data tables. CareScout only publishes figures for Assisted Living Community, Nursing Home (semi-private and private), Adult Day Health Care, and in-home care categories.
The detail behind the number
Families researching memory care costs online will find plenty of blog-style average memory care cost figures, but it's worth knowing that none of them trace back to CareScout, which is the industry's most widely cited and methodologically transparent cost survey. Because memory care is typically delivered inside a Special Needs Assisted Living Residence (SNALR) certification layered onto a standard assisted living community in New York, pricing for memory care units tends to run above the general $225-per-day assisted living median, but there is no state-surveyed figure to cite for exactly how much higher. Any published average memory care cost figure for New York not sourced to CareScout, a state agency, or another primary source should be treated skeptically rather than repeated as fact. The most reliable approach for a Nassau or Suffolk family is to request current SNALR-unit pricing directly from specific communities rather than relying on a national or state average that doesn't actually exist in the primary data.
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