In-home dementia care in Palm Beach Gardens

Updated October 13, 2026

Dementia home care in Palm Beach Gardens is often about protecting a full, social retirement for as long as possible, not only about safety at home.

A city where one in three residents is 65 or older

Palm Beach Gardens has about 64,000 residents (2025 Census estimate), and roughly 32.5 percent of them are 65 or over. The median age was about 53 in 2020. John D. MacArthur planned the city in 1959, and it grew around golf: the PGA of America is headquartered here, PGA National has hosted a Ryder Cup and a PGA Championship, and there are 12 golf courses inside city limits.

Many residents moved here to retire after long careers elsewhere. Their days were built on tee times, card games, dinners with friends and travel. When memory starts to slip, those routines are often the first thing to go, and the loss of them can speed up loneliness and decline.

Keeping your loved one in the game

The most useful thing a companion can do in Palm Beach Gardens is often simple: help your loved one keep doing what they already love, with someone at their side. A retired executive who still enjoys the driving range can go with a companion who drives, keeps track of time and brings water. A canasta player who now loses track of the discard pile can keep playing with a partner who quietly helps.

Our memory and engagement service builds visits around these interests. For more ideas, see activities for dementia patients at home.

Burns Road Community Center and other places to go

The city’s Burns Road Community Center runs senior programs for people 50 and over: social bingo, canasta, mah jongg and backgammon afternoons, a Monday Lunch & Learn, chair yoga, a memoir writing group, and day trips that leave from Burns Road. Social play is free for city residents. A companion can bring your loved one, stay for the session, and step in if they become tired or confused.

The Palm Beach County Library System’s Gardens Branch is a quiet indoor option for a summer afternoon. For music at home, our guide on using music to connect explains why a favorite song can reach a person when conversation cannot.

Gated communities, golf carts and the front gate

Many Palm Beach Gardens homes are inside gated or golf communities. That is good for safety but adds a few practical steps before care begins:

• Gate access. Add the companion to the gate list or give the guardhouse a standing pass, so the first visit does not start with a phone call at the gate.
• Golf carts. A cart can feel like freedom to someone who no longer drives. Decide as a family whether your loved one still drives it alone, and write that down for the companion.
• Community rules. Some associations have rules about parking, guest access to the clubhouse or pool. We plan around them.
• Wandering. Long, similar-looking streets can confuse someone on a walk. Our wandering and elopement guide covers prevention and what to do if your loved one goes missing.

If driving the car has become a worry, read when it is time to stop driving. A companion who handles errands can make giving up the keys feel smaller.

Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center and memory clinics

Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, part of Palm Beach Health Network, runs an emergency department and programs in cardiac, stroke, neuroscience and orthopedic care. It has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus award. A companion can escort your loved one to appointments, sit with them in the waiting room and send you a summary.

For a full memory evaluation, the county’s two state-designated memory disorder clinics are south of the city: the Memory Disorder Center at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, and FAU’s Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center in Boca Raton, (561) 297-0502. Diagnosis and treatment are for your loved one’s doctor; we help with the drive and the waiting.

Planning a week of dementia home care in Palm Beach Gardens

Three sample schedules are below. Our rate is $35/hour for 40+ hours a week; call us about shorter schedules.

The first plan pairs the companion with the Burns Road social play afternoons. The second keeps an early-morning outdoor routine before the heat, then handles groceries and pharmacy runs. The third gives a caregiving spouse four long blocks of time each week. For comparison, CareScout’s 2025 Florida medians were about $67,320 a year for assisted living and about $124,100 for a semi-private nursing home room. See in-home care vs. assisted living for a fuller comparison.

Help for Gardens families beyond our visits

• Area Agency on Aging of Palm Beach/Treasure Coast, helpline 1-866-684-5885. Screening for the state’s Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative, which funds respite (in-home, facility, emergency, or extended up to 30 days), case management and caregiver training.
• Alzheimer’s Community Care, (561) 683-2700, with specialized adult day centers and Family Navigators across Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie counties.
• Palm Tran Connection, (561) 649-9838 option 7, a door-to-door shared-ride service for approved riders.
• Alzheimer’s Association Helpline, 800-272-3900, for free care consultations at any hour.

If your loved one is on traditional Medicare, ask their doctor about the GUIDE dementia care model. It can include up to $2,500 a year in respite for eligible patients. Our long-term care insurance guide explains how to check whether a policy reimburses companion or homemaker care.

Signs it is time to add help

1. Your loved one stops going to the games, club events or classes they never used to miss.
2. Bills, club statements or mail pile up unopened. Our guide to scams and financial exploitation explains why this matters.
3. The fridge has spoiled food, or meals are being skipped.
4. A spouse is short-tempered, exhausted, or cancelling their own appointments.

None of these signs means your loved one must move. Often a few steady hours a week with the same companion keep a good routine in place. If the picture changes, talk to their doctor, and see our page on support for spouse caregivers.

Before the first visit

A little preparation helps the companion fit into your loved one’s life from day one. Most families gather these details on the first call:

• Gate code or guest pass, parking spot, and the house key or lockbox.
• The weekly calendar: card games, club events, worship, hair appointments, doctor visits.
• Medication list and the names of doctors, so reminders and appointment notes are accurate.
• The stories your loved one loves to tell: a career, a hometown, a hole-in-one, a favorite trip.
• What to avoid: topics that upset them, foods they dislike, places that cause confusion.

After the first few visits, we check in with you, and each month we review the plan together. If the match is not right, we find a new companion at no cost.

Other areas we serve nearby

Our West Palm Beach page covers county-wide resources. Close by, we also serve Jupiter, Wellington and Boynton Beach. Call (689) 333-6079, Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm ET.

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