Memory care options in Fremont, ranked by inspection data
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Of the 28 licensed assisted living facilities in Fremont, 15 offer memory care. That is about 54%, the highest share of any city in this batch. But the safety profile here is the honest part of the story: no Fremont memory care facility currently scores in the Excellent band, and about 46% score Poor or Severe.
The 15 facilities have a combined FYI Safety Score average of 6.15. The average across all Fremont assisted living is 5.97. Both numbers run well below California averages (7.61 statewide for memory care, 7.88 for all assisted living). The gap between memory care and general assisted living is small here; the larger gap is between Fremont and the rest of the state.
This piece is intended to give a clear-eyed view of the Fremont memory care market rather than a sales-style ranking. Below are the 10 safest memory care facilities in the city, what the rest of the market looks like, and what families with geographic flexibility might consider. The data was pulled from California state inspection records in May 2026.
The 10 safest memory care facilities in Fremont
The ranking is the FYI Safety Score on a 1.0 to 10.0 scale, computed from the public state inspection record. Linked facility names open the full inspection record on their detail page.
| # | Facility | Beds | Score | State visits | Years licensed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucky Garden Care Home | 6 | 8.4 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | Aegis Gardens | 85 | 8.3 | 37 | 4 |
| 3 | Heather's Care Home | 6 | 8.2 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Brookdale North Fremont | 40 | 7.7 | 15 | 19 |
| 5 | Fremont Hills | 140 | 7.5 | 26 | 7 |
| 6 | Isherwood Care III | 6 | 7.5 | 7 | 18 |
| 7 | Muriel's Residential Facility II | 6 | 7.0 | 6 | 21 |
| 8 | Beloved Home Retreat | 6 | 6.1 | 7 | 11 |
| 9 | Muriel's Residential Facility | 6 | 5.9 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Common Destiny | 6 | 5.5 | 6 | 14 |
Two things worth noticing.
The top of the Fremont list maxes out at 8.4. In other cities in this batch, the top facility scores 9.5 or higher. That is the defining feature of the Fremont memory care market. The top is solid but not exceptional, and the drop from the top to the middle is gradual rather than sharp. By position 8 the score is already 6.1, which is the upper edge of the Fair band.
For families looking at the larger communities, Aegis Gardens (85 beds), Brookdale North Fremont (40 beds), and Fremont Hills (140 beds) are the strongest community-scale options. Aegis Gardens has the most inspection activity (37 documented state visits) of any Fremont memory care facility, which is a useful indicator of how much state oversight has happened. A high visit count combined with a strong score is more reassuring than a strong score with very few visits.
How memory care availability looks across the rest of Fremont
A top-10 list is a starting point. Here is what the full distribution of all 15 Fremont memory care facilities looks like.
| Score band | Fremont memory care facilities | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 9.0–9.9 Excellent | 0 | 0% |
| 8.0–8.9 Good | 3 | 20% |
| 6.0–7.9 Fair | 5 | 33% |
| 4.0–5.9 Poor | 5 | 33% |
| Below 4.0 Severe | 2 | 13% |
About 20% of Fremont memory care scores Good. None currently scores Excellent. About 46% scores Poor or Severe, the highest concerning-end share of any city in this batch.
The pattern here is unusual enough to call out directly. Across California, about 51% of memory care facilities score Good or Excellent. In Fremont, that number is 20%. Across California, about 16% of memory care facilities score Poor or Severe. In Fremont, that number is 46%. The market shape is meaningfully different from the rest of the state.
If a facility you are considering is in the Poor or Severe bands, the right move is to read the full inspection record before the tour. Look at what was cited, how recently, and whether it involved the parts of memory care that matter most (supervision, medication, elopement). A facility that can speak specifically to what happened and what changed is in a different position than one that cannot.
How memory care differs from general assisted living
Memory care in California is not a separate license type. It is a care specialty offered by some Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly. The differences in practice: a secured unit so residents with dementia cannot leave unsupervised, higher staff-to-resident ratios, dementia-specific training, and protocols for wandering, sundowning, and behavioral incidents.
When you read a memory care facility's inspection record, certain finding types matter more than they would for general assisted living. Supervision failures. Medication errors. Elopement incidents. Resident-on-resident conflicts. These show up in the public record and tell you more about the facility's competence with cognitive impairment than the marketing brochure will.
For the full breakdown of how to think about memory care vs general assisted living, see our guide on memory care vs assisted living.
Where Fremont fits in the statewide memory care picture
No Fremont facility currently cracks our statewide top 20 in memory care. Given the local market shape, this is unsurprising. The deepest memory care bench in California is elsewhere: Redwood City, Long Beach, Encinitas, Santa Clara, Torrance, Fullerton.
For families with East Bay flexibility, neighboring cities expand the options meaningfully. Oakland, San Jose, Hayward, Union City, and Newark are all within reasonable driving distance and have their own memory care rosters. The statewide ranking of safest memory care in California is the broader view.
How to use this list
The score is the gut check. The visit is the field test. The conversations with current residents and frontline staff are the verification.
For memory care specifically, the visit matters even more than for general assisted living. You are not just evaluating the building. You are evaluating the staff's specific competence with cognitive impairment. Watch how staff interact with current memory care residents during your tour. Listen for whether they speak about residents as individuals with names and preferences, or as a generic group. The difference shows up immediately.
Browse all Fremont assisted living facilities on the AssistedLiving.fyi map. Filter by care type to narrow to memory care. For the framework on evaluating any facility regardless of care type, see how to do a safety vibe check without trusting marketing. For the citywide picture across general assisted living, see safest assisted living in Fremont.
Data: Computed from California Department of Social Services Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) inspection records, ingested into AssistedLiving.fyi. Safety scores reflect the inspection record as of May 2026 and may change as new visits are documented. The FYI Safety Score is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee or prediction of the safety, quality, or suitability of any facility. Always visit in person before deciding.
Frequently asked questions
How many memory care facilities are in Fremont?
There are 15 licensed assisted living facilities in Fremont that include memory care among their care types. That is about 54% of the 28 licensed assisted living facilities in the city. Fremont has an unusually high share of facilities offering memory care, but the safety profile of those facilities is weaker than other California cities.
What is the safest memory care facility in Fremont?
The safest memory care facility in Fremont is Lucky Garden Care Home, a 6-bed small care home with an FYI Safety Score of 8.4. It has 8 documented state inspections across 19 years of licensing. No Fremont memory care facility currently scores in the Excellent band (9.0 or higher), which is unusual for a California city of this size.
Why does Fremont memory care score lower than other cities?
Fremont's overall assisted living market also runs below state averages. The memory care average of 6.15 is close to the Fremont all-assisted-living average of 5.97, so the gap is not specific to memory care; it reflects a citywide pattern. The cause is the inspection record itself. Fremont facilities have accumulated more citations and substantiated complaints per facility than facilities in cities with stronger averages. Families considering Fremont memory care should read each facility's specific inspection record carefully and weigh geographic flexibility against the local options.
How is memory care different from assisted living in California?
Memory care in California is not a separate license type. It is a care specialty offered by some Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFEs) for residents with Alzheimer's, dementia, or other cognitive impairment. Facilities offering memory care typically have a secured unit, higher staff-to-resident ratios, and dementia-specific training requirements. See our deeper explainer on memory care vs assisted living for the full breakdown.
About the author
Steve Selzer is the founder of AssistedLiving.fyi. He started this work while searching for assisted living for his mom, who has dementia, after running into the same opaque pricing, sales calls, and impossible-to-read inspection records that every family in the same situation runs into. The site exists to make the information families actually need easier to find.