What types of senior care are licensed in Utah?
Utah's DLBC licenses assisted living (Type I and Type II, with secure memory care units in Type II), nursing care facilities, home health agencies, hospices, personal care agencies for non-medical home care, and adult day care.
Each care type below explains what the license allows, what it costs in Utah and where providers are in Salt Lake and Tooele counties.
How do I choose the right type of care?
Match the help needed to the license: personal care agencies for set hours at home, Type I assisted living for people who can get out of a building alone, Type II for people who need one person's help, a secure unit for dementia with wandering, and a nursing care facility for 24-hour skilled nursing.
Our comparison guides go deeper on each choice, and the facility directory shows every licensed provider in Salt Lake and Tooele counties.
What is not a licensed care type in Utah?
Independent living apartments that do not provide personal care, senior centers, and private caregivers a family hires directly are not licensed as care settings by DLBC, which means no state inspection record exists for them.
That does not make them bad choices, but it changes what you can check, because no state inspector has visited. For a private caregiver, run your own background check and references; for independent living, ask which licensed agency provides any care in the building.
Assisted living
Type I and Type II assisted living around Salt Lake City: what each license covers, Utah's 2025 median cost and every licensed facility in Salt Lake and Tooele counties.
Read →Memory care
Memory care in Utah is a secure unit within a Type II assisted living license. Salt Lake County secure-bed counts, rules and what to ask.
Read →Nursing homes
Utah-licensed nursing care facilities around Salt Lake City with CMS star ratings, state inspection records and Utah's 2025 median costs.
Read →In-home care
Non-medical in-home care from DLBC-licensed personal care agencies and skilled home health around Salt Lake City, with Utah's 2025 home care median.
Read →Hospice
DLBC-licensed hospices based in Salt Lake and Tooele counties, how Medicare's hospice benefit works and how Utah assisted living handles hospice residents.
Read →Adult day care
Licensed adult day care around Salt Lake City, Utah's 2025 adult day median ($140 a day) and how the Aging Waiver and New Choices Waiver can pay.
Read →At a glance
| Licensed by DLBC | Not licensed as care | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential | Assisted living, nursing care facilities | Independent living apartments |
| At home | Personal care and home health agencies | Private caregivers hired directly |
| Day programs | Adult day care | Senior centers |
