Senior care in Portsmouth, Virginia

What senior care is licensed in Portsmouth, Virginia?

State and federal rosters list 3 assisted living facilities (151 licensed beds), 3 certified nursing homes (360 beds), 3 home health agencies, 0 hospices and 2 licensed adult day centers with an address in Portsmouth, as of October 28, 2026.

Portsmouth is an independent city in the Southside part of Hampton Roads. One of its 3 assisted living facilities runs a secure dementia unit.

What is it like to arrange senior care in Portsmouth?

Portsmouth is one of the oldest cities in the region, with Olde Towne's brick rowhouses across the river from downtown Norfolk and the Navy's shipyard and naval medical center anchoring the waterfront. Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center is the civilian hospital most residents use, and the Midtown and Downtown tunnels connect the city to Norfolk -- useful, until traffic backs up and a ten-minute visit becomes forty.

Licensed assisted living inside Portsmouth's limits is limited, so families commonly look at Chesapeake's Western Branch and at northern Suffolk alongside the city's own options. Churchland, on the western side, functions almost as a suburb of its own and is where a lot of the city's newer housing sits. Sentara's PACE center on Churchland Boulevard is a real option here for Medicaid-eligible seniors who want to stay home.

Which parts of Portsmouth do families usually search?

Families in Portsmouth tend to describe their search by neighborhood -- Olde Towne, Churchland, Cradock, Park View, Craddock-Truxtun, Westhaven and Midtown -- because the drive for the person visiting most often matters as much as the building.

The nearest other localities by straight-line distance are Norfolk (1 mi), Chesapeake (5 mi), Hampton (14 mi), Suffolk (17 mi). Water crossings can make those numbers misleading, so time the drive at the hour you would actually visit.

Which assisted living facilities are licensed in Portsmouth?

These 3 facilities hold a current Virginia Department of Social Services assisted living license in Portsmouth; capacity is the licensed maximum, not current occupancy.

Which nursing homes in Portsmouth have CMS star ratings?

3 nursing homes in Portsmouth appear in the CMS provider file; the ratings below are CMS's own overall and staffing stars.

Where can Portsmouth families get free help with aging services?

Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia (SSSEVA) (Planning and Service Area 20) is the area agency on aging for Portsmouth: 757-461-9481. It is the starting point for care coordination, caregiver support, insurance counseling and meal and transportation programs.

Long-term care ombudsman: Bay Aging Long-Term Care Ombudsman Regional Office (Norfolk office), 757-222-4542. Auxiliary Grant applications, Medicaid long-term care screenings and Adult Protective Services run through the Portsmouth department of social services (some localities call it human services); the statewide APS hotline is (888) 832-3858. PACE: Sentara Senior Community Care PACE (Portsmouth center), 5788 Churchland Blvd., Portsmouth, 757-392-2650.

Which hospitals do Portsmouth seniors use?

Hospitals in or serving Portsmouth include Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (military beneficiaries). Discharge planners at these hospitals are often the first people to raise assisted living or a skilled nursing stay with a family.

If a hospital stay is the trigger, confirm whether your parent was admitted as an inpatient or kept under observation; Medicare's skilled nursing benefit depends on it. See what to do with a short discharge window.