The Charleston at Cedar Hills is a 78-bed assisted-living building that MBK Senior Living operates on the city's north bench at 10020 North 4600 West. It is the only Cedar Hills senior-living community where short-term guests book a furnished apartment alongside permanent residents, with meals, help through the day, and overnight staff, for a set number of days or weeks.
Families reach for a short stay here in three situations: a caregiver needs a few weeks to travel or recover from their own procedure, an older adult is leaving American Fork Hospital before feeling fully settled at home, or a household wants a firsthand look at The Charleston before committing to anything permanent.
What a Stay at The Charleston Covers
A respite guest joins the regular schedule from arrival: meals in the dining room, help with bathing and medications, housekeeping, an activity calendar, and overnight staff. The furnished apartment is prepared before check-in.
One boundary defines Cedar Hills respite. The Charleston is assisted living only, with no secured memory-care neighborhood on the property. A guest who requires a locked setting or staff trained for dementia is not a fit here, and since it is the city's only senior-living building, that gap covers all of Cedar Hills. For assisted-living respite, The Charleston handles it well; for a parent with advancing dementia, an advisor can identify what exists without requiring city-by-city searching.
Minimum-stay requirements and room availability both shift with occupancy and are worth confirming before planning around a specific date.
Short-Stay Pricing and Coverage
The Charleston bills respite at a daily figure, separate from the long-term monthly rate on this page. On the north Utah County bench in 2026, assisted-living respite typically falls in the $150 to $230 daily range, and that per-day charge usually exceeds a prorated monthly figure because the apartment is reset after a short occupation.
An assisted-living short stay is private pay in nearly every case. Medicare does not cover community respite; its one narrow exception is an inpatient break inside a hospice program, a wholly separate thing. Utah's Medicaid waivers target sustained residential placements rather than short private bookings. A qualifying veterans' program or a long-term-care insurance policy may absorb some of the daily charge, so either is worth checking before the full cost is assumed.
Availability in a Small-Market City
Cedar Hills skews young, with roughly 8 to 9 percent of residents past 65. With just one building offering short stays, the open room is the single most important variable, and The Charleston's beds serve long-term and short-stay guests together.
Why Families Choose Short-Term Care in Cedar Hills
A stay at The Charleston keeps an older adult on familiar north Utah County ground, close to American Fork Hospital, Intermountain's 90-bed Level III center about three miles away, should anything shift during recovery. For a caregiver, a planned stretch here provides genuine rest. For a family weighing a permanent move, a few weeks inside the building answers what a tour leaves unresolved, and some Cedar Hills respite stays do convert to permanent arrangements when the fit proves right.
Talking Through the Cedar Hills Search
With a single building in Cedar Hills, a short stay narrows to three questions: is a room open for the dates needed, what does The Charleston charge per day right now, and what minimum stay applies.
A local advisor can confirm The Charleston's current picture and help families whose situation calls for memory-care support identify what the broader options are. Start the conversation and we will tell you what is available for your dates.
