Chancellor Gardens of Clearfield at 1425 South 1500 East is the city's 1 community with a short-term respite program, running 152 beds across both an assisted-living wing and a 30-bed secured memory-care neighborhood. A short booking places a guest in a furnished room, inside the community's daily calendar of meals, personal care, and activities alongside permanent residents, with a departure date set from the start.
Clearfield families call about short stays for three reasons: a primary caregiver is traveling or healing from a procedure; a parent cleared for discharge from Holy Cross Hospital - Davis in Layton is not yet managing independently; or a household wants real experience at Chancellor Gardens before any long-term commitment.
What a Short Stay at Chancellor Gardens Involves
The two-wing structure at Chancellor Gardens drives every Clearfield respite decision in a practical way. The assisted-living wing serves a guest needing daily support in a staffed, non-locked setting, with the same meal service, personal care, and overnight coverage permanent residents receive. The 30-bed memory-care neighborhood uses secured access and dementia-focused staffing, less common in Davis County single-wing buildings. Short bookings carry a minimum-stay requirement, typically near two weeks for the assisted-living side, with the memory-care neighborhood potentially setting a longer floor. Room status, per-day pricing, and the booking minimum all move with occupancy; memory-care rooms fill first because their 30 beds serve both short-stay and long-term residents.
Costs and Coverage for a Clearfield Short Stay
Short stays at Chancellor Gardens are invoiced per day rather than monthly; Davis County's assisted-living respite range in 2026 sits at roughly $150 to $195, with the memory-care neighborhood above it. The per-day charge exceeds a prorated long-term monthly rate because Chancellor Gardens resets that room at the end of each short stay rather than holding it indefinitely.
Medicare extends no coverage to a Clearfield assisted-living or memory-care booking. The program holds one narrow provision mentioning respite, but it covers only a brief inpatient admission for patients already in an active hospice program, an entirely unrelated situation. Utah Medicaid waivers fund qualifying long-term placements rather than short private bookings in Clearfield. Veterans' aid programs and certain long-term-care policies can sometimes reduce the out-of-pocket cost; confirming both before the stay begins is worthwhile.
Availability and Clearfield's Senior Population
About 7.6 percent of Clearfield's 33,000 residents, close to 2,500 people, are 65 or older, a smaller share than the national average. Post-discharge requests from Holy Cross Hospital - Davis five miles south compress room availability at Chancellor Gardens around busier surgical periods, so earlier outreach is more reliable than a same-week call.
Why Clearfield Families Book a Short Stay
A stay at Chancellor Gardens keeps an older adult in south Davis County, reachable for weekday family visits without a cross-county drive. A caregiver gets a genuine break knowing that meals, medications, and overnight supervision at Chancellor Gardens run without a gap. For someone stepping down from a Holy Cross Hospital - Davis discharge, the campus provides a structured bridge before home is ready. A week or two at Chancellor Gardens gives a family direct data about meals, staff, and daily pace that a tour cannot, and short stays not infrequently convert to permanent moves when the experience settles the decision.
Getting the Current Picture for Clearfield
Chancellor Gardens is Clearfield's one local short-stay address; what matters is whether the right room is open on specific dates, at what daily rate, and under which booking minimum. A local advisor tracks those specifics week by week, which is most valuable when a Holy Cross Hospital - Davis discharge has already fixed the timeline.
Get in touch to confirm current availability and pricing at Chancellor Gardens before Clearfield dates are set.
