Assisted Living in Kansas: A Family Guide

Facts checked September 28, 2026 against official Kansas sources

What assisted living is called in Kansas, what it costs, how Medicaid can help, how to check a community’s license and inspections, and who to call if something goes wrong. Every fact links to the official source.

Licensed by

Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS), Survey, Certification and Credentialing Commission¹

Licensed communities on Lilisity

561 assisted living

Typical cost

$5,975 a month (state median, CareScout 2025)

Long-term care ombudsman

1 (877) 662-8362²

File a complaint

800-842-0078¹

What assisted living is called in Kansas

• Assisted living facilityCares for six or more residents who live in apartments. The facility provides or arranges personal care or supervised nursing care, available 24 hours a day.³
• Residential healthcare facilityLike assisted living, for six or more residents, but residents live in private units that do not need a kitchen.³
• Home plusA small home for up to 12 residents who need personal care and may need nursing oversight.³
• Boarding care homeA home for up to 10 people who can mostly care for themselves but need some supervision with daily activities.³

What assisted living costs in Kansas

The median cost of assisted living in Kansas is $5,975 a month, below the national median of $6,200 (CareScout Cost of Care Survey 2025, collected July to November 2025). Prices vary with the apartment, the level of care and the community, so ask each one for its current rate sheet, including care-level fees.

If more care is needed later: nursing home costs in Kansas, with CareScout medians and the private-pay rates Kansas nursing homes publish.

Plan with our free tools: how long will the money last? and home care or assisted living?

Paying for assisted living in Kansas

Medicare does not pay for assisted living. Families pay from savings and income, long-term care insurance, or benefits such as VA Aid and Attendance (estimate it). Who actually pays for long-term care.

Medicaid. Kansas Medicaid's Frail Elderly (FE) waiver is for people 65 and older who meet the nursing facility threshold and qualify for Medicaid. KDADS says it pays for some, but not all, services for people living in an assisted living facility, residential health care facility, home plus, or boarding care home. To apply, start with the Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC). The state Medicaid agency can confirm whether it pays for services in assisted living. Program: HCBS Frail Elderly (FE) Waiver.⁴ Medicaid does not pay rent or meals in assisted living in any state, and not every community accepts it, so ask each one.

How to check a community in Kansas

Look up a license. Search the KDADS online directory by facility type, including assisted living and residential health care facilities. Each listing links to inspection results and facility details. Search Kansas’s records.⁵

Inspection reports. Inspection results are posted for each facility in the KDADS online adult care home directory. Open the facility and choose Inspection Results and Facility Details.⁵

Lilisity shows Kansas’s inspection record on each community’s page where the state publishes one: the state’s own records, dated and linked to the official source.

Always visit in person, at a mealtime or in the evening if you can. Bring the tour scorecard and the 8 tour questions.

If something goes wrong

Complaints about care or conditions. KDADS takes complaints about adult care homes, including assisted living, on its toll-free complaint hotline, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can also email KDADS.ComplaintHotline@ks.gov, and KDADS posts a facility complaint form. Call 800-842-0078 or file online.¹

Abuse, neglect or exploitation. Call 800-842-0078. How to report.⁶ If someone is in danger, call 911.

The long-term care ombudsman is a free advocate for residents of assisted living and nursing homes: they help resolve problems with a community, including move-out notices. Call 1 (877) 662-8362 or find your local ombudsman.²

Find assisted living in Kansas

Assisted living by city

Every community and county in Kansas

Sources

1. Licensing agency, complaints (kdads.ks.gov)
2. Ombudsman (ombudsman.ks.gov)
3. License types (ksrevisor.org)
4. Medicaid (kdads.ks.gov)
5. License lookup, inspection reports (webapps.kdads.ks.gov)
6. Reporting abuse (kdads.ks.gov)
7. CareScout Cost of Care Survey 2025 (state medians)

Facts checked against these official sources on September 28, 2026. Rules and programs change; confirm with the agency before making a decision. General information, not legal or financial advice.