Assisted Living in Bowling Green, KY
Bowling Green has 10 state-licensed assisted living communities. The median cost of assisted living in Kentucky is $5,528 a month (CareScout 2025), against $6,200 nationally.
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Choosing Assisted Living
A practical guide for families, with checklists to take on your tours.
- What assisted living costs and the ways to pay
- Signs it may be time
- Tour checklists to print and take with you
- What residents and families told us matters most
All 10 licensed assisted living communities in Bowling Green
Every assisted living community Kentucky licenses in Bowling Green, from state records. Being listed is not a rating: Lilisity scores only communities with verified interviews (the Top Communities). Communities with verified testimonials are listed first, then by size.
10 shown
| Community | Size | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Charter Senior Living of Bowling Green445 Middle Bridge Road | Large137 residents | from $3,400/mo |
| Fern Terrace of Bowling Green1030 Shive Lane | Large114 residents | $3,450 to $5,550/moLilisity estimate |
| Arcadia Senior Living of Bowling Greenmemory care618 Lovers Lane | Large87 residents | $3,450 to $5,550/moLilisity estimate |
| Chandler Park Assisted Living2643 Chandler Drive | Large61 residents | $3,450 to $5,550/moLilisity estimate |
| Bridge Point at Village Manor, Westen Street1800 Westen Street | Large54 residents | $3,450 to $5,550/moLilisity estimate |
| The Bungalows of Bowling Green981 Campbell Lane | Mid-size42 residents | $3,450 to $5,550/moLilisity estimate |
| Massey Springs Senior Living2945 Smallhouse Road | Mid-size34 residents | $3,450 to $5,550/moLilisity estimate |
| Cardinal Landing Memory Carememory care1310 Campbell Lane | Mid-size31 residents | $3,450 to $5,550/moLilisity estimate |
| Bridge Point at Village Manor, Western Streetmemory care1800 Western Street | Mid-size20 residents | $3,450 to $5,550/moLilisity estimate |
| Massey Springs / the Havenmemory care2945 Smallhouse Road | Mid-size18 residents | $3,450 to $5,550/moLilisity estimate |
Independent living in Bowling Green
Also in Bowling Green: 3 independent living, life plan and 55+ communities in Bowling Green and 3 income-restricted senior apartment buildings. 1 of them come from public records; independent living is usually not licensed by the state.
How much does assisted living cost in Bowling Green?
The median cost of assisted living in Kentucky is $5,528 a month ($66,336 a year), below the national median of $6,200. That’s CareScout’s 2025 survey, collected July to November 2025. If more care is needed: nursing home costs in Kentucky, with CareScout medians and the private-pay rates nursing homes publish.
Medicare does not pay for assisted living. People pay from savings and income, long-term care insurance, or VA Aid and Attendance (up to $29,093 a year for a veteran in 2026), and some qualify for Medicaid help with care costs at communities that accept it. Who actually pays for long-term care.
Free tools: how long will the money last? · home care or assisted living? · VA Aid and Attendance estimator
Three questions to ask on every Bowling Green tour
From about 23,000 concerns residents and families raised in Senior Living Alliance phone interviews, the most common are about dining, housekeeping and hearing back from management.
- Can I come back and eat a meal here, unannounced?Dining was 23% of all concerns: quality that changes day to day.
- How is laundry labeled and tracked, and what happens when something goes missing?Housekeeping was 17%.
- Who is my main contact, and how often will I hear from them?Communication with management was 15%.
All 8 tour questions, with a free printable tour card (PDF).
Check a Bowling Green community’s license
Kentucky publishes licensing records, and in most cases inspection or complaint reports, for every community on this page. Look up any community on the state’s site: chfs.ky.gov. Ask the community for its most recent inspection report too; they have to keep it.
Bowling Green assisted living questions
Kentucky licenses 10 assisted living communities in Bowling Green as of November 2026.
The median cost of assisted living in Kentucky is $5,528 a month (CareScout 2025), compared with $6,200 nationally. Prices vary with the room, the level of care and the community, so ask each one for its current rate sheet. The table on this page shows each community's published price or a Lilisity estimate where we have one, and our free guide lists the questions to ask about cost.
Medicaid doesn't pay rent or meals in assisted living. Most states offer a Medicaid waiver or program that can pay for care services at participating communities for people who qualify; not every community takes it, so ask each one. Kentucky's Medicaid agency or your local Area Agency on Aging can tell you what's available.
Kentucky publishes its licensing records at chfs.ky.gov. You can also ask any community for its most recent state inspection report.