Assisted Living in Saginaw, MI
Saginaw has 10 state-licensed assisted living communities. The median cost of assisted living in Michigan is $5,818 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 Saginaw
Every assisted living community Michigan licenses in Saginaw, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Swanhaven Manor300 Kennely Rd. | Large150 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| Shattuck Manor5935 Shattuck Road | Large126 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| Wescourt4141 McCarty Road | Large120 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| Traditions of Saginaw - West5155 McCarty Road | Large100 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| McBrite Manor2825 Wieneke Road | Large98 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| Traditions of Saginaw - Mainmemory care3785 North Center Road | Large93 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| Community Village3200 Hospital Rd | Large90 residents | from $2,500/mo |
| Saginaw Bickford Cottagememory care5275 Mackinaw Rd. | Large71 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| Edgewood Assisted Living Centermemory care4850 Gratiot Road | Large70 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| Shields Comfort Care Assisted Livingmemory care9140 Gratiot | Large65 residents | from $3,850/mo |
How much does assisted living cost in Saginaw?
The median cost of assisted living in Michigan is $5,818 a month ($69,816 a year), below the national median of $6,200. That’s CareScout’s 2025 survey, collected July to November 2025. 2 Saginaw communities publish a starting price on Lilisity, from $2,500 to $3,850 a month. If more care is needed: nursing home costs in Michigan, 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 Saginaw 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 Saginaw community’s license
Michigan 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: michigan.gov. Ask the community for its most recent inspection report too; they have to keep it.
Saginaw assisted living questions
Michigan licenses 10 assisted living communities in Saginaw as of November 2026.
The median cost of assisted living in Michigan is $5,818 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. Michigan's Medicaid agency or your local Area Agency on Aging can tell you what's available.
Michigan publishes its licensing records at michigan.gov. You can also ask any community for its most recent state inspection report.