Assisted Living in Cape Girardeau, MO
Cape Girardeau has 9 state-licensed assisted living communities. The median cost of assisted living in Missouri is $5,400 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 9 licensed assisted living communities in Cape Girardeau
Every assisted living community Missouri licenses in Cape Girardeau, 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.
9 shown
| Community | Size | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Lutheran Home Assisted Living2825 Bloomfield Rd | Large115 residents | $3,350 to $5,400/moLilisity estimate |
| Newbridge Retirement Communitymemory care1205 S Mount Auburn Rd | Large94 residents | $3,350 to $5,400/moLilisity estimate |
| Chateau Girardeau (Independent Living and Assisted Living and Memory Care and Continuing Care)memory care3120 Independence St | Large62 residents | $3,350 to $5,400/moLilisity estimate |
| Barnabas Acres210 Franks Ln | Large56 residents | $3,350 to $5,400/moLilisity estimate |
| Fountainbleau Lodge (Assisted Living)2001 North Kingshighway | Large56 residents | $3,350 to $5,400/moLilisity estimate |
| Capetown Assisted Livingmemory care2857 Cape Lacroix Rd | Large53 residents | $3,350 to $5,400/moLilisity estimate |
| Auburn Creek Assisted Livingmemory care2910 Beaver Creek Dr | Mid-size48 residents | from $4,350/mo |
| Maple Crest Manor430 North Frederick Street | Mid-size48 residents | $3,350 to $5,400/moLilisity estimate |
| Frederick Street Manor429 North Frederick Street | Mid-size32 residents | $3,350 to $5,400/moLilisity estimate |
How much does assisted living cost in Cape Girardeau?
The median cost of assisted living in Missouri is $5,400 a month ($64,800 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 Missouri, 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 Cape Girardeau 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 Cape Girardeau community’s license
Missouri 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: data.mo.gov. Ask the community for its most recent inspection report too; they have to keep it.
Cape Girardeau assisted living questions
Missouri licenses 9 assisted living communities in Cape Girardeau as of November 2026.
The median cost of assisted living in Missouri is $5,400 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. Missouri's Medicaid agency or your local Area Agency on Aging can tell you what's available.
Missouri publishes its licensing records at data.mo.gov. You can also ask any community for its most recent state inspection report.