Assisted Living in Kearney, NE
Kearney has 8 state-licensed assisted living communities. The median cost of assisted living in Nebraska is $6,350 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 8 licensed assisted living communities in Kearney
Every assisted living community Nebraska licenses in Kearney, 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.
8 shown
| Community | Size | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Broadwell Kearney Senior Living617 22nd Ave | Large90 residents | from $4,370/mo |
| Good Samaritan Society - Prairie View Gardens1705 Prairie View Place | Large60 residents | from $3,840/mo |
| Kinship Pointe Northridge5410 17th Ave | Large55 residents | $3,950 to $6,350/moLilisity estimate |
| Brookestone Gardens (Assisted Living)2615 West 11th St | Large54 residents | $3,950 to $6,350/moLilisity estimate |
| Cambridge Court4107 Central Ave | Mid-size48 residents | $3,950 to $6,350/moLilisity estimate |
| Wel-Life at Kearney5616 4th Ave | Mid-size48 residents | $3,950 to $6,350/moLilisity estimate |
| Homestead of Kearney4205 6th Ave | Mid-size44 residents | $3,950 to $6,350/moLilisity estimate |
| Kearney Countryhouse5605 K Ave | Mid-size36 residents | $3,950 to $6,350/moLilisity estimate |
How much does assisted living cost in Kearney?
The median cost of assisted living in Nebraska is $6,350 a month ($76,200 a year), above the national median of $6,200. That’s CareScout’s 2025 survey, collected July to November 2025. 2 Kearney communities publish a starting price on Lilisity, from $3,840 to $4,370 a month. If more care is needed: nursing home costs in Nebraska, 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 Kearney 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 Kearney community’s license
Nebraska 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: dhhs.ne.gov. Ask the community for its most recent inspection report too; they have to keep it.
Kearney assisted living questions
Nebraska licenses 8 assisted living communities in Kearney as of November 2026.
The median cost of assisted living in Nebraska is $6,350 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. Nebraska's Medicaid agency or your local Area Agency on Aging can tell you what's available.
Nebraska publishes its licensing records at dhhs.ne.gov. You can also ask any community for its most recent state inspection report.