Kalamazoo is home to more than 76,000 people, 8,000 of whom are seniors aged 65 and over. Seniors in this southwestern Michigan city can enjoy the still-untouched wilderness around town that’s crisscrossed by miles of walking paths lined by trees and surrounded by nearly a dozen wide-open golf courses. Two nationally recognized health systems, Henry Ford and Beaumont, serve the medical needs of residents, and Kalamazoo’s nursing homes provide excellent care, though their cost is somewhat higher than the Michigan state average. A semiprivate room in a nursing care home in the Kalamazoo area averages $10,159 a month, according to the 2020 Genworth Cost of Care Survey.
Nursing homes in Kalamazoo serve area seniors with a high level of supervision that’s only available in a residential senior care facility. Features include medication administration, health monitoring and 24-hour nursing care. The generally high quality of care nursing homes provide comes at a cost. Some may find that assisted living or home health care meet their needs at a lower monthly cost.
This guide provides details about care options in Michigan and lists free and low-cost resources that help seniors in Kalamazoo get by.
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1400 N Drake Rd, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009
3.9
(8 reviews)
"We were very happy with the care that my grandmother received at Friendship Village. She was there for her recovery and the staff are very professional. She didn’t like their food, but I don’t think there was wrong with it. It was pretty basic and th..."
READ MORE1451 BRONSON WAY, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009
4.3
(3 reviews)
"When I visited The Springs at Bronson Place, I was very pleased by the conditions of the facility. The room had a very open and airy feel to it and it was very clean. During my visit, the staff was very friendly and welcoming. I noticed that many of ..."
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3625 W MICHIGAN AVE, Kalamazoo, MI, 49006
4.0
(2 reviews)
"My mom stayed at Heartland Health Care Center. It's very nice and the staff was very nice as well. They did everything we expected, so we were satisfied. She went to rehab -- which she needed -- and it was very beneficial. They have exercising. Mom w..."
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2575 N. Drake Road, Kalamazoo, MI, 49007
2.5
(4 reviews)
"Medilodge of Westwood is very kind and did a lot of work with my mom's PT and OT. They have worked with her even on the weekends for therapy. They were very kind when she would have a setback and get sent back to the hospital, they would take her bac..."
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8290 W C AVE, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009
4.0
(1 reviews)
"This nursing home is good, but could do better. A majority of the staff is polite, though some act careless (for example,walking past a resident that needed help). The general smell of the nursing home is not pleasant. The rooms for the residents,..."
READ MORE1701 S 11TH ST, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009
3.3
(4 reviews)
"I toured this facility with my family and was very impressed with it in general. The facilities were very clean and well maintained, and didn't have the feel of a hospital like many facilities do. The therapy in this facility was very impressive, the..."
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Semiprivate rooms in Kalamazoo cost seniors an average of $10,195 a month. Private rooms cost more, at $10,965.
Nursing home care is more expensive in Kalamazoo than in many other places in both Michigan and the United States generally. Semiprivate rooms in the city area average $10,195 a month for care, while in the rest of Michigan the average is $8,973. The national average cost is $7,756. Even the lowest costs in Michigan are above national averages, such as Battle Creek, where a semiprivate room averages $7,908 a month. Lansing and Detroit are in the upper $8,000s, while Flint and Ann Arbor are in the mid-$9,000s.
Kalamazoo
$10,195
Michigan
$8,973
United States
$7,756
Lansing
$8,973
Flint
$9,353
Ann Arbor
$9,429
Detroit
$8,821
Battle Creek
$7,908
Nursing home care is not always the most appropriate option for aging citizens. Seniors who need less assistance than a nursing home provides may get by at lower costs with a different level of care. Assisted living offers less close supervision, but in Kalamazoo, it averages just $3,950 a month. Likewise, home care and home health care cost an average of $4,481 and $4,576 a month, respectively. Against this, semiprivate rooms in Kalamazoo’s nursing homes cost an average of $10,195 a month, while more private rooms cost $10,965.
Home care
$4,481
Home health care
$4,576
Assisted living
$3,950
Nursing home (semiprivate room)
$10,195
Nursing home (private room)
$10,965
Many seniors and their families use some form of financial assistance to help them pay for nursing care. The main options available are Medicare, Medicaid, and veterans benefits. These programs can be complicated, especially when it comes to benefit terms. Below, we give a brief overview of how these programs may be used towards paying for skilled nursing care.
If these options aren’t available to you, check if your loved one has long-term care insurance or contact your Area Agency on Aging to ask about any local financial assistance programs for seniors.
The resources below help thousands of Kalamazoo-area seniors live as independently as possible, either in their own homes or in residential care communities. Some of the services they offer can help seniors remain safely in their homes, while others are for seniors making the transition into nursing home care.
| Resource | Contact | Service |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Services of Southwest Michigan | (800) 711-2113 | Senior Services of Southwest Michigan is a regional senior support office that offers multiple services for area seniors. Services provided at no cost include telephone reassurance, nursing facility transition support, assisted living waiver applications and referrals, medical alert systems for the home and a pet food bank. Case manager support is also available through the office, which can help seniors find and apply for all of the benefits they are eligible for. |
| Kalamazoo Area Agency on Aging | (269) 373-5173 | The Kalamazoo Agency on Aging Area IIIa serves local seniors with a diverse array of free services. Benefits offered include benefits and bereavement counseling, home-delivered meals, some local transportation services and referrals to government and nonprofit agencies seniors are eligible to apply for benefits from. |
| Kalamazoo Meals on Wheels | (269) 382-0515 | Kalamazoo Meals on Wheels volunteer drivers deliver meals to seniors in their homes once a week. Deliveries are available on shorter notice for emergencies, and pet meals are also provided. The Kalamazoo County Meals on Wheels program also offers free instruction on nutrition and fitness for seniors aged 60 and over. Home repair and disability-related home improvement services are also available through the program. |
| Lakeshore Legal Aid | (888) 783-8190 | Lakeshore Legal Aid offers telephone and in-person consultations for seniors with licensed attorneys and other legal professionals free from cost. Through the society, seniors can get advice and assistance with legal forms, estate planning, care issues and common legal matters relating to medical and residential concerns. |
| The Shepherd's Center of Greater Kalamazoo | (269) 383-1122 | The Shepherd's Center uses local volunteers to help Kalamazoo seniors with personal and medically necessary transportation at no cost. The center also offers free handyman services that include home mobility upgrades and limited repair services for seniors' homes. |
Nursing Homes
Granddaughterinmi
1
Review of MediLodge of Westwood
The rooms are filthy, staff is overworked and messed up medications for my grandma. Her pillow had someone else’s blood marks on it when she arrived! Her draw had old food in it when we arrived!...
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Me
1
Review of MediLodge of Westwood
Two times around the time my mom was there we had employees tell us either that we're glad you're mom went somewhere different or they actually told my mom "you need to go somewhere different"...
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Mary
5
Review of MediLodge of Westwood
Medilodge of Westwood is very kind and did a lot of work with my mom's PT and OT. They have worked with her even on the weekends for therapy. They were very kind when she would have a setback and...
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