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Alger County, Michigan

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County inventory for Alger County, Michigan is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. CMS star-quality signature

Rated homes in Alger County average 1.0 CMS stars (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 1 nursing home - 90 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Michigan medians.

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County care plate

Sheet MI-ALGER-MICHIGAN · Alger, MI

NH-ONE · BEDS-FEW · STAR-WEAK · HH-NONE · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-ONE 1 home
  • BEDS-FEW 90 beds
  • STAR-WEAK 1.0★ avg
  • HH-NONE 0 agencies
  • RANK-MID #2,014/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,818/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 1/1 NH · 0 HH

Stamps lead with CMS star-quality tercile (low) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What weaker CMS stars show for Alger County

CMS star quality runs softer in Alger County: rated homes average 1.0/5 (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 1 nursing home and 90 licensed beds.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Michigan medians run assisted living $5,818/mo, semi-private nursing $11,254/mo, private nursing $11,969/mo, home health aide $6,626/mo, adult day $3,250/mo. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts run softer here (1 at 1★). Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (100% of 1 homes). Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.

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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$5,818
Assisted Living / mo
$11,254
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$6,626
Home Care / mo
1.0
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Alger County

1 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Medilodge of Munising Munising 1/5 90 For profit - Corporation

Read next when stars run softer

Read CMS stars with Alger County's 1.0 average
Thin-book context for Alger: How inspection, staffing, and quality measures combine when the county mean sits below 3★.
Choosing among 1 Alger County homes
Softer-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Nursing home vs assisted living near Alger
Sparse home-health path: Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Alger County planning
Sparse home-health path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Michigan elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Michigan state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).

Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Alger County.