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Alpena County, Michigan

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County inventory for Alpena 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. Home-health agency signature

2 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Alpena County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 2 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Michigan medians + CMS Five-Star.

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Sheet MI-ALPENA-MICHIGAN · Alpena, MI

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

  • NH-ONE 2 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 171 beds
  • STAR-HIGH 5.0★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 2 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,385/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,818/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 2/2 HH

Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What a dense home-health map shows for Alpena County

Home-health coverage is the standout for Alpena County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 2 nursing homes and 171 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 5.0/5 on rated homes.

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 skew stronger here (2 at 5★). Ownership leans For profit - Individual (50% of 2 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Medilodge of Alpena, Medilodge of Green View. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.

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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
5.0
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Alpena County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Medilodge of Alpena Alpena 5/5 132 For profit - Individual
Medilodge of Green View Alpena 5/5 39 For profit - Corporation

Home Health Agencies in Alpena County

Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.

Agency City Quality Rating
Mymichigan Home Care Northern Michigan Alpena 3.5
Ascension at Home Alpena N/A

Read next for home-health-dense Alpena

Decode Five-Star for Alpena County homes
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Choosing among 2 Alpena County homes
Higher-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Nursing home vs assisted living near Alpena
Home-health-dense path: Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Alpena County planning
Home-health-dense 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 Alpena County.