Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
County inventory for Cape Girardeau County, Missouri 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 Cape Girardeau County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 8 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Missouri medians + CMS Five-Star.
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Sheet MO-CAPE-GIRARDEAU-MISSOURI · Cape Girardeau, MO
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 8 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 845 beds
- STAR-MID 3.3★ avg
- HH-SMALL 2 HH
- RANK-HIGH #366/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Okaloosa
- AL-MID $5,400/mo
- BOOK-FULL 8/8 NH · 2/2 HH
Photo-finish peer: Okaloosa County, FL (0 NH count).
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 Cape Girardeau County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Cape Girardeau County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 8 nursing homes and 845 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.3/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 Missouri medians: assisted living $5,400/mo, semi-private nursing $6,741/mo, private nursing $7,604/mo, home health aide $6,292/mo, adult day $2,058/mo. Local Cape Girardeau providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Cape Girardeau County break as 2 at 1★, 1 at 3★, 4 at 4★, 1 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (38% of 8 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Lutheran Home, the, Chateau Girardeau, Fountainbleau Lodge. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Cape Girardeau, MO
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 5★
- 2 4★
- 3 4★
- 4 4★
- 5 4★
Nursing Homes in Cape Girardeau County
8 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran Home, the | Cape Girardeau | 5/5 | 274 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Chateau Girardeau | Cape Girardeau | 4/5 | 75 | Non profit - Other |
| Fountainbleau Lodge | Cape Girardeau | 4/5 | 33 | For profit - Corporation |
| Heartland Care and Rehabilitation Center | Cape Girardeau | 4/5 | 102 | For profit - Individual |
| Jackson Manor | Jackson | 4/5 | 90 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Ratliff Care Center | Cape Girardeau | 3/5 | 46 | For profit - Individual |
| Hubble Creek | Jackson | 1/5 | 105 | For profit - Corporation |
| Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau | Cape Girardeau | 1/5 | 120 | For profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Cape Girardeau County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Grace Reliant Health Services, LLC | Cape Girardeau | 3.5 |
| Providence Home Health & Hospice | Cape Girardeau | N/A |
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Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Cape Girardeau County, MO, both outside MO so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Missouri overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (8 here).
Continue on the Missouri elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Missouri 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 Cape Girardeau County.