Howard County, Missouri
County inventory for Howard 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. Nursing-home inventory signature
1 nursing home keep Howard County in the lower nursing-home inventory tercile (≤2 homes) - 59 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Missouri cost medians, CMS Five-Star averages.
County care plate
Sheet MO-HOWARD-MISSOURI · Howard, MO
NH-ONE · BEDS-FEW · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-TAIL · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-ONE 1 home
- BEDS-FEW 59 beds
- STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
- HH-SMALL 1 HH
- RANK-TAIL #2,368/2,851
- PHOTO-NONE No peer
- AL-MID $5,400/mo
- BOOK-FULL 1/1 NH · 1/1 HH
Stamps lead with nursing-home inventory tercile (low) plus licensed beds, Five-Star county average, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians, not a generic peer board.
What a thin nursing-home book shows for Howard County
Howard County, Missouri sits in the lower nursing-home inventory tercile with 1 nursing home and 59 licensed beds - a thinner CMS book than most U.S. counties. Rated facility averages 3.0/5 (0 at 4★+, 0 at 1–2★). Home Health Compare still maps 1 agency here.
With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Missouri medians run 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. Verify rates with the named homes below.
Star counts across Howard County break as 1 at 3★. Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (100% of 1 homes). 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.
Nursing Homes in Howard County
1 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Gardens | Glasgow | 3/5 | 59 | For profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Howard County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Hometown Homecare | Fayette | 4.0 |
Read next for a thin Howard inventory
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 Howard County.