Assisted Living, Senior Care & Aging Parents in Nevada

The second least populated state in the Southwest is home to the fewest nursing homes in the region: 51. Six of these have earned the highest rating from Medicare in the “overall” category, as of this writing. Las Vegas and Reno are the only cities of the state’s 10 biggest to host one of these top-rated nursing homes. (Click here for tips on evaluating nursing homes.)

 

Approximate number of facilities:

• Nursing homes: 51
• Assisted living residences: 258*

 

Types of care available:

• Adult day care
• Home care
• Home health-care
• Continuing-care retirement communities
• Residential facilities for groups (including assisted living facilities)
• Residential care homes (homes for individual residential care)
• Nursing homes

 

Estimated average prices:**

• Adult day care: $67 per day
• Home care: $21 per hour
• Home health-care: $22 per hour
• Assisted living: $ 2,951 per month
• Nursing home, semi-private room: $208 per day
• Nursing home, private room: $231 per day

 

State websites for seniors:

• Senior Citizens Law Project
• Health department licensure and certification programs
• Residential facilities for groups: general provisions

 

Where to report elder abuse:

• In domestic/community care: 1-800-652-1999
• In nursing homes: 1-800-652-1999

 

Financial assistance (partial list):

• Medical assistance programs (including Medicaid)
• State Health Insurance Assistance Program

 

Top-10 largest cities:

• Las Vegas
• Reno
• Henderson
• North Las Vegas
• Sparks
• Carson City
• Elko
• Boulder City
• Mesquite
• Fallon

 

Top nursing homes, based on Medicare ratings:***

 

Battle Mountain
Battle Mountain General Hospital

 

Caliente
Grover C. Dils Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility

 

Las Vegas
Caremeridian

 

Reno
Rosewood Rehabilitation Center

 

Winnemuca
Harmony Manor Humboldt General Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility

 

Yerington
South Lyon Medical Center

 

*Assisted-living residence numbers are from the Department of Health and Human Services’ 2007 Residential Care and Assisted Living Compendium. According to the National Center for Assisted Living, this is the industry’s only resource for such data. Depending on the state, the number may or may not include small residential-care homes, such as adult foster care.

**Senior-care price estimates are based on the 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs, which reports average rates,and the Genworth 2011 Cost of Care Survey, which reports median rates.

***Medicare rates nursing homes in four categories using a five-star system. These are the nursing homes with five stars in the “Overall” category. The ratings were accessed on Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare site in November or December 2011 and are subject to change. The Medicare ratings system isn’t perfect, so use additional criteria to evaluate nursing homes as well.