Wyoming Elderly & Nursing Home Care Centers

With fewer than 600,000 people, Wyoming is the least-populated state in the nation. So it follows that it has the fewest nursing homes in the Northwest. It also has the second fewest assisted living residences in the country. But Wyoming rates tops in one category: Twenty-four percent of its nursing homes boast a five-star overall rating from Medicare, as of this writing. That’s the highest percentage in the Northwest. On the down side, Wyoming also has some of the highest assisted living prices in the region.

 

Approximate number of facilities:

• Nursing homes: 38
• Assisted living residences: 35*

 

Types of care available:

• Adult day care
• In-home care
• Home health-care
• Continuing-care retirement communities
• Assisted living facilities (including boarding homes)
• Residential care homes (adult foster homes)
• Nursing homes

 

Estimated average prices:**

• Adult day care: $68 per day
• Home care: $21 per hour
• Home health-care: $22 per hour
• Assisted living: $ 3,405 per month
• Nursing home, semi-private room: $193 per day
• Nursing home, private room: $209 per day

 

State websites for seniors:

• Department of Health: aging services
• Office of Healthcare Licensing and Surveys
• Rules for Program Administration of Assisted Living Facilities (PDF download)
• Rules and Regulations for Licensure of Assisted Living Facilities (PDF download)

 

Where to report elder abuse:

• In domestic/community care: 1-800-457-3659
• In nursing homes:

 

Financial assistance (partial list):

• Medicaid

 

Top-10 largest cities:

• Cheyenne
• Casper
• Laramie
• Gillette
• Rock Springs
• Sheridan
• Green River
• Evanston
• Riverton
• Cody

 

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

 

Afton
Star Valley Care Center

 

Basin
Wyoming Retirement Center

 

Cheyenne
Life Care Center of Cheyenne

 

Cody
West Park Long Term Care Center

 

Jackson
St. John’s Nursing Home

 

Laramie
Ivinson Memorial Hospital Extended Care Facility

 

Newcastle
Weston County Health Services

 

Powell
Powell Valley Care Center

 

Sheridan
Sheridan Manor

 

*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.