Assisted Living in West Virginia

Assisted living facilities in West Virginia can provide care to four or more residents at a time in a homelike environment. Staff at these communities provide personal care services and supervision to individuals who require assistance with their activities of daily living (ADLs), like bathing and dressing. These communities may also provide some nursing services to current residents who grow to need such care. The average cost of assisted living in West Virginia is around $4,600 per month, according to A Place for Mom’s internal data on our partners in the state.

The approximate monthly cost of assisted living in West Virginia ranges from $2,700 to $6,300, according to A Place for Mom’s proprietary data.^[01] These costs incorporate the cost of rent, care services, and amenities. It’s based on what referred families actually paid at our partnering assisted living facilities in West Virginia.

Assisted living in West Virginia is roughly $500 more affordable per month when compared to the national average cost of assisted living. However, the price sometimes greatly varies depending on factors like location, floor plan, and available amenities. In West Virginia, seniors can find surprisingly affordable communities offering quality care, services, and amenities. And, seniors and their families can find ways to save, with programs like Medicaid and Medicare, some of which we’ve highlighted below.

Seniors and their families can utilize a variety of payment methods to cover assisted living costs in West Virginia. We recommend planning as soon as you can, because more time enables your family to research and identify the best payment plan options. Most families combine private and public sources to pay for assisted living. In this section, you’ll find potential funding options and resources. You can also check out our guide to paying for long-term care for another overview of the funding options most utilized by residents at our partner facilities.

In West Virginia, assisted living facilities are commonly referred to as assisted living residences (ALRs). These facilities are regulated and licensed by the Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification at the Department of Health and Human Resources.

To qualify as an assisted living residence in West Virginia, a facility must provide housing, personal care services, supervision, and some skilled nursing services to four or more residents. If a facility provides care to 4-16 residents, it’s considered a small assisted living residence. And, if a facility provides care to 17 or more residents, it’s considered a large assisted living residence.^[05]

Assisted living residences undergo an initial inspection before licensure. Thereafter, facilities are inspected on a yearly basis. You can find an assisted living residence’s most recent inspection report using the Office of Health Facility’s Licensure and Certification’s Health Care Facility Lookup.

Inspection reports of assisted living facilities in West Virginia contain information pertaining to the following:

• Date of inspection
• Reason for inspection
• Deficiencies found
• Provided plan of correction
• Date deficiencies were cleared

Accessing assisted living records in West Virginia

We developed a system to rate each state on how easy — or difficult — it is to find important assisted living records and reports, and compiled tips to help you in your search.

States with the most transparent records allow you to look up important information about each assisted living facility online, including inspections, complaints, survey results, violations, capacity, and whether the facility accepts Medicaid.

Access to West Virginia assisted living records: Exceptional

Public access to assisted living records and reports for the state of West Virginia is exceptional. Key findings that informed this rating include:

• Assisted living records in West Virginia are highly transparent, having met all but one of the transparency criteria.
• West Virginia has one of the best websites for researching assisted living records.

How to look up West Virginia assisted living licenses and records

• You can confirm a community is licensed online on West Virginia’s Health Care Facility Lookup page.
• Under “Facility Type,” choose “Assisted Living Residence.”
• Providers can be searched by name, county, and city.

How we arrived at our West Virginia rating

We developed a standard methodology for state data collection and evaluation, and we based our rating primarily on the objective, state-specific accessibility criteria outlined in these questions:

1. Are licensed assisted living communities listed online in any form? Yes
2. If Yes to #1, is the information updated frequently? Yes
3. If Yes to #1, is the list of licensed communities searchable? Yes
4. Does the state post inspections, complaints, survey results, or violations online? Yes
5. If Yes to #4, is the information updated frequently (within 90 days)? Yes
6. If Yes to #2 and #4, is the enforcement information included in the same place as licensed communities? Yes
7. If Yes to #4 and No to #6, are violations and inspections searchable at all? Yes
8. Is information about special licensing for care shown? Yes
9. Is capacity shown? Yes
10. Are payment types shown (e.g., Medicaid, private pay)? Yes
11. Is the administrator/contact name shown? Yes
12. Can the state fine a facility? Yes
13. What is the frequency of inspections? Every 12 months
14. Does the website include pricing of facilities? No