Find Senior Living & Care in Marinette, WI

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11,115

Population of Marinette

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2,192

Residents aged 65 and older in Marinette

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26

Senior Living & Care Options in Marinette

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$5,793/Month

Average cost of Senior Living & Care in the area.

Marinette, with a population of 11,115, is home to 2,192 residents aged 65 and older. The city offers 26 senior living and care options. The average monthly cost of senior living & care in the area is $5,793.

In Marinette, WI, the calendar does a good share of the planning. NOAA keeps a weather station here. Over the 1991 to 2020 period, its climate normals put the average January low at 9.5°F, with July's average high at 79.6°F. So January nights sink into the single digits, and July days peak just short of 80°F.

For senior living in Marinette, WI, that splits the year into indoor months and outdoor ones. Summer belongs to the water. The City keeps five boat landings: Stephenson Island, Boom Landing, Sixth Street, Menekaunee Harbor, and Red Arrow Park. With that many, a morning on the water never hangs on one ramp.

Summer has brought the Logging and Heritage Festival, a nonprofit event run by volunteers. For 2026, the City's listing named live music, logging demonstrations, a car show, and a parade. It's a chance to be outside with neighbors while the weather is warm.

Winter has gatherings of its own. Each year in early December, the City holds a Christmas celebration at the Rec Center, with crafts, games, holiday entertainment, and a Christmas Parade. In colder weeks, card tables and exercise groups at the City's Senior Center fill in the calendar, as one of the questions below explains.

The Census lists Marinette, WI, in Marinette County and in no other county. So the county programs on this page, from rides to dementia help, are the ones that serve the city.

Medicare's hospital data places Aurora Medical Center Bay Area on University Drive in Marinette, WI. Medicare calls it an acute care hospital and records that it has emergency services. In daily life, that means a hospital equipped for a sudden illness or injury. Aurora says the emergency department there never closes, holidays included, and that it serves people across Northeastern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. So emergency care on a January night or a summer holiday has a Marinette, WI, address.

The listings below sort senior living communities in Marinette, WI, by care type, from help at home to skilled nursing. Every provider appears, and you can browse without signing in. Reading the sections in order shows how each kind of care adds to the one before.

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Marinette, WI at a Glance

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NOAA normals in Marinette, WI: January low 9.5°F, July high 79.6°F.
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The City's Senior Center welcomes members age 50 and older.
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Marinette County Elderly Services runs door-to-door rides for older adults.
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Five City boat landings, from Stephenson Island to Menekaunee Harbor.

Assisted Living in Marinette, Wisconsin

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Assisted living in Marinette, WI, gives each resident a private apartment or room plus personal care each day. Aides help with bathing, dressing, and medicines, following a care plan made for each resident. Independent living leaves that hands-on help out. A nursing home adds more, with licensed nurses giving medical care every day. In Wisconsin, one licensed type of assisted living is the CBRF. State rules limit when a CBRF can ask a resident to leave against their wishes. It may do so only for reasons the rule lists. It must give 30 days' notice in writing, explain why, and lay out the alternatives. It must also help with the move. If a notice arrives, the resident or a legal representative has 10 days to ask DHS, the state's Department of Health Services, to review it. No one may pressure them to skip that step. Keeping the notice and writing down the date it came makes that request easier. Before signing, it's sensible to ask a CBRF to walk through its reasons and notice process for asking someone to move. That way, the 10-day window won't come as a surprise. While visiting, try asking how a care plan gets updated after a hospital stay. It's useful to know how many staff stay awake overnight. Ask for the monthly rate in writing, along with anything that would raise it. You might also ask how residents keep moving indoors from December to March. Sitting down for lunch during a visit shows a lot about ordinary daily life there, too. Whether the community drives residents to appointments and to outings around Marinette, WI, is another good question. Notes on the first month after move-in, including who checks on a newcomer and how often, round out the picture. It's good to hear how the staff in Marinette, WI, adjust when a resident starts needing more help over time. Laid side by side, the answers from the assisted living communities below show where care and cost part ways. The average price of care for Assisted Living in the area is $5,335 - $5,665 per month.
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Memory Care in Marinette, Wisconsin

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Memory care in Marinette, WI, is the branch of assisted living that serves people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Trained staff keep each day on a steady, familiar routine. Activities fit people whose memory is changing. Many communities add secured doors or an enclosed outdoor area, but features vary. That extra layer tends to raise the monthly cost, and a person whose memory loss is still mild might not need it yet. Some CBRFs use delayed-egress locks, which hold a door shut for a short time before it opens. DHS has to approve them first. The building needs a supervised automatic fire sprinkler system and fire detection. A sign beside the lock must say how to open the door. The CBRF must also show that residents at risk of leaving unsafely, because of dementia or a similar condition, need the locks. That sign is easy to spot on a tour, and it's fair to ask to see the DHS approval. Closer to home, the ADRC of Marinette County has a Dementia Care Specialist, part of the Dementia-Capable Wisconsin Initiative. Anyone touched by dementia, at any age, can contact the specialist. Help includes supportive care, cognitive screens, links to support groups, and care planning. Project Lifesaver helps adults and children who wander because of Alzheimer's and related conditions. It now covers all of Marinette County, through the sheriff's departments and a volunteer search and rescue group. On a visit, it helps to hear how staff calm late-afternoon restlessness. Ask how often their dementia training is refreshed and how relatives are kept in the loop. You could also learn which changes would prompt talk of a different setting. Bringing a one-page life story, with favorite songs, foods, and daily habits, gives staff a head start on planning a resident's days. An afternoon spent at each of the memory care communities below shows how dementia care in Marinette, WI, works hour by hour.
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Long Term Care & Skilled Nursing in Marinette, Wisconsin

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Nursing homes in Marinette, WI, provide skilled nursing, which is the highest level of medical care in this guide. Licensed nurses are on hand every day, and therapists work on recovery. People usually come for rehabilitation after surgery, or because a long-term health condition calls for nursing attention each day. By contrast, assisted living and memory care in Marinette, WI, are built around everyday routines and supervision. That medical staffing is the main reason nursing home care tends to cost more. Medicare's Care Compare lets you search each nursing home by name before a visit. On the tour, learn how often therapists see each resident and how the nursing staff is covered overnight. If a return home is the hope, it's worth hearing who plans it and when that planning starts. Family members usually want a voice in care conferences, so ask how that works. Checking Care Compare first, then calling the skilled nursing options below with those questions, keeps the search in Marinette, WI, on track. The average price of care for Long Term Care in the area is $9,913 - $10,526 per month.
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Home Care in Marinette, Wisconsin

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With home care in Marinette, WI, a caregiver comes to the house at hours you agree on, then helps with whatever the day requires. The visits cover tasks that have started to wear a person down, such as bathing, getting dressed, and keeping medicines on time, often called the activities of daily living. Cooking, laundry, and errands can be part of it, too. It's personal help, not medical treatment, so it suits someone who'd like to stay put but could use another pair of hands. When winter keeps more of the week indoors, a few steady visits can hold a routine together. Help also comes from outside private agencies. Marinette County Elderly Services is a nonprofit that dates to 1974, with its office in Crivitz, WI. It runs programs for older adults all over the county, including people who are homebound. Its nutrition program lists Meals on Wheels deliveries to homes in Marinette, WI. It also lists senior cafes in Crivitz, WI, Goodman, WI, Niagara, WI, and Peshtigo, WI. For equipment, the ADRC of Marinette County runs a Medical Equipment Loan Closet. It lends wheelchairs, walkers, tub seats, canes, and similar items to county residents who are uninsured or underinsured. When you phone an agency in Marinette County, ask how its caregivers are vetted and trained before their first shift. It's smart to find out if one familiar face will come to most visits, and who covers when that person is out. Agencies set different minimum visit lengths, so that's useful to compare. So is how fast hours can grow after a fall. If grocery runs belong in the plan, it helps to settle early whether the caregiver drives, and in whose car. Family updates matter as well, so ask how relatives hear about each visit. You might also want to ask how the agency keeps its schedule steady from December through March. Lining up those answers from each home care agency below shows which one fits a week in Marinette, WI. The average price of Home Health services in the area is $28 - $30 per hour.
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Assisted Living Costs: Wisconsin and Nationwide

Here, Wisconsin's monthly figure for assisted living stands next to the nationwide one.

For every care type, our Wisconsin page lays out typical costs along with the ways families cover them. Look under assisted living, care in a nursing home, help at home, and independent living communities.

Memory care isn't priced out on that page. For memory care questions, Marinette County's ADRC has a Dementia Care Specialist to talk with.

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$5,500
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$5,350

Local Resources for Older Adults in Marinette, WI

These organizations, all serving Marinette, WI, and the wider county, run the programs mentioned above. Schedules and eligibility can change, so the organization itself is the place to confirm them.

  • City of Marinette Senior Center. Cards, games, and exercise groups for members 50 and older, on Ludington Street. Senior Center
  • ADRC of Marinette County. A front door for older adults, adults with disabilities, and the family members who help them. Who We Serve
  • Marinette County Elderly Services Transportation. Door-to-door bus trips and volunteer medical escorts for older county residents. Transportation
  • Marinette County Elderly Services Caregiver Support. Information for caregivers and the Powerful Tools for Caregivers course. Caregiver Support Programs
  • ADRC Dementia Care Specialist. Cognitive screens, care planning, and details on Project Lifesaver. Dementia Care Specialist
  • Marinette County Library Service. Seven branches, with Stephenson Public Library among them. Library Service
  • Wisconsin Ombudsman Coverage Map. Lists which regional ombudsman covers Marinette County. Coverage Map

Frequently Asked Questions

The City of Marinette runs a Senior Center on Ludington Street, and anyone 50 or older can become a member. Its weekly lineup includes bingo, bridge, chess, cribbage, pinochle, sheepshead, and video game bowling. A crafters group knits, crochets, and quilts. In the coldest months, that makes it a warm place to keep a routine.

Exercise is part of the week as well. The Center's Strength and Balance groups mix chair and standing exercises aimed at mobility. Modified dance fitness, yoga, and tai chi classes meet each week, too. The Center also lists movies, live music, speaker programs, and wellness clinics, so its calendar is a good thing to check before a visit.

Marinette County Elderly Services runs a door-to-door rural bus program for older adults across the county. The bus is accessible and handles medical visits, trips to meal programs, personal business, and shopping. Riders book at least 24 hours ahead. Its destinations include Marinette, WI, Crivitz, WI, Peshtigo, WI, and Iron Mountain, MI, and schedules shift with demand.

Within the city itself, medical rides run on select days. For someone who can't use the bus, the Volunteer Medical Escort program sends volunteers in their own cars to medical visits or to pick up prescriptions. Riders must live in Marinette County, be 60 or older, and have no friend or relative to drive them. Booking three working days ahead keeps a ride on the calendar.

Wisconsin's state health department names the ADRC of Marinette County on its list of resource centers. The ADRC serves adults who live in the county. That includes people 60 and older, adults with disabilities, and family caregivers. Staff share confidential information on options, in person at the office on Hall Avenue or by phone.

The general public can contact the ADRC as well, so anyone with a question about someone in the county can get in touch. Regionally, the Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources (GWAAR) calls itself an area agency on aging. GWAAR says its area covers every Wisconsin county and tribe except Dane and Milwaukee Counties.

Finding the best fit starts with narrowing the listings below to a few places that match the care needed. Bring the same questions to each, about care plans, night staffing, and what makes the rate rise. If timing allows, visiting once in a cold month and once in a warm one shows how daily life shifts with the seasons.

Should a worry come up later, a coverage map from the Board on Aging and Long Term Care shows the regional ombudsman assigned to Marinette County. Ombudsmen are assigned by region, with ZIP codes used only in Milwaukee County. So it helps to give the county or the community's name when you call.

Caregivers of anyone 60 or older can lean on the Family Caregiver Support Program from Marinette County Elderly Services. It provides information, learning materials, and support. Its Powerful Tools for Caregivers course runs six weeks. It's open to people caring for a family member or friend. That gives caregivers in Marinette, WI, a local place to learn and ask questions.

For a clearer sense of what living with dementia can feel like, the ADRC of Marinette County offers a dementia simulation experience. It can be brought on site for a family, business, church, or other group. The ADRC's Dementia Care Specialist, described in the memory care section above, is another contact for caregivers.

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Checked Oct. 15, 2026: NOAA climate normals, City boat launches, Logging and Heritage Festival, Christmas celebration, City Senior Center, Red Arrow Park, City Park, Stephenson Island, museums, Census place codes, CMS hospital data, Aurora Medical Center Bay Area, Wisconsin DHS ADRC contacts, ADRC who we serve, ADRC loan closet, ADRC dementia care specialist, GWAAR, Marinette County Elderly Services, nutrition program, transportation, caregiver support, county library service, ombudsman coverage map, ombudsman program, and Wis. Admin. Code ch. DHS 83.