What senior care costs in Arizona

Last verified: October 2026

How much does assisted living cost in Arizona?

CareScout's 2025 Cost of Care Survey puts Arizona's median for an assisted living community at $74,220 a year, about $6,185 a month. That is a statewide median; CareScout's published Arizona release gives no separate Tucson figure.

Half of Arizona communities charge more and half less. In Tucson, the published number is a starting point for comparing written quotes, not a price you should expect any one building to match.

Sources: CareScout 2025 Cost of Care, Arizona.

What do nursing homes and home care cost in Arizona?

In the same 2025 survey a semi-private nursing home room in Arizona has a median of $100,375 a year (about $275 a day) and a private room $137,240 (about $376 a day); a non-medical home caregiver for 44 hours a week costs a median $86,944 a year, about $38 an hour.

Adult day health care has a median of $24,700 a year for five days a week, roughly $95 a day. Those figures make adult day one of the least expensive ways to cover weekday supervision for a parent who lives with family.

What does memory care cost in Tucson?

No primary source publishes a memory-care median for Arizona or Tucson, because CareScout does not survey memory care as its own category; directed care usually costs more than assisted living at the personal care level, but by how much depends on the building.

Ask each community for its directed care rate sheet in writing, including any one-time community fee and what triggers a move to a higher level. Our advisors can collect those sheets for you so you compare like with like.

Why do Tucson quotes vary so much?

Quotes vary with the size of the room, the service level, the amount of hands-on care in the service plan, and whether the facility is a ten-bed home quoting one inclusive rate or a center charging base rent plus care fees.

When comparing, ask each place for the total monthly cost at your parent's current care level and at the next level up, plus the notice it gives before a rate increase. Arizona's rules require the residency agreement to list services included and services available for an extra fee.

How does Arizona compare with the national figures?

Arizona's 2025 assisted living median of about $74,000 a year and semi-private nursing home median of about $100,000 are CareScout's state figures; compare them with national figures only from the same survey year and source, because methods differ between surveys.

For budgeting, use the state numbers to size the problem, then replace them with real quotes as soon as you have a short list.

Arizona 2025 medians (CareScout)