Perry runs both care levels from a twenty-bed house, which distinguishes it from the other small Shiawassee County towns. Divine Nest of Perry on East First Street splits its beds evenly, ten to assisted living and ten to a secured memory-care setting, so a resident whose memory is intact and one whose memory has changed can both be accommodated at the same address.
Shiawassee County counts about 14,200 residents past 65, and its population sits in a string of small towns rather than one centre, which is why a village at the southern end can support a house of this size.
What Divine Nest of Perry Covers
The house provides two of the four standard care levels, divided down the middle.
- Independent Living: Not available in the village, so households at that stage stay in their own houses, which a flat compact town on the county's southern edge keeps manageable for years.
- Assisted Living: Ten beds at $3,500 a month, one of the lower figures anywhere in Michigan and well under the Lansing market half an hour west.
- Memory Care: Ten secured beds at $4,800, giving the village as much secured capacity as it has assisted living.
- Skilled Nursing: Not carried in the village; nursing care starts on a hospital ward and is arranged there.
An even split at twenty beds is uncommon, and its practical value is that a change in memory does not automatically mean a change of building.
Healthcare Access in Perry
The county hospital sits in Owosso and is larger than the population would predict. Memorial Healthcare stayed independent and not-for-profit, runs 161 beds across more than thirty specialties, and employs close to 1,500 people, which makes it the biggest employer in Shiawassee County.
Upward of 25,000 emergency patients pass through each year, and its neuroscience institute handles outpatient neurology and multiple sclerosis work. Perry sits at the southern end of the county, which puts the Lansing hospitals within reach as well, including the region's only Level I trauma verification.
What Perry Pricing Looks Like
In 2026 Divine Nest of Perry asks $3,500 monthly for assisted living and $4,800 for a secured memory-care room, a step of $1,300.
Both figures undercut Lansing comfortably and sit below the Durand house at the county's other southern corner, where assisted living is $4,500 and memory care $5,371. For a household choosing between the two Shiawassee villages, Perry is the cheaper answer at both levels.
Why Families Choose Perry
Memorial Park sits downtown at Main and Dolbeer and serves as the Main Street trailhead for the Silver Lake Trail, which puts a surfaced walking route at the centre of the village rather than out at its edge.
Perry Village Park adds a half-mile paved oval with a marked bike lane alongside courts and a playground, and a flat measured loop of that kind is precisely what suits somebody walking daily for their health rather than for recreation.
What a Local Advisor Brings to Perry
Ten beds on each side of a small house means the question is always which half has room. A Local Senior Advisor covering Shiawassee County answers that within the day, holds the Durand and Owosso options alongside when neither side is free, and can explain what the MI Choice waiver contributes and what remains a private cost.
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