Despite the economy the cost of long-term care has gone up, according to the 2009 MetLife Market Survey of Nursing Home, Assisted Living, Adult Day Services and Home Care Costs. According to the survey, private-room nursing home rates rose 3.3 percent to $219 per day or $79,935 per year, while assisted living also rose 3.3 percent to $3,131 per month. Home healthcare aides now cost an average of $21 per hour, a 5 percent increase, and adult day services run $67 per day, a 4.7 percent increase.
Findings of the study include:
- The highest home healthcare aide rate was $30 per hour in the Rochester, Minn. area, while the lowest was reported in the Shreveport, La. area at $13 per hour.
- For nursing homes, the highest cost for a private room was reported in Alaska ($584/day) while the lowest was in Louisiana ($132/day).
- Assisted living costs were highest in Wilmington, Del. ($5,219/month) and lowest in North Dakota ($2,041/month).
- Adult day services were highest in Vermont at $150 per day and lowest in Montgomery, Ala. at $27 per day.
To download the entire study, click here.
0 Responses
Stay in touch with the conversation, subscribe to the RSS feed for comments on this post.
You must be logged in to post a comment.