(Inner Harbor in Baltimore) 15. Maryland--Average Annual LTC Cost: $60,305 // Adult day care: $2,150 // Licensed home care: $52,281 // Assisted living: $49,800 // Nursing home (private room): $118,990
(Prospect Terrace Park in Providence, RI) 14. Rhode Island--Average Annual LTC Cost: $60,789 // Adult day care: $19,500 // Licensed home care: $57,772 // Assisted living: $61,860 // Nursing home (private room): $104,025
(Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles) 13. California--Average Annual LTC Cost: $61,239 // Adult day care: $20,020 // Licensed home care: $57,200 // Assisted living: $51,300 // Nursing home (private room): $116,435
(Seattle Seahawk fans cheering. Photo: AP) 12. Washington--Average Annual LTC Cost: $61,704 // Adult day care: $16,900 // Licensed home care: $60,632 // Assisted living: $55,920 // Nursing home (private room): $113,362
(Skier on the slopes at a Killington, Vermont, resort. Photo: AP) 11. Vermont--Average Annual LTC Cost: $63,139 // Adult day care: $34,320 // Licensed home care: $57,200 // Assisted living: $49,527 // Nursing home (private room): $111,508
(State capitol in Bismarck, ND. Photo: AP) 10. North Dakota--Average Annual LTC Cost: $64,010 // Adult day care: $25,480 // Licensed home care: $63,972 // Assisted living: $36,219 // Nursing home (private room): $130,367
(Lobster boats in Portland) 9. Maine--Average Annual LTC Cost: $64,423 // Adult day care: $28,080 // Licensed home care: $53,768 // Assisted living: $58,680 // Nursing home (private room): $117,165
(Times Square in New York) 8. New York-Average Annual LTC Cost: $65,852 // Adult day care: $20,800 // Licensed home care: $54,340 // Assisted living: $47,850 Nursing home (private room): $140,416
(The Corbin Covered Bridge in Newport, New Hampshire. Photo: AP) 7. New Hampshire--Average Annual LTC Cost: $66,044; Adult day care: $18,720; Licensed home care: $60,357 // Assisted living: $58,260 // Nursing home (private room): $126,838
(Old Capitol Building in Dover.) 6. Delaware--Average Annual LTC Cost: $68,472 // Adult day care: $18,850 // Licensed home care: $50,908 // Assisted living: $72,180 // Nursing home (private room): $131,948
(Boat on Atlantic City beach) 5. New Jersey--Average Annual LTC Cost: $68,833 // Adult day care: $23,400 // Licensed home care: $52,624 // Assisted living: $69,732 // Nursing home (private room): $129,575
(Waikiki shoreline in Honolulu.) 4. Hawaii--Average Annual LTC Cost: $71,820 // Adult day care: $18,200 // Licensed home care: $59,488; Assisted living: $51,000 // Nursing home (private room): $158,593
(A statue of the Spirit of Victory in Bushnell Park in Hartford. Photo: AP) 3. Connecticut--Average Annual LTC Cost: $72,671 // Adult day care: $20,800 // Licensed home care: $52,624 // Assisted living: $55,200 // Nursing home (private room): $162,060
(Beacon Hill in Boston) 2. Massachusetts--Average Annual LTC Cost: $73,307 // Adult day care: $16,900 // Licensed home care: $59,488 // Assisted living: $67,188 // Nursing home (private room): $149,650
(Crabbers on the fishing grounds in southeast Alaska. Photo: AP) 1. Alaska--Average Annual LTC Cost: $117,800 // Adult day care: $43,709 // Licensed home care: $63,492 // Assisted living: $72,000 // Nursing home (private room): $292,000
And of course since people would prefer to stay in their homes, that’s going to hit a lot of people hard.
Less-skilled “homemaker care,” such as cooking, cleaning and running errands (not included in the breakdown that follows) has risen pretty quickly as well, increasing by 4.75% since last year. But both versions of homemaker assistance are at the low end on the price scale, coming in at $21 for homemaker care and $22 for licensed homemaker care. The big bucks are elsewhere.
They may not have risen as quickly percentage-wise as the two already mentioned, but adult day care increased by 2.94% since last year to a national median rate of $70 per day. Assisted living facilities now average a median monthly rate of $3,750, an increase of 3.36% from last year, while nursing homes, at an increase of 5.50% for a private room, now run a median daily rate of $267. No matter how you look at it, that’s a lot of money..
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