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The
following summarizes the high price of long-term care.
Please
review these figures carefully. Then consider the impact on your
income and assets, should you need long-term care.
$18.50 per hour** - Home
Health Aide
“Hands-on”
personal care to assist with bathing,
dressing, and transferring.
$17.48 per hour** – Hands-off
Homemaker Services.
Assistance with
cooking and running errands.
$46.22 per hour*** Hands-on Home Health
Aide Services. Provides “hands-on” personal care to assist with
bathing, dressing, and transferring.
$53.39 per day – Adult Day Care
Center
$2825.25 per month - Assisted Living
Facility
One Bedroom
$183.25 per day – Nursing Home –
Semi-Private
Room
$203.31 per day - Nursing Home
Private Room
* According to
the April 2009 Cost of Care Survey (prepared by Genworth Financial)
All costs are
the National Average Median Rate.
** Rate
charged by Non-Medicare Certified Licensed Agency
*** Rate charged
by Medicare Certified Agency
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