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Someone with prolonged physical illness, a disability, or a cognitive impairment often needs long-term care. Long-term care is different from traditional medical care. Long-term care helps one live as he or she is now. Long-term care services may include help with activities of daily living, home health care, respite care, hospice care, adult day care, care in a nursing home, and care in an assisted living facility. |
- The average daily rate for a private room in a nursing home is $206 or per year $75,190.
- The average daily rate for a semiprivate room is$183 or $66,795 annually.
- The average hourly rate for Home Health Aides (HHAs) provided by a home care agency is $19 per hour.
MetLife's Market Survey of Nursing Home & Home Care Costs for 2006
MetLife Mature Market News
MetLife Market Survey of Assisted Living Costs 2006
MetLife Mature Market News - Assisted Living Costs
- 1 out of every 2 people 65 and over will need Long-Term Care.
- For a couple turning 65, there is a 75% chance that one of them will need Long-Term Care.
- 40% of all people requiring Long-Term Care are between the ages of 18 and 64.
- 60% of all people who reach age 65 may need Long-Term Care prior to death.
- The average caregiver today is a woman in her mid 40's who was forced to quit her job.
- Only 7% of families in the U.S. today have a non-working adult at home to be a caregiver.
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