Long Term Care Costs

The cost of long-term care depends on the type and amount of care you need, the provider you use, and where you live. Examples include:

  • Home health and home care services
  • Community programs, such as adult day service programs
  • Facility-based programs

The average costs for long-term care in the United States (in 2010) are:

  • $205 per day or $6,235 per month for a semi-private room in a nursing home
  • $229 per day or $6,965 per month for a private room in a nursing home
  • $3,293 per month for care in an assisted living facility (for a one-bedroom unit)
  • $21 per hour for a home health aide
  • $19 per hour for homemaker services
  • $67 per day for services in an adult day health care center

The following chart shows you costs related to Illinois specifically.

Long Term Care Costs

Illinois

Avg. Daily Nursing Home Rate: Private

Semi-Private

Avg. Monthly Assisted Living Cost

Home Health Aide Avg. Hourly Rate
Chicago 174.00 166.00 2805.00 23.00
Des Plaines Area 298.00 220.00 4248.00 21.00
Peoria 245.00 163.00 2765.00 18.00
Rest of State 173.00 142.00 3413.00 21.00
State Average 216.00 167.00 3451.00 21.00

Source: 2010 MetLife Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs

State Averages : MetLife provides a “State Average” for each type of long-term care service in each state—the average of all rates for all sampled services in the state. In the states where MetLife includes average rates for one or more cities or areas within a state, these averages are specific to those areas.

Average Home Health Aide rates, as provided by MetLife, are the private pay rates for home health aides employed by sampled licensed home health agencies.