This survey shows the costs of long-term care providers as perceived by Americans aged 40 years or older, sorted by type of care, as of 2017. The calculated average cost of a nursing home was between 6,000 and 8,000 U.S. dollars per month. Some 18 percent of respondents overestimated these costs, while 54 percent underestimated them.
Perception of long-term care provider costs by Americans aged 40 years and older as of 2017
Original question: Just a guess, what’s your best estimate of the national average monthly cost to live in a nursing home / to live in an assisted living
community / of home health care aide who visits every day for two hours?
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AP-NORC. (May 25, 2017). Perception of long-term care provider costs by Americans aged 40 years and older as of 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/348072/perception-of-cost-of-long-term-care-providers-in-the-us/
AP-NORC. "Perception of long-term care provider costs by Americans aged 40 years and older as of 2017." Chart. May 25, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/348072/perception-of-cost-of-long-term-care-providers-in-the-us/
AP-NORC. (2017). Perception of long-term care provider costs by Americans aged 40 years and older as of 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/348072/perception-of-cost-of-long-term-care-providers-in-the-us/
AP-NORC. "Perception of Long-term Care Provider Costs by Americans Aged 40 Years and Older as of 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/348072/perception-of-cost-of-long-term-care-providers-in-the-us/
AP-NORC, Perception of long-term care provider costs by Americans aged 40 years and older as of 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/348072/perception-of-cost-of-long-term-care-providers-in-the-us/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Perception of long-term care provider costs by Americans aged 40 years and older as of 2017 [Graph], AP-NORC, May 25, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/348072/perception-of-cost-of-long-term-care-providers-in-the-us/