The history of quinoa is clearly rooted in South America, in the Andes region that is currently divided up between the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Along with maize, quinoa was one of the two mainstay foods for the Inca Empire that had its start around 1200 AD.
For the Cost of Long-Term Care Study, over 8,500 nursing homes were surveyed in 2014. 1  The national average annual cost of a private room in a nursing home based on the regions in the study is $97,455 per year.  The national average daily rate for a private room in a nursing home is $267 in the markets surveyed.
The median cost of a monthly private room in an Assisted Living facility is $3,238. The cost of a private room in a nursing home is $6,433 a month. This is compared to the median income level of $34,105 a year for workers in Bowling Green.