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.
1 For example, the average assisted senior home in Alabama costs $2,800 while a home in California can cost more than $6,000 on average. 2  According to the American Association of Homes and Services, the average daily cost for a private room in a nursing home was $213 per day. There is senior assisted living that charges per day while there are others that charges per month. 2  The facilities that the senior assisted living offers can affect the price, and this is the reason why the cost can range anywhere from $70 to $350 per day, while monthly rates can range from $2,100 to $10,000.