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 average cost for a private one-bedroom apartment in an assisted living residence is over $3,000 per month, according to research compiled by several nonprofit senior living organizations, including the Assisted Living Federation of America.