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Summary: When planning for nursing home costs, it helps to know what they charge! Although many people are using $50,000 a year as an estimate of current charges, recent data suggests the average may now be nearing $60,000 a year. When planning for nursing home costs, it helps to know what they charge! Although many people are using $50,000 a year as an estimate of current Nursing Home charges, recent data suggests the average may now be nearing $60,000 a year.
A private room in a nursing home averages more than $87,000. But the cost of keeping a relative at home can be very high too. The MetLife report said that for the typical woman, the lost wages due to dropping out of the labor force because of adult caregiving responsibilities averages nearly $143,000.