The average timescale for a standard divorce case, without complications at Divorce-Online in 2015 has been 14-18 weeks, an increase of 2 weeks over 2015.
The cost of putting a parent into professional assisted-living care can be daunting. MetLife says that kind of care averages about $42,000 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.
1 Based on the average length of stay in a nursing home of 2.8 years 2, a person needing care today would need more than $200,000 for a long term care event requiring a private nursing home room 1 Genworth Financial Cost of Care Survey, conducted by CareScout, April 2009.2  2 Genworth Financial claims history. At least 70 percent of people over age 65 will require some long-term care services at some point; more than 40 percent will need care in a nursing home U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, September 2008. 2  The cost of long term care in U.S. has increased for the sixth consecutive year.