You have the advantage of the same alphabet and a mile long list of cognates. What this means is you effectively start learning Spanish with a vocabulary of almost 1000 words without even trying. When you find words that are the same in both languages they are referred to English-Spanish cognates. The proper definition of cognate is reserved for words that exists in two different languages and have the same root or origin.
Nursing costs, which include nursing salaries and supplies, accounted for over 40. percent of total nursing home costs among the states examined (see Table 3.2). Nursing costs in Minnesota nursing homes averaged $39.13 per day, and were be-. tween 8 percent and 37 percent more than neighboring states.
In a nursing home, the average cost for a private room in a nursing home is $92,378 per year* and the average cost of a semi-private room in a nursing home is $82,125 per year.*. Most families pay for residential care costs out of their own pockets.