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.
The average cost of skilled nursing home care varies considerably by state but tends to be between $190 and $240 per day, or $69,360 to $87,000 per year.