{"id":1648,"date":"2022-01-12T12:42:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T16:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saudercpa.com\/blog\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2022-01-14T12:43:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T16:43:24","slug":"assisted-living-costs-and-ways-to-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saudercpa.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/12\/assisted-living-costs-and-ways-to-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Assisted Living Costs and Ways to Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"title-container grid\">\n<div class=\"title col-12 hero-image\">\n<div class=\"hero-content\">\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caring.com\/senior-living\/assisted-living\/how-to-pay\/\">Assisted Living Costs and Ways to Pay<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"main-content col-12 col-md-8\">\n<p>As you\u2019re weighing senior care options for yourself or an elderly loved one, cost is likely a top deciding factor.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on what level of care care your loved one needs,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caring.com\/senior-living\/assisted-living\">assisted living<\/a>\u00a0can be much more affordable than long-term\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caring.com\/senior-care\/in-home-care\">in-home care<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caring.com\/senior-living\/nursing-homes\">nursing home care<\/a>. The monthly rates assisted living communities charge can vary widely depending on the location, amenities offered, level of care required and other factors, and typically range from $3,000 to $6,000 on average, according to Genworth\u2019s 2018\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.genworth.com\/aging-and-you\/finances\/cost-of-care.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Cost of Care Survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of assisted living can seem overwhelming at first glance. However, compared to the average cost of a nursing home ($5,000 to $10,000 per month) or in-home care (about $4,000 per month for 40 hours of care per week), assisted living is often one of the more affordable and convenient options if your loved one doesn\u2019t need close medical supervision.<\/p>\n<p>Read on to learn more about the cost of assisted living and important steps you can take to make this type of care more affordable&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caring.com\/senior-living\/assisted-living\/how-to-pay\/\">Assisted Living Costs and Ways to Pay<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assisted Living Costs and Ways to Pay As you\u2019re weighing senior care options for yourself or an elderly loved one, cost is likely a top deciding factor. Depending on what level of care care your loved one needs,\u00a0assisted living\u00a0can be much more affordable than long-term\u00a0in-home care\u00a0or\u00a0nursing home care. The monthly rates assisted living communities charge &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saudercpa.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/12\/assisted-living-costs-and-ways-to-pay\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Assisted Living Costs and Ways to Pay&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saudercpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saudercpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saudercpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saudercpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saudercpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.saudercpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1649,"href":"https:\/\/www.saudercpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions\/1649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saudercpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saudercpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saudercpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}