Regions with highest nursing home costs.

Regions With
Highest Nursing
Home Costs

Alaska              $550
NY-New
York City           $366
NY/NJ (Newark
Edison, not NYC)    $317
CT-Bridgeport       $315
MA-Boston           $294
CA-
San Francisco       $292
CT-
Rest of State       $281
MA-
Rest of State       $265
Hawaii              $256
NJ-
Rest of State       $255

Note: Table made from bar graph.

Note: Rates are $/day per private room.

Source: Genworth Financial's 2005
Cost of Care Survey

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