SNF and ALF rates rise as home health costs hold steady.The cost of SNF SNF abbr. skilled nursing facility SNF solids-not-fat; a comment on the composition of milk. and assisted living as·sist·ed living n. A living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially older people with disabilities, reside in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication. care rose over the past year while home healthcare costs remained steady, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. surveys by the MetLife Mature Market Institute. Private-pay nursing home residents in private rooms shelled out $11 more per day on average in 2004 as compared with the year before. MetLife reported that the average cost of a private-pay, private room nursing home stay is approximately $168,192, based on the average 2004 rate of $192 per day and the average length of stay for current nursing home residents (2.4 years). The highest rates were in Alaska, at $561 per day or $204,765 per year; Shreveport, Louisiana, had the lowest rates, at $99 per day or $36,135 per year. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The average monthly cost of assisted living increased from $2,379 per month ($28,548 per year) in 2003 to $2,524 per month ($30,288 per year) in 2004. The highest monthly average base cost was in Stamford, Connecticut Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 119,261, making it the fourth largest city in the state. ($4,327), while the lowest was in Miami, Florida “Miami” redirects here. For the Native American tribe, see Miami tribe. Miami is a major city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. It is the county seat of Miami-Dade County. Miami is a gamma world city with an estimated population of 404,048. ($1,340). The average national private-pay home healthcare aide rate held steady from 2003 to 2004 at $18 per hour. Home healthcare was found to be most expensive in Hartford, Connecticut, ($28 per hour) and least expensive in Shreveport, Louisiana, and Jackson, Mississippi ($13 per hour). BY DOUGLAS J. EDWARDS, ASSISTANT EDITOR |
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