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$15,000 a Month for Nursing Home Care, and I Don't Even Bat an Eyelash

By Nicole Black, Esq.

I live in Rochester, New York, and compared to the NYC and Philly suburbs I've previously called home, Rochester is on the less expensive cost-of-living side. Even in Monroe County, though, the monthly Medicaid reimbursement rate (what the government considers the "average" monthly cost of care) is over $8,000. I have clients whose Alzheimer's care has been costing $12,000 a month for quite a few months. So does it surprise me that a "downstate" nursing home is charging $15K? No. What does interest me is the author's perceived generational disparity between the "greatest generation" and the "baby boomers" and how...

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Full post as published by Sui Generis on March 12, 2009 (boomark / email).