Most Expensive Nursing Homes on the East Coast

According to Caregiverlist.com’s searchable online database the most expensive nursing home care is on average is found on the East Coast.

The website identified the
top 10 most and least expensive long-term care nursing centers out of
more than 18,000 in its database.

Nationally, seniors pay between $5,000 and $12,000 a month for
nursing care.


Caregiverlist named Skilled Healthcare LLC’s Sharon Care Center in
Los Angeles the country’s most expensive nursing center for seniors. A
single room costs $493 a day and a shared room costs $228 a day.

Privately-owned Ridgway Rehab and Nursing Center in Ridgway, IL, is the
least expensive, at $95 a day for a private room and $85 for a shared
room.


Illinois also made the “most expensive” list, with Lutheran Hillside
Village in Peoria coming in at No. 9. Michigan and Indiana nursing homes
also made both lists. The eastern states of Connecticut, Florida,
Maryland, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania appeared on the most expensive
list. Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee
all had providers on the least expensive list.


It is of course reflective of the area you live in but it certainly makes you perhaps consider moving to lesser expensive areas as you age.