The type of care you need and where you live greatly affect price. These numbers will give you a good idea of how much long-term services cost. Long-term services and supports are expensive. For example, in 2015 one year of nursing home care in Oregon cost nearly $100,000 for a semi-private room. Even home health care can be expensive. One year of care from an in-home care worker for three hours per day cost more than $25,000 a year.
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Average cost of long-term services and supports in Oregon | |||||
Oregon | Nursing facility (semi-private room) | Assisted living and residential care facility | In-home care worker | Adult day services | Adults foster/care home |
Daily rate | Monthly cost | Hourly rate | Daily rate | Monthly cost | |
Albany | $280 | $4,463 | $27 | $92 | |
Bend/Redmond | $261 | $4,105 | $23 | $N/A | |
Corvallis | $250 | $4,326 | $22 | $92 | |
Eugene | $264 | $3,865 | $23 | $105 | |
Grants Pass | $259 | $4,300 | $20 | $93 | |
Medford | $283 | $4,496 | $22 | $75 | |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro | $265 | $3,895 | $23 | $85 | |
Salem | $273 | $3,230 | $22 | $40 | |
Rest of state | $259 | $3,683 | $22 | $87 | |
State average | $263 | $3,880 | $23 | $89 | $2,115 |
*The above costs are averages and may be different in your area. Source: Genworth 2015 Cost of Care Survey 2015 Oregon Medicaid Base Rate + for Adult Foster Homes. |
Seventy percent of people over 65 will need Long-term Services and Supports. There's a good chance they will have to pay for some or all of them.
The ADRC of Oregon has tools to help you plan for your long-term services and supports needs. Learn more about:
ADRC of Oregon staff are available to help you explore your options to meet your current needs or create a plan for the future.
Calculate your future long-term services and supports expenses.
Estimate your likely future financial resources.