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Summary: When planning for nursing home costs, it helps to know what they charge! Although many people are using $50,000 a year as an estimate of current charges, recent data suggests the average may now be nearing $60,000 a year. When planning for nursing home costs, it helps to know what they charge! Although many people are using $50,000 a year as an estimate of current Nursing Home charges, recent data suggests the average may now be nearing $60,000 a year.
One year of care in a nursing home, based on the 2010 Texas average, costs over $49,000 for a semi-private room. One year of care at home from a home health aide for three hours per day, three days per week (average), would cost just over $13,000 a year.