Home care crisis: How rising costs are breaking the middle class
Home care and assisted living costs for older adults and people with disabilities have surged over the past five years, straining affordability for middle class families who struggle to pick up the tab, AARP said in a March 12 report. The AARP report said the cost of the most common type of long-term services − home care and assisted living services − surged nearly 50% from 2019 through 2024, far outpacing median income growth of 22% for senior households. Costs of other long-term services also grew more quickly than income for households that must pay for this care without public
