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What Senior Care Costs

Ohio's published 2024 CareScout state medians for assisted living, nursing homes, home care and adult day care, with the caveats that matter.

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What senior care costs in your metro

The CareScout Cost of Care Survey (formerly published by Genworth) is the most widely cited source for senior care pricing, and it publishes state-level medians only — there is no published Cincinnati-metro-specific figure from CareScout or any other primary source, so we cite Ohio's statewide number and say plainly that local pricing likely differs rather than inventing a metro figure.

Ohio's 2024 CareScout Cost of Care Survey figures (statewide):

Care typeAnnual medianApprox. monthly
Assisted living$66,000~$5,500
Nursing home, semi-private room$108,405~$9,034
Nursing home, private room$120,450~$10,038
Home health aide$75,504~$6,292
Homemaker services$73,216~$6,101
Adult day health care$21,580~$1,798

Source: 2024 CareScout (formerly Genworth) Cost of Care Survey, Ohio statewide figures. Monthly approximations are our own division of the published annual figure by 12, not a figure CareScout itself publishes as monthly.

There is no published memory-care cost median anywhere. CareScout does not survey memory care as its own category, in Ohio or in any other state. Any specific memory-care price you see online is an estimate or an extrapolation, not a surveyed figure -- get quotes in writing from each community instead.

Questions families ask

How much does in-home care cost compared to assisted living in Cincinnati?

Ohio's 2024 CareScout medians put a home health aide at roughly $75,504 a year and homemaker services at roughly $73,216 a year -- both above the $66,000 assisted living median once care approaches full-time hours.

What does adult day care cost in the Cincinnati area?

The 2024 CareScout Cost of Care Survey put Ohio's adult day health care median at roughly $21,580 a year, or about $1,798 a month, statewide -- well below full-time in-home or facility care.

Are the CareScout cost figures specific to the Cincinnati metro?

No. CareScout publishes state-level medians only. There is no published Cincinnati-metro-specific cost figure from CareScout or any other primary source, and this site does not invent one.

What does Ohio's Long-Term Care Ombudsman actually do?

The ombudsman investigates and helps resolve complaints about care, rights, transfers and discharges in licensed nursing homes and residential care facilities, acting as an independent advocate for the resident, and only with the resident's consent.

Which office is the Long-Term Care Ombudsman for the Cincinnati area?

Pro Seniors, Inc., based at 7162 Reading Road, Suite 1150, Cincinnati, OH 45237, is the Southwest Ohio regional ombudsman office, reachable at 1-800-488-6070.

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