Affordable Care for Your Loved-One

Residential Care vs. Nursing Home

Residential care is surprisingly affordable, especially when compared to other kinds of care. Check out these numbers for the average costs of care common in Missouri (Genworth Financial Cost of Care Survey, 2010). Residential care costs are usually $22,000 to $28,000 per year, placing it on the lower end.

	Nursing Home	Residential Care
Private Room	$51,191	$26,940
Semi-Private Room	$47,815	$18,252

Residential Care vs. Staying at Home

Many families face serious sticker shock when they examine the prices of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home care and residential care. People tend to look at the monthly fees and wince. “That’s so much more expensive than just living at home.”But is it?

Most senior citizens greatly underestimate the costs of living in—and maintaining—a private home. That monthly grocery bill is probably bigger than you think, plus there are usually unexpected repairs that crop up, adding to your expense.

Residential care includes all basic living expenses such as rent, utilities, and food, but also includes 24-hour security services, housekeeping, health monitoring services, lawn care, property taxes and insurance, trash removal, transportation when needed, repairs and maintenance, plus entertainment and activities.  At Sunnyhills, an RN is on-site daily and on-call 24/7.

Quality of life is a real intangible factor to consider when looking at a care facility.  Many seniors suffer from feelings social isolation.  At Sunnyhills, the residents have many activities and opportunities for social interaction.  Just the mental relief of no longer having to worry about cooking and cleaning can be a huge plus to seniors.

The residents at Sunnyhills are supervised by a professional staff with over 100 years of combined experience.  And their personal interest in the care of the residents is one of the reasons for our success.  All medications are supervised by our trained staff, so there is no longer a danger that your loved-one might double-dose or forget a medicine.

During your loved-one’s golden years, shouldn’t they be somewhere where they can be catered to and spoiled?

After looking at all the information, most of our families realize that residential care is a great deal, and offers them piece of mind.

² 2005 U.S. Dept. of Labor Consumer Expenditure Survey.

³ 2007 Genworth "Cost of Care" Research. The survey included feedback from more than 25,000 providers in order to complete more than 9,000 surveys of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and home care providers in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

⁴ 2007 National Association of Home Builders Residential Real Estate Tax Rates in the American Community Survey.

⁵ Estimates based on Missouri costs.