geriatrics
Skilled Nursing Facilities
Costs
Nursing home care is expensive, averaging about $95,000 per year in 2021 ( Costs reference ). In the US, nursing home care cost $21 billion in 1980, $70 billion in 2000, $121.9 billion in 2005, and > $157 billion in 2015. Federal and state governments pay almost 75% of the cost through Medicare, Medicaid, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). 