Long-Term Care Cost Estimator
Cost of Care Estimator
What could long-term care actually cost you?
Real numbers for your state, your age, and your timeline
Most people underestimate this by a wide margin — not because care is unpredictable, but because they price it in today's dollars for a need that shows up decades from now. Enter a few details to see the range.
Assumptions
Care duration comes from HHS: women average 3.7 years of care, men 2.2 years. Age 80 is the default because it sits at the middle of real claim experience — claims open anywhere from the 30s onward, and the average is 80–81. Costs are grown each year of the care period, not held flat.
Estimated total cost of care
This is a math problem, not a scare tactic
Every one of these numbers is a bill somebody pays — you, your savings, or your family. The only real question is whether you'd rather pay it out of your own account or transfer it to an insurance company for a fraction of the amount. That's a conversation worth having before your health decides it for you.
Schedule a free consultationCost figures: CareScout Cost of Care Survey 2025(annual median costs, surveyed July–November 2025). In-home care reflects a non-medical caregiver at 44 hours per week. Care duration: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services / Administration for Community Living. These are median figures for planning conversations, not a quote, a prediction, or a guarantee of cost. Individual needs vary widely — roughly one in five people will need care for longer than five years, and some will need none at all.
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