Long Term Care Facilities

By: Melanie Boushley, and Abby Tripp

Alexian Brothers Hospice Care

800 Biesterfield Rd, Elk Grove Village, IL

Service Information

Types of employees: Nursing aids, Orderlies, And Attendants.

Medium Salary: $60,822 per year.

Services provided to patients: To provide basic care for patients in hospitals and residents of long term care facilities such as nursing homes.

Patients

Elderly patients

Cancer or terminal illness

Chronic medical conditions

Chronic servere pain

Permanent disablilities

Dementia or Alzheimers

On going need for help

Need for supervision

Service Fees

Annual cost for nursing homes in 2013: Semi private room: $69,350

Private room: $77,745

Annual cost for assisted living in 2013: Private, one bedroom: $55,800

Annual cost of at home care: Home health aide: $50,222

Homemaker services: $45,760

Interesting Facts and National Data

Being cared for is extremely expensive based on the 2007 national average it will cost over $66,000 per year for a semi-private room in a nursing facility.

The average cost of a nursing home for one year is more than the typical family has saved for retirement in a 401K or an IRA.

Not fully covered by medicare or other mdical plans.

Average length of stay in a nursing home is 2.4 years.

After the age of 65 years, about 43 of 100 people will spend some time in a nursing home.