care aids can be either Medicare certified, or licensed (but not certified). What are the average costs of each in our region?
A. Licensed (but not certified) aids ranged from $17.75 to $22.00 per hour (average $19.88). Medicare certified aids ranged from $18.75 to $50.00 per hour (average $28.29). The cost of staying at home with paid care depends on which of the two you need, and on how many hours per day the caregiver must be there. Do the math and you’ll see that paid home care can quickly become more expensive even than a nursing home (Source same as above).
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