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The annual median cost of home health care in Hawaii rose 3.1 percent to $57,772 in 2015 over the previous year, according to Genworth’s 13th annual Cost of Care Survey released Tuesday. That compares with the national annual median of $46,332.
Long-term care costs across the state, including adult day services, grew 1.9 percent to $17,550, while assisted living and nursing home care increased 3.1 percent to $49,500 and 3.8 percent to $129,575, respectively. Private-room nursing home care rose 4.6 percent to $141,310.
The survey identified key metro area costs in Hawaii:
>> Assisted-living costs are 36.4 percent less expensive in the Kahului metro area than the state average at $2,625 per month.
>> Homemaker services costs are 32.5 percent more expensive in the Kahului metro area than the national average at $5,053 per month.
>> The cost of private nursing home care in urban Honolulu is 38.3 percent more expensive than the national average at $10,646 per month.
Roughly 70 percent of Americans will require long-term care by the time they reach age 70, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.