Last updated July 2026. The short version: use the calculators for planning, verify anything that matters with a provider, and don't rely on this site for medical or legal decisions.
SeniorLivingCostGuide publishes calculators and articles that estimate the cost of assisted living, in-home care, nursing homes, and memory care. They are planning aids, not quotes. Actual pricing at any specific community or agency can run above or below what a calculator shows, and only that provider can confirm current rates.
Nothing on this site should replace a conversation with a doctor, elder law attorney, financial planner, or the care provider itself. If a decision involves a diagnosis, a legal filing, or a large sum of money, get advice from someone licensed to give it.
You're welcome to read, link to, and reference the pages on this site. Reproducing the articles, the cost tables, or the calculator logic elsewhere without permission is not allowed. If you want to cite a figure, link back to the page it came from.
We build these figures from published benchmarks and our own cost model, and we recheck them on a regular schedule described on the editorial standards page. Even so, we cannot promise every number is current for every market at every moment, and we are not responsible for decisions made solely on the basis of a calculator result.
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