MetLife Says CT's Nursing Home Rates Among the Highest

The Courant reports that "The Stamford area has won the dubious distinction of having the highest average nursing home rates of any metropolitan area in the nation — and Hartford isn't far behind. Connecticut also has some of the nation's steepest charges at assisted living centers, according to an annual survey released Tuesday by the Metlife Mature Market Institute in Westport. The average daily cost of a private nursing home room in the Stamford area this year is $394, or $143,810 a year, about 6 percent higher than in last year's survey." The average Connecticut nursing home cost is $362 a day, and areas of the state other than Hartford and Stamford average $346. "On a national average, private room nursing rates remained about flat this year at $212 a day." Read more.