Healthcare & Long-Term Care Cost Calculator
Project today's care costs forward to see what a future need might cost, given your own cost assumption.
Enter your own current cost estimate — this platform doesn't assert a specific dollar figure as fact, since costs vary enormously by region and provider. See the Genworth Cost of Long-Term Care resource for real regional data.
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Projected total cost over care duration
$410,389
Projected annual cost in 20 years
$131,467
How it works: your current cost estimate is inflated forward to the year care is expected to begin, then summed across the expected duration — continuing to apply the same inflation rate during the care period itself.
Limitations: real cost trajectories aren't perfectly smooth, and regional/provider costs vary enormously. Look up your own region's costs on the External Resources page.
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