The Rising Cost of Staying Home What the Latest AARP Data Tells Families About Long-Term Care
A new AARP report reveals a widening gap between what long-term care costs and what older households can afford and what families can do about it before a crisis hits.
The letter arrives on a Tuesday afternoon. Nothing in the envelope suggests urgency just the usual nonprofit newsletter format, the membership renewal reminder in the corner. But inside, stapled to the back page, is a chart that stops you cold. It tracks two lines moving in opposite directions: one curving upward at a steep angle, the other barely climbing. The gap between them, once manageable, now yawns wide. That chart, in essence, is what the AARP Public Policy Institute's March 2026 long-term care...
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