McKnight's Long Term Care News, reports the results of a new survey of wealthy seniors which suggests that many of nursing homes’ potential residents would prefer to receive long-term care at home, and would be willing to pay their own family members for it.
The Harris Poll, conducted on behalf of the Nationwide Retirement Institute, conducted a survey that gathered responses of more than 1,000 U.S. adults, age 50 or older, with an annual household income of $150,000 or more. The survey found that about seventy-one percent (71%) of seniors would prefer to rely on a family member for long-term care. More, seventy percent (70%) of those surveyed would not expect that help, unless they were able to pay relatives.
Only one percent (1%) stated that they preferred to receive skilled care in a nursing home. The majority of respondents (56%) said that they “would rather die” than live in a nursing home, and just less than half of the respondents (47%) said they worry about becoming a burden to their families. Reasons for those worries included loss of control of their lives (68%), detachment from the community (32%) and seeing family less often (30%).
The overwhelming majority of respondents (77%) said, if needed, they’d most prefer to receive long-term care at home.
More details from the seventh annual survey can be found on Nationwide’s website here.
Published September 27, 2018 in the Aging in Place Planning and Elderlaw Blog. This article is general information, not legal advice; see our disclaimer.