Senior care pricing is harder to pin down than it should be. CareScout publishes New York State medians but no New York City or Staten Island-specific figures, memory care is not surveyed at all, and New York splits Medicaid long-term-care supports across Managed Long Term Care, the NHTD waiver and the Assisted Living Program -- three differently-named programs most families have never heard of. Each guide below takes one piece of that and says what is actually known.
New York's 2025 CareScout median is $7,110/month for assisted living and $16,729/month for a private nursing home room. No Staten Island-specific median is published by any primary source, and no median exists for memory care anywhere, in any state.
Cost and payment guides
What Senior Care Costs
New York State's published CareScout medians for assisted living, nursing homes, in-home care and adult day care, with the caveats that matter for Staten Island specifically.
Read →How Families Pay for Senior Care
Private pay, New York's Managed Long Term Care and ALP programs, VA Aid and Attendance, and long-term care insurance.
Read →Medicaid and Assisted Living in New York
New York's Assisted Living Program (ALP) pays for care services inside a qualifying Adult Home or Enriched Housing setting -- not room and board.
Read →VA Aid and Attendance, 2026
Current maximum annual pension rates, the net worth limit, and why care costs can make a veteran eligible despite moderate income.
Read →What Medicare Does and Does Not Pay For
Medicare covers short skilled nursing stays, home health and hospice. It does not pay for assisted living or custodial care, in any state.
Read →What Memory Care Costs
There is no published median for memory care in any state. Here is what that means and how to get real numbers.
Read →What In-Home Care Costs
New York's 2025 CareScout non-medical caregiver median is $35/hour -- the math on when a licensed community becomes the cheaper option.
Read →What Happens When the Money Runs Out
Spend-down, Medicaid waiver transitions, and why you should ask a community about this before you move in.
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