Each year, Genworth Financial - a leading global financial services provider - conducts its benchmark Cost of Care survey to bring you an in-depth look at the cost of long-term care across the country, along with corresponding market trends. We do this to help consumers and financial professionals prepare for the future by arming you with the knowledge required to make long-term care decisions. Our report also informs policymakers, caregivers, advocates, the private business sector and media as they talk about issues critical to long-term care.

We have analyzed data from more than 10,000 nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home care providers and adult day health care facilities in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, including a comparative evaluation of 90 urban and rural regions in the United States. Also this year we include several new features. Tapping into our exclusive five years of Cost of Care survey data, we provide a five-year historical view of trends not available in any other industry report. We also offer for the first time adult day health care costs as well as a primer on long-term care options so that you may more fully benefit from the information presented in this report. And we encourage you to visit our easy-to-use, interactive Web site, including our popular U.S. Cost of Care map.