Stamford Senior AdvisorWhat does senior care cost in Fairfield County?
Connecticut's 2025 CareScout medians are about $8,676 a month for assisted living, $15,208 for a semi-private nursing home room, $6,864 for 44 hours a week of home care and $2,362 for five days a week of adult day health care; CareScout publishes no Fairfield County figure.
Last verified: October 2026| Care type (Connecticut, 2025) | Annual median | About per month | Change | Rank among states | U.S. median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assisted living (private one-bedroom) | $104,106 | $8,676 | -3% | 4th highest | $74,400 |
| Nursing home, semi-private room | $182,500 | $15,208 | +1% | 5th highest | $114,975 |
| Nursing home, private room | $200,750 | $16,729 | +1% | 2nd highest | $129,575 |
| Non-medical home care (44 hours a week) | $82,368 | $6,864 | +3% | 23rd | $80,080 |
| Adult day health care (5 days a week) | $28,340 | $2,362 | n/a | 20th | $24,700 |
CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey, Connecticut results (released March 2, 2026). Monthly, hourly and daily figures are our arithmetic from CareScout's annual medians (annual / 12; home care annual / 2,288 hours = about $36 an hour; nursing home annual / 365). CareScout's Connecticut release publishes statewide medians only and does not survey memory care.
What do Fairfield County nursing homes actually charge?
The nursing homes in DPH's registry reported a median private-room rate of $616 a day and a median semi-private rate of $560, which works out to roughly $18,700 and $17,000 a month.
Every facility's reported rate is on the daily rates page.
Who pays for senior care in Connecticut?
Most families pay privately at first; Medicare covers only short skilled stays, home health and hospice; HUSKY C (Connecticut Medicaid) pays for long-term nursing home care; the Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders pays for care at home and for assisted living services, but not rent; and VA pension with Aid and Attendance helps eligible veterans and survivors.
The fact that surprises families most is the housing gap in assisted living: public programs can pay the assisted living services agency for care, but the managed residential community's rent and meals must come from the resident's own income.
Costs & Paying guides
What senior care costs in Fairfield County and Connecticut
CareScout's 2025 Connecticut medians for assisted living ($104,106 a year), nursing homes, home care and adult day care, with monthly math and what no source publishes for Fairfield County.
Read →What Fairfield County nursing homes charge per day
Private and semi-private daily rates reported by every Fairfield County, CT nursing home to DPH's Nursing Facility Registry, with the share of residents on Medicaid.
Read →How the Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders works
Who qualifies for the Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders (CHCPE), the state-funded and Medicaid levels, services including assisted living, cost share and how Fairfield County families apply.
Read →HUSKY C and long-term care in Connecticut
HUSKY C (Connecticut Medicaid for people 65+) and nursing home care: the $1,600 asset limit, $75 personal needs allowance, applied income, home equity limit and the five-year look-back.
Read →How Connecticut protects the spouse who stays home
Connecticut's 2026 spousal protections for HUSKY C long-term care: the community spouse protected amount (up to $162,660), the $50,000 Connecticut minimum and the monthly income allowance up to $4,066.50.
Read →What Medicare will and won't pay for in senior care
What Medicare covers for Fairfield County seniors: short skilled nursing stays after a qualifying hospital admission, home health and hospice, and why it never pays for assisted living or long-term custodial care.
Read →How VA Aid and Attendance helps pay for care
VA pension with Aid and Attendance for Fairfield County veterans and survivors: 2025-26 maximum rates, the $163,699 net worth limit, how care costs reduce countable income, and how to apply.
Read →At a glance
| This section gives you | This section does not give you | |
|---|---|---|
| Prices | Connecticut's 2025 medians and DPH-reported nursing home rates | A Fairfield County assisted living median that does not exist |
| Programs | How CHCPE, HUSKY C, Medicare and VA pension work | An eligibility decision |
| Limits | 2026 asset, income and spousal figures | Legal or tax advice |
| Planning | Questions to ask and when to start | A substitute for an elder law attorney |
