[bthrn]

The claim is that this $16,200 monthly cost was cheaper than the alternative. So it's not entirely silly to include rent in this figure.

[bunbunbun]

Long term care facilities are 5-10k USD per month. For the cheap ones. So $16k seems reasonable for in home care. There are also different intangible personal and family costs to facility-based or home-based care that folks should also consider.

[s1artibartfast]

However, there's a lot of options that are even cheaper.