2026 Cost of Senior Care:
Rising costs, rising acuity, and the visibility solution.
How well do senior living executives, operators, and clinical directors understand the costs associated with daily care delivery, from staffing to resident wellness to safety and falls to care planning?
Our 2026 Cost of Senior Care study reveals this understanding and the economics behind industry leaders’ commitment to providing person-centered care, maintaining safety, supporting staff, and delivering higher-quality experiences for residents and families.
In doing so, this study uncovers where timely insight is critically lacking—and why earlier visibility is crucial—and how knowing risk sooner can revolutionize communities’ success, reducing incidents, improving staffing, and increasing NOI. It also explores how the latest innovations are helping to drive crucial change across senior living.
SafelyYou’s 2026 Cost of Senior Care study analyzes critical new data and provides rich insights into:
- The costs of daily care and how and why they’re increasing.
- The care planning process, why it lags, and what changes would significantly improve it.
- Issues with resident wellness and rising acuity and how knowing risk sooner has both clinical and financial impacts.
- The impact of safety and falls across a community and the changes since our Cost of Falls report.
- The current staffing dilemma and what would help alleviate sustained turnover and persistent strain.
- How greater visibility can improve the most critical challenges, transforming communities’ success.
This study marks a turning point in senior living and helps support operators in moving forward, turning the cost of care from a challenge to an opportunity for transformation.
