{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Dataset",
  "name": "ElderCareIndex State Data \u2014 North Dakota",
  "description": "Senior care cost benchmarks (assisted living, memory care, nursing home, home health aide, adult day care) and Medicaid eligibility summary for North Dakota. Sourced from Genworth Cost of Care, CMS, BLS, and state Medicaid agency.",
  "url": "https://eldercareindex.com/north-dakota/",
  "license": "https://eldercareindex.com/methodology/",
  "creator": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "ElderCareIndex",
    "url": "https://eldercareindex.com"
  },
  "spatialCoverage": {
    "@type": "Place",
    "name": "North Dakota",
    "containedInPlace": {
      "@type": "Country",
      "name": "United States"
    }
  },
  "variableMeasured": [
    "assisted_living_monthly_cost",
    "memory_care_monthly_cost",
    "nursing_home_semi_private_monthly_cost",
    "nursing_home_private_monthly_cost",
    "home_health_aide_hourly_cost",
    "adult_day_care_daily_cost",
    "independent_living_monthly_cost",
    "medicaid_income_limit_monthly",
    "medicaid_asset_limit",
    "medicaid_waiver_name",
    "composite_index_score",
    "affordability_score",
    "quality_score",
    "staffing_score",
    "access_score",
    "medicaid_score"
  ],
  "dateModified": "2026-03-01",
  "isBasedOn": [
    "Genworth Cost of Care Survey 2024 (adjusted to 2026)",
    "World Population Review",
    "CareScout",
    "CMS Nursing Home Compare",
    "BLS Occupational Employment Statistics",
    "SPED (Service Payments for Elderly & Disabled) (https://www.hhs.nd.gov/)"
  ],
  "state_abbr": "ND",
  "state_name": "North Dakota",
  "state_slug": "north-dakota",
  "costs_monthly_usd": {
    "assisted_living": 3391,
    "memory_care": 4239,
    "nursing_home_semi_private": 9148,
    "nursing_home_private": 9963,
    "independent_living": 2205
  },
  "costs_unit_usd": {
    "home_health_aide_per_hour": 27,
    "adult_day_care_per_day": 72
  },
  "vs_national_pct_diff": {
    "adultDay": -12.2,
    "homeAide": 0.0,
    "independent": -26.2,
    "assistedLiving": -26.1,
    "memoryCare": -26.1,
    "nursingSemi": -17.1,
    "nursingPrivate": -18.6
  },
  "medicaid": {
    "waiver_name": "SPED (Service Payments for Elderly & Disabled)",
    "agency_url": "https://www.hhs.nd.gov/",
    "income_limit_monthly_usd": 2829,
    "asset_limit_usd": 2000
  },
  "neighbor_states": [
    "MN",
    "SD",
    "MT"
  ],
  "index_scores": {
    "composite": 61.2,
    "rank": 1,
    "grade": "A",
    "pillars": {
      "affordability": 88.1,
      "quality": 48.0,
      "quality_raw": 2.92,
      "staffing": 33.8,
      "access": 66.2,
      "medicaid": 70.0
    },
    "pillar_grades": {
      "affordability": "B",
      "quality": "A",
      "staffing": "B",
      "access": "A",
      "medicaid": "C"
    }
  },
  "page_urls": {
    "state_overview": "https://eldercareindex.com/north-dakota/",
    "assisted_living": "https://eldercareindex.com/north-dakota/assisted-living/",
    "medicaid": "https://eldercareindex.com/north-dakota/medicaid/",
    "memory_care": "https://eldercareindex.com/north-dakota/memory-care/",
    "nursing_home": "https://eldercareindex.com/north-dakota/nursing-home/",
    "home_health_aide": "https://eldercareindex.com/north-dakota/home-health-aide/"
  }
}