Share your elder care costs with Business Insider

Families are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in long-term care costs. kitiwan mesinsom/Getty Images Business Insider is seeking reader responses to document elder care costs in the US. Caring for elderly relatives can cost families over $200,000 annually. Families are facing uncertainty in predicting long-term care expenses for elderly relatives. Caring for an older relative is expensive. We want to document what long-term care really costs American families, bill by bill. One of the biggest problems families face is not knowing how much they are likely to spend, and there are few resources that offer any frame of reference. We are inviting readers to share their stories with Business Insider reporters to help us assemble a comprehensive look at these costs. We want to know how much caring for an older loved one has cost you and your family.