Genworth Financial recently released its 2009 Cost of Care Survey. Since 2004, Genworth - a global financial security company and the nation's largest provider of individual long term care insurance with 35 years of experience - has conducted this benchmark Cost of Care Survey, the most comprehensive survey of its kind. This year, Genworth analyzed data from more than 14,000 nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and home health and adult day health care providers to give Americans a better understanding of the cost of care across the country and in their local communities.