Long-Term Care Planning
Long-term care insurance news and analysis, including coverage of short-term care insurance, long-term care hybrid products, and other arrangements for paying for long-term and post-acute care.
May 03, 2011
Mom's day survey: Daughter, forever a daughterAccording to a survey by Senior Helpers, an in-home care provider, mothers and fathers view differently how their sons and daughters will care for them as they age.
May 03, 2011
Mom's day survey: Daughter, forever a daughterAccording to a survey by Senior Helpers, an in-home care provider, mothers and fathers view differently how their sons and daughters will care for them as they age.
May 01, 2011
Change coming to Medicare reimbursement formulaAs part of the new health care law, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is revamping its reimbursement system for Medicare participants.
May 01, 2011
Long-term care's rallying cry: Get over it!It's 75 degrees under a cloudless sky and a hot desert wind rips a man's hat from his head outside the Tropicana Hotel before slapping it against a taxi cab windshield.
April 30, 2011
Long-term care's rallying cry: Get over it!It's 75 degrees under a cloudless sky and a hot desert wind rips a man's hat from his head outside the Tropicana Hotel before slapping it against a taxi cab windshield.
April 29, 2011
Starting the ‘Conversation’ With Aged Parents: A Financial Geriatric TipTips on how to have the difficult 'conversation' with aged parents on changes in health that will affect their lifestyle, driving, personal appearance, managing finances and more.
April 27, 2011
One-quarter of Medicare funds spent on the dyingEach year, Medicare spends about a quarter of its budget on the treatment of terminally ill patients.
April 27, 2011
Medicare update: ACOs to coordinate careAs part of the new health care law, Medicare beneficiaries may soon benefit from better coordination of care across different health care settings, such as doctor's offices, hospitals and long-term care facilities.
April 27, 2011
Macy's floats an old ideaIn 1837, Rowland H. Macy left his comfortable Nantucket, Mass., home to sail the Atlantic with whale hunters. He returned home in 1841 and opened a needle and thread shop and a dry goods store that both quickly went bankrupt.
April 27, 2011
Medicare update: ACOs to coordinate careAs part of the new health care law, Medicare beneficiaries may soon benefit from better coordination of care across different health care settings, such as doctor's offices, hospitals and long-term care facilities.