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.
December 29, 2008
Medicare Pays For Some Long Term Care: ReportThe Medicare system supposedly does not cover long term care, but it does pay for many post-acute-care services for seniors that are similar to long term care, a new report says.
December 18, 2008
Care in a crisisQ. Given the economic crisis, many baby boomers believe they will be unable to pay for long term care insurance if they ever needed it...
December 11, 2008
Horizon Blue Adds Individual ProductsA Garden State carrier is introducing 3 plans.
December 01, 2008
Medicaid myths90%: Percentage of people over 65 with disabilities who get part of their care from unpaid informal caregivers. 66%: Percentage of people over 65 with disabilities who rely entirely on help from unpaid informal caregivers. $350 billi
December 01, 2008
Funding long-term careSuccessfully managing retirement involves more than just estimating the amount of income a client will need to maintain a certain standard of living. It also involves estimating the amount of expenses they could reasonably expect to have. Factoring
November 30, 2008
Funding long-term careSuccessfully managing retirement involves more than just estimating the amount of income a client will need to maintain a certain standard of living. It also involves estimating the amount of expenses they could reasonably expect to have. Factoring
November 27, 2008
Boomer generosity90% - Percentage of boomers who have provided some kind of financial help for their adult children. 15% - Percentage of boomers who are...
November 20, 2008
LTCI more important than ever, study reportsWhat will the world look like for boomers 30 years from now? They will be looking at spending $750,000 to $1.2 million for a three-...
November 20, 2008
AARP Estimates Informal Care GrowthThe value of U.S. family care increased to about $375 billion in 2007, from $350 billion in 2006.The estimated value of 2007 family caregiving exceeded ...
November 20, 2008
AARP Estimates Informal Care GrowthThe value of U.S. family care increased to about $375 billion in 2007, from $350 billion in 2006.The estimated value of 2007 family caregiving exceeded ...