Nearly two-thirds of Americans over age 65 will need long term care at home, through adult day health care, or in an assisted living facility or nursing home. Earlier this spring, Genworth Financial embarked on a pretty ambitious study - to determine the true cost of long term care. In September they published their results in an extensive, ...
We've shared long term care insurance ratings in previous posts, posts that have been far and away our most popular. While the long term care industry has improved by leaps and bounds over the past decade, people still want to know who they are buying insurance from. We thought ...
Have you ever hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button on Google Search? It's always good for a laugh or two. Not exactly something you'd do while searching for long term care insurance (of course, we just did it...and it sent us directly to longtermcareinsurance.org) but searching Google Images on "long term care insurance" was ...
The NY Times covered a topic recently that is all too familiar with anyone who is of "older" age...falling. Of course, while anyone, from a 6-month to a 94-year old, must deal with the consequences of an unprepared fall, the article looks at a study not necessarily about what happens if you do fall, but ...
Ok, we don't really have the answer or solution to save medicare, but there are lots of folks who do (or think they do.) We decided this morning to share five stories (err...opinions) on how medicare can be saved, from both sides of the line. Let us know your thoughts! Paul Ryan, Washington Post: "A road ...
"We're on the threshold of the first-ever mass geriatric society," says Dr. Leon Kass, chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics from 2002 to 2005. "The bad news is that the price that many people are going to be paying for [an] extra decade of healthy longevity is up to another decade of anything but healthy ...
We recently received a question on one of our most popular blog posts about long term care insurance rankings, but this time it had to do with a companies claims record. This is great question and one we're sure many people have, so we wanted to share our feedback: In ...
A recent report by agingstats.gov suggests you probably will. While we're still reading thru parts of the newly released report, Older Americans 2010: Key Indicators of Well-Being, the NY Times summarizes a few interesting metrics: By 2030, when all surviving baby boomers will be over 65, the report projects there will be 72 million seniors, about ...
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Every now and then we come across a well-written and informative article on long-term care insurance, shared by someone who has experienced some type of long term care event. This is one of them, so we wanted to share it, and once again open up and the lines to any questions and/or comments. You can read ...