long-term care

from napsnet.com

(NAPSI)-The need for long-term care and how to pay for it are often overlooked when planning for retirement.
While not for everyone, most middle-income consumers can benefit from owning a long-term care insurance policy, as it offers protection from having to spend down all assets to pay for these expenses.
With nursing home costs averaging more [...]

from corestis

A 7 minute webinar that describes how a life insurance settlement is being used by seniors to fund the costs of senior housing and long term care.

from www.boston.com
by Lisa wangsness

WASHINGTON – It was the room where both John and Robert Kennedy announced they planned to run for president. The room where the Senate held hearings on Watergate and the Titanic disaster.

The Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building, with its carved marble walls and heavy chandeliers, is [...]

from EdenAlternative
The Eden Alternative is seeking to improve the lives for those living in Long Term Care and here are some reasons why. We would like to challenge you to tell us a story about an Elder that brings or brought meaning to your life. Or if you are an Elder tell [...]

 
LTCiXpert
March 12, 2009

http://www.TheLongTermCareC… The financial risk of long term care can be catastrophic. There are 3 questions you can ask to determine if you need Long Term Care Insurance.

from www.mcknights.com
Public and private sector officials convened Wednesday to discuss the important role long-term care reform could play in a grander, overall healthcare reform scheme.
Representatives from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and other nonprofit, university and private healthcare agencies gave their testimony to the Senate Special Committee [...]

BY SUSAN M. COVER
Staff Writer 
from www.kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com
3/4/2009
AUGUSTA — Dozens of advocates for long-term care came Tuesday to the Statehouse to lobby on behalf of a bill that overhauls the state’s elder-care system and calls for an additional $ million state investment.
The Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee is considering LD 400, a proposal following the [...]

www.sun-sentinel.com
Jan.5, 2009

Today, about 38 million Americans are 65 or older. In just 20 years, that number will double.
That’s why long-term care — the array of services from home care to assisted living — must be addressed in healthcare reform. The structure of our current system makes caring for seniors and disabled adults fragmented, difficult and [...]