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.
Survey: Doctors Rarely Bring Up Aging, Alzheimer's
By Maria Wood | Allison BellA major new report on the dramatic toll Alzheimer's disease is taking on women in the U.S., who are shown to be the primary caregivers for loved ones, reveals an increasing cost to their personal and professional lives as well as their pocketbooks.
June 13, 2012
America's fastest-growing workforce fears the clock is running out (Bloomberg)Home care workers are concerned that if Obama doesnt win in November, a loophole that exempts them from minimum wage will remain in place.
June 12, 2012
AAA Panel Seeks Comments on LTCI Rate DraftThe guide could help the actuaries who assist insurers with implementing an NAIC rate stability model.
June 12, 2012
AAA Panel Seeks Comments on LTCI Rate DraftThe guide could help the actuaries who assist insurers with implementing an NAIC rate stability model.
June 12, 2012
Consumers to LTCI Carriers: Will You Be Here Tomorrow?Long-term care insurance researchers polled consumers and found that many have concerns about insurer longevity.
June 12, 2012
Wealth transfer? Boomers banking on a mirage (TIME)Thanks to health care advances, the elderly are living longer these days, which necessitates the money that may have been earmarked for inheritance.
June 11, 2012
If Only More Had LTCI...Jim Reynolds says some of his clients do have private long-term care insurance -- but not nearly enough.
June 11, 2012
If Only More Had LTCI...Jim Reynolds says some of his clients do have private long-term care insurance -- but not nearly enough.