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.
How to get seniors to the doctor?
By Staff WriterMuch has been made of the "silver tsunami" which threatens to overwhelm federal entitlement programs, but the medical transport industry is also bracing for a deluge of patients and grappling with ways to get seniors to the care they need.
June 21, 2011
LTCI trend: Limited-duration policies favoredIndividuals who purchased long-term care insurance protection in 2010 continued to favor limited duration policies, according to research by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance.
June 21, 2011
LTCI tips: A claim is filed. Now what?I just had a personal experience with a home health care claim for my mother, a widow aged 90. To complicate the situation, I live 1,000 miles away from her. Where would she go? Who would take care of her?
June 21, 2011
LTCI tips: A claim is filed. Now what?I just had a personal experience with a home health care claim for my mother, a widow aged 90. To complicate the situation, I live 1,000 miles away from her. Where would she go? Who would take care of her?
June 17, 2011
Raymond James’ Elwyn on FAs and Satisfaction of Volunteering: Weekend InterviewClose to 300 advisors and other volunteers from more than 15 branch offices share 1,000 hours to improve their communities in May.
June 17, 2011
Get Over It!This month, I give you this producer's take on the 9th Long-Term Care Insurance Producers Summit, held at the Tropicana in Las Vegas, April 3rd-5th.
June 17, 2011
Analysis: Caregiving Hits Men's Earnings HarderMale workers who care for aging parents tend to earn less than female caregivers, and they earn much less than men who are not caring for their parents earn.
June 17, 2011
Get Over It!This month, I give you this producer's take on the 9th Long-Term Care Insurance Producers Summit, held at the Tropicana in Las Vegas, April 3rd-5th.