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.
Study Assesses LTC Risk
By Staff WriterRetirees who try to use their own savings to pay for long term care face a wide range of possible outcomes.Although half of retirees may ...
March 01, 2006
Incentives for Long-Term CareA long-term care partnership incentive is now available to consumers in states that have passed enabling legislation, under a new law signed by President Bush...
February 28, 2006
On the air advocateKim Magdalein doesn't remember FDR's fireside radio chats, but some of the seniors who hear Magdalein's radio show just might. The 21-year industry veteran and principal at Magdalein Stratton and Associates Inc. in Jacksonville, Fla., runs a
February 27, 2006
LTC Adds Muscle To Executive BenefitsLong term care insurance producers are finding a strong and growing market in executive long term care plans for small and medium-sized businesses.
February 26, 2006
LTC Adds Muscle To Executive BenefitsLong term care insurance producers are finding a strong and growing market in executive long term care plans for small and medium-sized businesses.
February 26, 2006
Medicare Part D Can Be Stepping Stone For LTC CoveragePrior to 2006, the primary unmet health care need for retirees was coverage of prescription drugs. Up to this point, Medicare provided retirees with coverage ...
February 26, 2006
Survey Finds Widespread Unease Over Affording LTC CostsLong term care often is viewed as an inevitable expense of old age. In reality, people cannot predict what they will need. On average, someone ...
February 26, 2006
Helping Transitioning Parents Through The LTC ThicketWhen age and poor health force parents of baby boomers to leave their home, financial planners say the event creates a complex nettle of practical ...