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.
Genworth: Nursing Home Costs Hit $75,190
By Trevor ThomasThe cost of home care appears to be increasing far less rapidly than the cost of nursing home care, according to Genworth Financial Inc. (NYSE:GNW).
April 21, 2010
Advance directives needed and heededA new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine estimates that a large number of seniors will reach a point where they will be unable to make their own healthcare decisions.
April 21, 2010
Advance directives needed and heededA new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine estimates that a large number of seniors will reach a point where they will be unable to make their own healthcare decisions.
April 19, 2010
Confidence Rising, The Affluent Are Warming To AdvisorsAdvisors' relations with wealthier clients came through the downturn largely intact, a new survey by Phoenix Companies Inc., Hartford, finds.
April 18, 2010
Confidence Rising, The Affluent Are Warming To AdvisorsAdvisors' relations with wealthier clients came through the downturn largely intact, a new survey by Phoenix Companies Inc., Hartford, finds.
April 15, 2010
Boomers see uptick in disabilityBoomers with disabilities are on the rise, a trend which, surprisingly, contrasts with a decrease in disabilities for people 65 and older. Over 40 percent...
April 14, 2010
Conversation starters, LTC-styleA friend of mine loves to pull out this old chestnut from time to time, often when a hockey goalie makes a nice save to rob the opponent of a sure goal: "Denial is not just a river in Egypt."
April 14, 2010
Health care reform's effect on long term careThe nonprofit SCAN Foundation has published a report by the National Academy for State Health Policy on provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which will enhance LTC for seniors.