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.
Jesse Slome
By staff WriterJesse Slome, executive director for American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, has announced November as Long-Term Care Awareness Month. After the success of their Long-Term Care Awareness week last year, the organization expanded their
March 31, 2008
Can you afford the risk?Note: This column is a continuation of the information I shared in last month?? 1/2 s column. To read that column, please click here. Q. I work with a wealthy clientele and when I mention LTCI insurance to them, many of them reply that they have
March 27, 2008
LTC Carriers Get Younger and YoungerLong-term care insurance is becoming a staple of financial planning for those in their 40s and 50s according to new research by the American Association...
March 26, 2008
Milliman Updates Care GuidelinesAn actuarial consulting firm has come out with a new version of a reference tool that many managed care companies use when overseeing patient care.Researchers ...
March 01, 2008
Each senior is differentThis will be the first of three articles relating to FINRA's (previously NASD) NTM 07-43, published in September, 2007. This article will focus on the issue of suitability as it relates to seniors. Depending on which state you live in, an
March 01, 2008
For LTCI the future is nowLots of us will need long term care but few of us want to discuss it. It's easy to see why. The idea of needing help to meet one's basic needs is depressing. Throw in the fact that you may not be able to pay for it without exhausting your...
February 29, 2008
Each senior is differentThis will be the first of three articles relating to FINRA's (previously NASD) NTM 07-43, published in September, 2007. This article will focus on the issue of suitability as it relates to seniors. Depending on which state you live in, an
February 29, 2008
For LTCI the future is nowLots of us will need long term care but few of us want to discuss it. It's easy to see why. The idea of needing help to meet one's basic needs is depressing. Throw in the fact that you may not be able to pay for it without exhausting your...