• Avoid extremes in planning. If you overestimate your risks, you may unnecessarily limit your quality of life during ...

Last August, a judge determined that the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System had improperly issued contracts to two ...

Thrivent’s long-term care insurance policy includes a benefit that provides a licensed health care coordinator to assist in developing a formal care plan, help identify local care providers and ...

Whether they're counting on Medicare to pay for something it doesn't currently pay for, thinking they can deal with the issue ...

“I think it’s really urgent for individuals to be considering what is the long-term care plan,” she said. “I don’t think people talk about it unless their family has had to face ...

Stand-alone policies usually have a “use it or lose it” rule, which means if you don’t end up needing long-term care, the money you’ve paid into the plan is forfeited. Hybrid long-term ...

Ford says one of the largest factors of bankruptcy among seniors involves long-term care. “It’s not something they plan for,” she said. “Most people are planning for grandkids, travel and ...

(Legislative Assembly of P.E.I.) P.E.I.'s health minister says the province is ready to move forward with a plan to expand long-term care beds on the Island. In the legislature Tuesday, Minister ...

In all, 66% of those age 65 and over have spoken to anyone about their long-term care plan and 65% have taken at least one of the specific action steps the poll asked about. The remainder had not.