All across the country, the price of housing has gone way up. In some areas, the average price of a house has doubled, or more, in the last five years. If you’re in the market for a new home, this can be quite disturbing. If … [Read more...]
Is the Price of Senior Care Increasing?
Is the price of senior care going up? It’s a fair question, considering everything that is going on with our economy and the difficult financial situation that many people currently find themselves in. Unfortunately, day to day … [Read more...]
Preparing for Medical Costs During the Senior Years
For those heading into their retirement years, Medicare is one of the biggest points of worry that they experience. Medicare is a publicly funded health insurance made especially for senior citizens and people that are no … [Read more...]
The Invisible Cost of Family Care
There are thousands of families around the country that are providing family care for an older loved one. It’s impossible to know the number precisely, but some estimates state that as many as 420,000 individuals across the U.S. that are … [Read more...]
Brace Yourself: Care Can Be Expensive
Senior care can be really expensive. In fact, many people are completely taken aback when they start the care process for an older loved one and see what the expenses that they are likely to be facing are. And unfortunately, … [Read more...]
Dealing with the Shock that Comes with Care Costs
A lot of people that are new to the senior care search are immediately overwhelmed by how expensive care can be. Many people put off senior care for themselves or a loved one far longer than what is healthy or safe as a result of … [Read more...]
The Politics of Senior Care
You can’t turn on the news these days without seeing that there are some major arguments going on in the U.S. political arena. Typically, these arguments are between Republicans and Democrats (but not always). And with the major … [Read more...]
Care Decisions and Care Costs
The average cost for someone's senior care is about $175,000, looking at averages across the United States. That's a lot of money regardless of who you are. And the reality is, as time goes by, this number is only going to increase. Thanks … [Read more...]
What if Senior Care is Too Expensive?
One of the first thing that many people realize when it’s time to find senior care for a loved one, unfortunately, is that care can be very expensive. In the state of California, the average cost of a nursing home stay is over $9,200 per … [Read more...]
Why Does the Cost of Care Keep Going Up?
According to at least one study, the cost of senior care is expected to double over the next ten years. A report out of Canada indicates that the national cost of senior care across the country is expected to double from 2021, with an … [Read more...]
How Does Life Insurance Fit in with Senior Care?
One popular method of paying for senior care that is being discussed with more frequency than usual on the web these days is using a life insurance policy to help offset costs. This does not work with all types of insurance, but with whole … [Read more...]
The Issue With Long Term Care Insurance
All across the United States, people who are looking for long term care insurance are finding something disturbing: the cost of purchasing a long term care policy are going up quickly. Thirty years ago, these products were quite … [Read more...]