Long term care insurance is designed to help reduce the cost of care–or even eliminate it–for people that might require senior care later on in life. One of the interesting things about long term care insurance is that the … [Read more...]
The Power of Planning Ahead
Recently, health experts in the state of Florida issued a statement that seniors should start making plans for their long term care well before it is needed. The statement said that this is the best way to ensure that they are able to get … [Read more...]
A Quick Tutorial on Senior Care and What Insurance Covers
A lot of people believe that once they receive Medicare and the insurance coverage that this provides that their senior care is taken care of. Unfortunately, this isn’t quite true. While there are a lot of things that Medicare will help … [Read more...]
Three Big Benefits of Long Term Care
Very recently, Washington state became the first state in the United States to use a payroll tax to help seniors offset the cost of senior care. Steps like this are geared toward helping older people get connected to the help … [Read more...]
The Ever-Changing World of Long Term Care Insurance
Long term care insurance is designed to help protect the elderly against the high cost of senior care. It is an insurance product, like health insurance, and the benefits occur as you pay into the policy. There are some … [Read more...]
Eating More Fish Can Help Improve Health
Eating more fish might be the next step to help improve your heart health. A new study indicates that individuals who eat two or more servings of fish per week can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in high risk … [Read more...]
What is Short Term Care?
We use the term long term care often on this website. Long term care is the catch-all phrase that covers many different aspects of senior care. Nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospitals, in-home care, and more all fit into this … [Read more...]
Long Term Care and Your Finances
Financial concerns are one of the biggest worries--if not the biggest worry--that people have regarding aging. Preparing your finances ahead of your senior years is an important step when it comes to getting older, but it’s one of those … [Read more...]
Where to Go for Long Term Care
A lot of families are spread out over the country. Your parents might live in one state, you’re located somewhere else, and your children are on the other side of the country. If this is the case, then arranging senior care for your elderly … [Read more...]
Long Term Care Insurance Policies
For the most part, most people rely on Medicare and Medicaid to help offset the costs of senior care. However, these two public health insurance types are limited in what they can offer you most of the time, especially if you want to have … [Read more...]
Finding Help with Long Term Care Costs
For those that are involved in the industry, it’s been obvious for quite a while that policies need to change when it comes to insurance and paying for senior care. Even though there has been very little progress when it comes to federal … [Read more...]
Long Term Care for Veterans
Someone once said that you can tell a lot about a society by looking at how they take care of those that cannot take care of themselves. This is a good thing to keep in mind when looking at senior care as a whole, but it is something that … [Read more...]