Good news: Americans are now living longer.
Bad news: Harsh reality that even normally aging older Americans are likely to need expensive long-term care assistance. Only few can afford to have insurance...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014
Reblogged: Use the New LTCI Consumer Data in 3 Ways
Consumer researchers at the National Advisory Center for Long Term Care Information has just released new numbers regarding the American failure to consider that they or their love ones need long...
Friday, September 26, 2014
Reblogged: Small Ways to Improve Your Life in the Next 100 Days
Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to make drastic changes in order to notice an improvement in the quality of your life. At the same time, you don’t need to wait a long time in order to...
Reblogged: American Young Adults Preparing For Long Term Care
According to the survey conducted by Northwestern Mutual, compared to other age groups, American adults in their twenties and thirties are more likely to prepare for future long term care expenses.
On...
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Reblogged: Americans Seeks LTC Insurance Through Their Employers
According to ACSIA Partners, a leader in long term care (LTC) planning, long term care insurance are now increasingly becoming available at the workplace, and Americans should take advantage of that...
Monday, September 22, 2014
Reblogged: Technology and long term care unite!
The long term care (LTC) market is declaring a new state of (tech) independence! As the demand for continuing care services grows, technology adoption follows closely behind. But how are organizations...
Retirement Health Costs: Planning For The Wild Card
Be honest, now: When you do your retirement planning, do you factor in potential health care costs and long-term care costs? Odds are, you don’t, figuring there’s no way to know what they might be...
Friday, September 19, 2014
Which senior living setting is best for me?
Which senior living setting is best for me?
Most of us prefer
to spend our senior years in a setting that we are already living in and very
few are open to the idea of living somewhere else unexpectedly.
Some...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Grateful of Life
I am grateful for my life.
The past is a blessing because it is my teacher.
The future is a blessing because it is my opportunity...
Tips for Buying Long-Term Care Insurance
Health-care costs are impossible to accurately predict when it comes to creating a retirement savings plan, but there are steps boomers can take to help ease the impact of medical expenses.
Requiring...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Sincere Form of Respect
One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.
— Bryant McGi...
Millennials: How they measure up when it comes to money and their financial future (infographic)
Millennials:
What are their greatest financial concerns?
What is their current financial position?
How are they planning for the future?
Who are they turning to for advice?
Find everything...
Monday, September 15, 2014
Maurice and Helen Kaye celebrate 80 years of marriage
A couple who met as teenagers 10 years before the start of World War Two have celebrated 80 years of marriage.
Maurice and Helen Kaye, from Bournemouth, met in 1929 when they were 17 and 16 respectively.
They...
Remember That You Are real
Remember that you are real, wealth can be measured, not by what you have, but, by what you are.
- Napoleon Hi...
The Potential to Turn a Life Around
Too often we underestimate the power of touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
-...
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Do retirees need long-term care insurance?
Health care costs are a big concern for people going into retirement, but the costs of long-term care can still be a shock.
Here are a few facts:
• 70% of people over 65 will need some form of...
Pranksters Dressed A Dog Up As A Giant Spider To Scare People In Poland!
What do you think?
(Watch the full video below)
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The Greatest Test
Your greatest test is when you are able to bless someone else while you are going through your own sto...
5 tips for long-term care insurance
Let’s start with some good news: Americans are living longer. But that comes with bad news: We’re getting sicker, too, so our increased longevity means more and more of us will require long-term...
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Long Term Care Facilities - Costs & Accomodations
Long Term Care Facilities - Costs & Accomodations
Physical and mental deterioration are only some of the inevitable effects of aging. There are even cases where in some senior citizens acquire...
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Sign of Strength
Never apologize for being sensitive or emotional. It's a sign that you have a big heart, and that you aren't afraid to let others see it. Showing your emotions is a sign of strength.
- Brigitte...
RIP Joan Rivers
"Life goes by fast. Enjoy it. Calm down. It's all funny"
A very simple quote from a great lady. Rest in peace Joan Rivers (June 8, 1933 - September 4, 2014...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
A Look into Long-Term Care - An Infographic
Here's an infographic created by Age in Place presenting the cost of long term care and realities of Medicare, Medicaid and private medical insurance.
Source:
http://thehea...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Long-Term Care Service Providers In The United States (INFOGRAPHIC)
Long-term care defines a broad range of services that meet the needs of older adults with various functional limitations. These services are provided by paid, regulated providers, and include assistance...
Rating The Best Long Term Care Insurance Companies
We are often asked what the best long term care insurance companies are. When choosing the long term care insurance companies we recommend we take several factors into consideration including:
Ratings
Underwriting
Claims...
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie wedding photos revealed
Here comes the bride!
The first photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's wedding have officially arrived.
People magazine has exclusive photos from the couple's nuptials, including...
Three little girls retake viral photo to celebrate remission from cancer
As three little girls gathered to get their picture taken on Saturday, the mood was quite a bit lighter than the last time the children were photographed together just a few short months ago.
Back...
Monday, September 1, 2014
Man kills himself by decapitation in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx
A 51-year-old man managed to behead himself in a spectacularly gruesome suicide in the Bronx Monday morning.
The victim, whose identity was not immediately released, tied a chain from his head...
Long Term Care
In my last post, The Thing That's Missing, I used long term care risk as an example of retirement risks that aren't really addressed by retirement spending strategies, but need to be considered in...
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