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- Step 1: Acknowledge the challenges associated with long term care in Connecticut
- Step 2: Explore the various long-term care options and funding sources available to Connecticut residents
- Step 3: Evaluate the pros and cons of the various long term care options in Connecticut
- Step 4: Take action providing for possible long term care needs
- Step 5: Review your family circumstances and changes in long term care each year
- AARP Online Groups on Caregiving and Aging - Resources for concerned children and spouses
- Alzheimer’s Association - Information and resources for families coping with Alzheimer’s and dimentia
- Caring For Your Parents Handbook - Handbook published by the Public Broadcasting System
- Conn. Partnership for Long Term Care - News and resources from joint state government and private industry program.
- Family Caregiver Alliance - Information, Advice and Support for Caregiving
- National Alliance for Caregiving - Provides support for family caregivers
- National Council on Aging - Case studies, news, and resources from a national perspective.
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Oct
6
Planning for long term care is essential in these economic times
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When I talk to people these days about planning for long term care the most common response is that they cannot afford any more insurance. Well, as we’ve posted on this blog many times, the issue is not long term care insurance, it is long term care.
If you can imagine for a moment a typical [...]
Oct
3
If care costs $300 per day, why should I buy a policy that only pays $200?
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When planning for long term care using insurance as the solution to cover the costs associated with providing that care, it’s important to to understand how to arrive at the right amount of coverage for your family.
It’s not as simple as determining what care costs and buying a policy for that amount. Looking at your [...]
Oct
1
New report shows Medicaid spending will total $3.7 trillion in the next two decades
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Reuters is reporting that the spending for long term care will total $3.7 trillion in the next two decades. Click here for the article.
According to a report by Americas’s Health Insurance Plans, states would shoulder $1.6 trillion of the costs and the federal government would spend $2.1 trillion through the Medicaid program. If the report is [...]