Step 3: Evaluate the pros and cons of the various long term care options in Connecticut

Step 3: Evaluate

The evaluation stage is crucial to taking informed action. This stage involves evaluating the options identified during the previous step by analyzing them from the perspective of your family’s specific situation and requirements.

The goal is to identify the scenarios most likely to unfold during the coming years, and choose the options best suited you and your family.

The criteria we use for evaluating options
The criteria we at the Haas Agency use to help our clients evaluate their options include the following:

  • Control. This is a measure of the flexibility and degree of choice associated with each option.
  • Predictability. This involves the likelihood that the money will be there when needed.
  • Accessibility. This refers to the requirements and procedures associated with each option.
  • Impact. Impact is a measure of how much each option will affect the recipient and their family.

You can access a longer discussion of the above criteria, as well as additional criteria, by requesting a copy of our free Gathering Storm report.

Questions to ask when evaluating long term care options
The easiest way to evaluate each option is to analyze it by asking questions like:

  • How much control does each option offers the family over their future, in terms of living options and ability to control their own destiny?
  • How secure is each funding alternative?
  • What are the eligibility requirements with each option?
  • How is support administered and distributed?
  • Which options are least likely to change family dynamics or standard of living?

Although the questions can be simply stated, answering them requires constantly monitoring the changing economic and political environment, and making informed decisions based on previous experience, an in-depth knowledge of the challenges associated with long term care, and an on-going study of Connecticut events and trends .

Who can help you make the right choices?
An experienced outside expert with detailed knowledge of each long term care option, like Paul Haas, Peter Haas, or Tim Haas from the Haas Agency, can best help you and your family make the most informed choices.

We can help you by facilitating open communication among family members. We can help you reduce your long term care alternatives to a few, clearly-defined options based on your family’s specific goals and resources. We are sensitive to you, and your family’s needs, and respect the confidence that you place in us.

May we be of assistance?
Please feel free to contact us for an introductory consultation, or with any questions:

Glastonbury office
Paul Haas, (860) 659-1301
Peter Haas, (860) 659-1301

New Fairfield office
Tim Haas, (203) 746-5077

To learn more, please proceed to Step 4.