Why Long-Term Care Funding is a Critically Important Investment for Your Future

November was long-term care awareness month. Regardless which month it is, at InSight Law, we encourage all of our clients to have some type of long-term care plan in place, since you never know if and when you may need an in-home nurse or will need to reside in a long-term care facility. There are several different strategies that you can employ to address your long-term care funding needs. Strategies I have seen are: buying a straight long term care policy to fully fund your daily needs, buying a straight long-term care policy to partially fund your daily needs and then self-funding the remaining...

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Long-Term Care – Why You Need to be Prepared

Posted by KarenLewis

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It is an undeniable fact - we are living longer. By the year 2050, people in their 90s will increase four fold. That means the number of senior citizens (i.e. age 65+) will more than double, according to an article by J. Brendan Ryan. Many seniors need long-term care. In fact, over ninety percent of seniors’ health care costs today are attributable to chronic diseases like arthritis, diabetes, etc. The likelihood of a senior citizen needing long-term care at some point in their lives is extremely high – nearly 70 percent. Millions of unpaid caregivers helps the sick, elderly and disabled. This...