Top 10 Long Term Care States
The American Association of Long Term Care Insurance (AALTCI) publishes data each year on the state of long term care insurance in the [...]
Washington Cares Fund – A tax to pay for care
2021 was a strange year in the long term care insurance world – driven mostly by the state of Washington. Washington passed a one-of-a- [...]
Is It Time?
The sandwich generation has never felt the pinch of “sandwiched” than when we are caring for seniors in our lives. The situation gets w [...]
UNUM and CNA – are these long term care insurance policies any good?
Every time I am asked if a policy or company is “any good”, I always hesitate on a response. I never know what other people mean by “an [...]
COVID and Long Term Care
Well, it is THE topic of this year, isn’t it? And the impact of this pandemic has been pervasive – sometimes painfully. In the world of [...]
A SMARTER WAY TO PAY FOR LONG TERM CARE
In other posts, I have written about using VA benefits, qualifying for Medicaid, self-paying the cost, and buying insurance as ways to [...]
Insider Tip for Dementia Claims
The call came thru from a son who was quite angry that his Mother’s claim for long term care benefits was denied and (as he said) “she [...]
Why won’t the Carrier Talk to Me?
We got a call in the other day from a woman who was quite angry that the long term care insurance carrier would not talk to her about h [...]
Riding the LTCi Claim Carousel
We were talking about how frustrating it can be at times that the long term care insurance carrier doesn’t give the same answer each ti [...]
Long Term Care Insurance: Change the Address of Record
Change Address on File with your Long Term Care Insurance carrier. One of the first things we recommend family do is to change the addr [...]