September The Long Term Care Review by Duane Lipham, CLTC Archives

Long-term care insurance provides valuable protection for your family’s wealth

They’re not like many thirty-somethings, but Vickie Seabon-Moore and her husband, Kenneth, saw the tight three years ago when they decided to sign up for long-term care insurance. They signed up shortly after Seabon-Moore’s mother died, after seeing her illness drain her resources and then pose a problem for her children.
In 1999, Seabon-Moore’s mother developed […]

Long-term care of patients with Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer’s disease is a common cause of death among older adults. Being able to predict survival would help caregivers plan for long-term patient care needs. Characteristics that have been associated with higher mortality rates include male sex, initial dementia severity, presence of behavioral disturbances, wandering and falling, comorbid conditions, and presence of extrapyramidal signs. Larson […]