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

Smart Money Magazine and Long-Term Care

More and more major periodicals and newspapers are starting to get the word out about the benefits of long-term care insurance. This is especially true of most financially-related media.
There are too many journalists who succumb to sensationalistic writing and tend to focus the bulk of their attention on LTCI companies that have a less […]

Who Will Look After You When You Need Care?

Terry Savage is a personal finanace writer for the Chicago Sun-Times and she wrote an article that was published on March 31 that I just had to include in my blog for the benefit of all of my readers.
She rightly draws the attention to the inability of government programs to provide adequate care even now […]

The Most Common and Expensive Long-Term Care Insurance Mistake

There are many mistakes that can be made when considering long-term care insurance, and some of them can be very costly.
Some of the most common mistakes include only getting quotes from one company, assuming knowledge of long-term care costs when no real research has been done, relying on someone else’s opinion of what policy design […]

1 in 8 Americans Expected to Develop Alzheimer’s

One of the furure possibilities that worries many people I talk to each day is the prospect of developing Alzheimer’s and requiring expensive long-term care as a result.
Unfortunately, the latest news on the trends for this disease are pointing to a substantial increase in the numbers of people who will have Alzheimer’s in their lifetime. […]