How To Plan Ahead With Long Term Care Insurance
Monday, September 25th, 2006You may feel that this is not something that you need, and maybe because of your age, you see it as frivolous. The sad part is that many people feel that way, and they don t look to the future or think anything bad is going to happen to them. Sadly, these are the ones who find themselves needing long-term care that goes beyond what their insurance company is willing to pay. For them, long-term care insurance would have made things much easier.
The problem with thinking we are “too young” to be thinking about long term care insurance is that it doesn t always happen to the old - it can happen to anyone. In 2003, the former lead singer of a musical band who was close to 60 at that time and in quite good health took a fall across a fence at his home, breaking several vertebrae in his neck. He is still in the rehabilitation hospital, and it is uncertain when he will be able to return to his home. When that happens, full-time nursing care will still be needed as he is paralyzed from th (more...)
