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"Baby Boomers, Long Term Care, and Quality of Life in Retirement"

By William Clatterbus


Introduction

When the concern for long term care becomes present-day, folks in need can reap the benefits of both skilled care and personal care. Personal care is a way of assisting those in need with routine efforts such as housekeeping or fulfilling there custodial needs like eating or dressing. Skilled care is far more medically necessitated. With skilled care, the individual in need gets medical doctor aid with aspects like physical therapy and rehabilitation. The general goal of long term care is to help the person in need as they are.

Long Term Care Insurance

Medical facilities like assisted living centers and/or nursing homes are only a few of the locations where a long term care insurance policy can be made the most of. When you get a policy, it is tailored to meet your particular needs. Combining and interchanging services in multiple ways, long term care insurance puts you in control of how you wish to receive care.

Long Term Care Insurance Cost

Age, health, level of coverage, and benefits are the determining matters of long term care insurance cost. Long term care insurance cost is something that you are predominately in control of. You decide on policy options like how long your maximum benefit period will be as well as other controllable alternatives. On the other hand, while the choice is still yours to make, inflation protection is a criteria for most policy holders and can be as low as 25 % or as high as 40 % added onto the premium.

Conclusion

Long term care policies are proud of the advantage of being "tax qualified". Benefits paid to you from your policy can be written off, either in part or in full. A steady income is ideal for a long term care insurance policy. By making the most of your policy, you can put your remaining retirement assets into other monetary endeavours and/or pass them down.




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