Useful information you may want to download

• New York Times: Insurance for the Frailest Years - Online 9.18.09

  Getting Insurance for One's Frailest Years
  If you've cared for an elderly parent, you know the importance of being prepared for the cost of your own long-term care. New York Times Online 9.18.09

• What Broke My Father's Heart - New York Times 6.10

  What Broke My Father's Heart
  Painful account of navigating through the nation's health care system. New York Times 6.2010

• Alzheimer's Stages

  Part of an in depth article from the New York Times. Required reading for caregivers and people 'touched' by the disease. go here

• Kiplinger's: Your guide to a secure retirement (Fall 2007)

  Kiplinger's: Your guide to a secure retirement (Fall 2007) / Insurance for the long-haul Elder-care responsibilities spur boomers' interest in long-term care insurance.

• When Inheritance is Negative

  When Inheritance is Negative; Wall Street Journal (January 22, 2008) Caring for Parents Can Cost Children; Planning Ahead

• Why YOU NEED Long-Term Care Insurance

  Why YOU NEED Long-Term Care Insurance Terry Savage says, for people who don't have money there will be wards and warehousing.

• Cost of Care Survey

  Genworth Financial - Cost of Care Survey (2010) Home Care Providers, Assisted Living Facilities and Nursing Homes

• Alzheimer's Facts & Figures

  2010 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures (74 pages)

  Alzheimer’s Disease Prevalence Rates Rise to More than Five Million in the United States Someone develops Alzheimer’s every 72 seconds, according to new Alzheimer’s Association report

• How Elder-Care Costs Can Deplete Savings

  The New York Times Article (December, 2006) Elder-Care Costs Deplete Savings of a Generation

• New Medicaid Legislation

  New Medicaid Legislation Historic Long-Term Care Reform Signed into Law
  
  

• Health Care Proxy in NY

  http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/hospital/healthcareproxy/intro.htm

• Mr. Long-Term Care Insurance Article

  "To create an effective estate plan, there must be an estate to plan."

  Mr. Long-Term Care Insurance Article A poignant Martin Bayne essay welcoming you to the world of Long-Term Care.

• Miles Away - Long Distance Care

  Miles Away A MetLife study on long distance care giving, in cooperation with the National Alliance for Caregiving.
  
  

• Shopper's Guide to Long-Term Care Insurance

  NAIC Shopper's Guide to Long-Term Care Insurance (National Association of Insurance Commissioners) Everything you wanted to know about Long-Term Care Insurance - and more

• 10 Key Considerations

  10 Key Considerations What you might think about before you enroll

• Final Arrangements

  Final Arrangements: A detailed, thought provoking commentary on what you need to know<