What is the Difference Between a Will and a Trust

What is the Difference Between a Will and a Trust

An important aspect of LTC planning that reaches beyond your health and care options is your estate or assets. More specifically, after you die, your loved ones will need to know how to divide your belongings and assets. While many people use the terms “will” and...
What Does it Mean to Fund a Trust?

What Does it Mean to Fund a Trust?

As a person’s career advances, or even begins to wind down, depending on how you look at it, there comes a time to consider a whole host of topics, such as long-term care options and retirement plans. But a third category is just as important as those other two:...
5 Helpful Tips For Discussing Long Term Care WIth Aging Parents

5 Helpful Tips For Discussing Long Term Care WIth Aging Parents

Talking about and accepting the need for assistance can be a touchy subject for elderly parents who are extremely independent in their everyday lives and want to “continue life as normal”. But sometimes, due to adverse health events such as Alzheimer’s disease,...
The Importance of Estate Planning with Long-Term Care in Mind

The Importance of Estate Planning with Long-Term Care in Mind

Most people, by the time they reach their mid-50s, are enjoying an empty nest. Kids are on their own, probably either graduated from college and starting a career, or already in stable jobs or careers and even thinking about a family of their own some day. This is...
4 Tips To Keep Seniors Independent And Safe

4 Tips To Keep Seniors Independent And Safe

As tempting as it may be to err on the side of caution and over-manage your aging parent’s other loved one’s daily life, a few subtle changes can make a huge difference in their safety as well as your peace of mind as they become a little less sure of their daily...
The 5 Major Health Events That Require Long Term Care

The 5 Major Health Events That Require Long Term Care

Prevention is key when it comes to decreasing the need for future long term care for the elderly. However, the truth is that the elderly population are at high risk for many health events that will likely result in the need for long term care. Long term care policies...