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Long Term Care ‘Tweeners »

What happens to those of us who get to a point that we can’t take care of ourselves but aren’t yet in need of a nursing home?  Between home and the nursing home?  Tennessee is attempting to answer that question with their Long-Term Care Community Choices Act of 2008.  Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen proposed this […]

How Long Term Care-givers can Take Care of Themselves »

In an older post, I talked about the Sandwich Generation and how they are stuck in the middle of caring for their children and their aging parents (or other relatives).  In all this, we sometimes forget to take care of ourselves: physically, mentally and emotionally.  I spoke to Susan Smith a clinical therapist at Therapy […]

Sandwich Generation and Long Term Care »

The Sandwich Generation -  those of us caring for our aging parents while caring for our own children - are a growing group of individuals.  Stuck in the middle and “sandwiched.”  Sandwiching is only going to become and increasing problem since we have a rising number of elderly due to the baby boomers heading to […]

New York State Advertising Campaign for Long Term Care Insurance »

Word of mouth at cocktail parties or a $1.75 million dollar campaign…either one should do the trick in spreading the word on long term care insurance…
California, Connecticut, Indiana and New York all offer Partnership for Long-term Care Insurance policies but yesterday New York State Health Department announced its plans to sink $1.75 million into an […]