Comments on: Long-Term Care Insurance?

By: jst4pat

jst4pat — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:33:05 +0000

Make sure it covers in home care..sometimes you can remain @ home with help, which is much better than going to a nursing home. Easier on you and your family. 66 and good health, now is the ideal time to buy, before something unforeseen happens and you would not be accepted..I also think AARP may have a plan.

By: Trudy

Trudy — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:33:05 +0000

I wouldn't bother with it at this late stage.

By: janey

janey — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:33:05 +0000

having gone through this with my mother, i would look for something that covers in home care.

By: gramof6

gramof6 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:33:05 +0000

Well you need to understand first what your medical insurance covers if you are retired and what medicare pays for.You need to talk to a lawyer about your assets if either of you needed nursing home care. Ask him about transferring your assets to any children and his advice so all you have doesn't have to go to the state.Now about the insurance it is a good thing to have if you can afford it but know that medicare covers in home care if the doctor agrees to it.That's my 2 cents worth,hope it helps.

By: CJ

CJ — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:33:05 +0000

Medicare will pay for in home care - but only for a couple of hours a day and about 2 - 3 days a week. I am on hospice - paid for by Medicare - and they only come in 2 hours a day! I still have to pay for a cleaning lady to come in, and for another to do my shopping! As it is unlikely that both of you would become terminally ill simultaneously, I think I would skip the long term care insurance and buy some in home care insurance - the kind that medicare does NOT pay for! i.e. house cleaning, laundry, trash disposal and other things not covered by the government. Call 1-800-MEDICARE for further info. Hope this helps.
CJ

By: RAYMOND J

RAYMOND J — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:33:05 +0000

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By: Rusty

Rusty — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:33:05 +0000

If I were you, unless the premiums are exorbitant, I would definitely get it. What other viable choice is there, depend on your children or relatives to take care of you? btw Medicare does not cover long term care. Having the home care is no where near the same thing. They will pay for Hospice but you have to prove you have a very limited time to live………who cares for you before you get to that point?