Archive for Medical and Long-term Care Planning
By Carroll Golden, CLU, ChFC, CLTC, CASL, LECP, FLMI, LACP, the Executive Director, Limited and Extended Care Planning Center (LECP Center) for the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, C. Golden Consulting, LLC Now is a good time for us to look at a retirement security framework as we approach the most significant surge […]
Read more →By Emily Gang, Owner of The Medicare Coach Medicare is delivered in a very confusing way in our country. Unfortunately, the way the government and the insurance companies have set up Medicare, people are very likely to make the wrong decision if they don’t fully understand what’s going on. Making the wrong decision means jeopardizing […]
Read more →By Heather Homes, Founder and CEO of Genivity I come from the healthcare industry and spent much time working in hospital systems around the world, working directly with physicians and patients. One of the interesting things that I learned was that regardless of the healthcare system, I consistently saw people delay making critical-medical-care decisions because they […]
Read more →By Carroll Golden, CLU, ChFC, CLTC, CASL, LECP, FLMI, the Executive Director, Limited and Extended Care Planning Center (LECP Center) for the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors It took a once-in-a-century pandemic to help us see the need for a plan for caregiving. Combine an aging population, increasing longevity, a shrinking birth rate […]
Read more →By Jack Towarnicky, JD, CEBS, LLM-Employee Benefits, HR/Rewards/Benefits Compliance and Planning Researcher with the American Retirement Association Health savings accounts (HSAs) have been around since 2004. However, only 20-25% of employees who have employer sponsored healthcare coverage have access to that choice. Worse, all too often, the HSA capable health option is poorly deployed and […]
Read more →By Carroll Golden, CLU, ChFC, CLTC, CASL, LECP, FLMI, the Executive Director, Limited and Extended Care Planning Center (LECP Center) for the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors What are the Realities and Impact of Extended Long-term Care Today? An aging population is not the only one impacted. The problem spans generations. We often […]
Read more →By Joanne Giardini-Russell, Owner, Giardini Medicare and Cameron Giardini, Giardini Medicare There are the two choices that every 65-year-old is going to face when it’s time to think about what they’re going to do when it comes to Medicare: do they go with a Medicare Advantage Plan or Medigap? There have been a lot of […]
Read more →By Phil Bongiorno, Executive Director at Home Care Association of America The number of families utilizing home care services continues to grow in the United States. A higher number of family caregivers who are caring for a loved one with a chronic or debilitating health condition are turning to home care, rather than institutional care, […]
Read more →By Paul Malley, President of Aging with Dignity More than 30 million people have already used Five Wishes. It’s available in 29 different languages and used by organizations, healthcare providers, and faith communities of diverse faiths from across the country and the world. Because it’s translated into 29 languages, it’s appropriate in very diverse populations […]
Read more →By Erin Fisher, President, Find Medicare Plans, LLC Please note: all references to premium, deductible, copay, etc. dollar amounts reflect 2018 numbers. What is Medicare? Medicare is health insurance for people 65 or older. People under 65 can also enroll in Medicare when they have certain disabilities, and people of any age that have end-stage […]
Read more →By Annalee Kruger, President, Care Right Inc. I used to be a social worker and long-term care administrator for over 20 years. Every day, I had families in my office because there was a medical crisis. Mom fell, she broke her hip. Hospital says here’s a list of facilities. Go find one because we’re discharging […]
Read more →By Amber B. Woodland, Esq., Partner at ProcinoWells & Woodland, LLC. The first half of this article was published in our July 2017 issue, and covered the basic definition of elder law, what is Medicaid, payment options for long-term care costs, how to qualify for Medicaid, the Medicaid asset or resource test, Medicaid transfer penalty […]
Read more →By Amber B. Woodland, Esq., Partner at ProcinoWells & Woodland, LLC. This is a topic that I am extremely passionate about. I love what I do; I love serving my community and seniors in my community and helping their families every single day. Most of us know of someone or have a loved one, friend, […]
Read more →By Roy Ranthun, MPH, “Mr. HSA” and Aaron Benway, CFP®, MBA Couples who are 65 years old and retiring today are projected by Fidelity to need $260,000 in retirement to cover all of their out-of-pocket costs for the rest of their life, after what Medicare pays. Medicare also does not include long-term care. For those 45-year-old […]
Read more →By Brad Breeding, CFP®, President and Co-Founder of MyLifeSite I was in the financial planning business for 14 years. I still maintain my CFP® designation because I don’t want to ever take that test again, but I’m no longer actively practicing. Rather, I am focusing on the business that I’m running today, MyLifeSite.net. The idea […]
Read more →By David Armes, CFP®, Principal of Dover Healthcare Planning, LLC How are healthcare costs different? They increase at faster rates than other kinds of retirement spending. Over the last 20 years, healthcare inflation has risen at an average annual rate of about 2 percent more than other types of consumer inflation. Over time, for retirees […]
Read more →By Nyal Bischoff, Independent Long Term Care Specialist Editor’s note: This presentation was delivered in live webinar format in 2015. Nyal’s comments have been edited for clarity and length. You can view a YouTube brief of the original presentation here. You may also choose to take the full length course and earn 1 CRC®, CFP®, and/or […]
Read more →By Ron Mastrogiovanni, President and Chief Executive Officer of HealthView Services Editor’s note: This presentation was delivered in live webinar format in 2015. Ron’s comments have been edited for clarity and length. You can view a YouTube brief of the original presentation here. You may also choose to take the full length course to earn 1 […]
Read more →By Rick Miller, PhD, CFP®, Founder of Sensible Financial, and Scott Haglund, FSA, MAAA FLMI, Vice President & Director of Actuarial Services at Life & Health Federated Life Insurance Company. Editor’s note: This presentation was delivered in live webinar format in 2014. Rick’s and Scott’s comments have been edited for clarity and length. You can […]
Read more →By Anna Rappaport and David Kaleda Editor’s note: As we approach age 65, chances increase that a worker will experience a disability of several months or longer. When defined benefit plans were the norm, disabled employees had safety nets that protected their retirement security, because employers continued to make contributions/accrue retirement benefits in the defined […]
Read more →By Cindy Hounsell, JD, President of Wiser Editor’s note: It’s estimated that more than 36 million households across the country have an adult who’s providing unpaid care to a family member. Sixty-six percent of those caregivers are women, according to the caregiving in the U.S. studied by the National Alliance for Caregiving. Caregivers spend an […]
Read more →By Carol Bogosian, ASA, EA, MAAA, President of CAB Consulting Editor’s note: This excerpted transcript is from our ongoing Retirement Professional Development courses, and highlights key research conducted by the Society of Actuaries, much of which InFRE has participated in over the last 15 years. It focuses on the misunderstandings of the risks faced by […]
Read more →By Ellen J. Tell At some point in their lives, most people will need some form of ongoing assistance, often called long term care (LTC) or long-term services and supports (LTSS). This includes assistance with activities of daily living such as bathing or dressing or supervision required by a cognitive condition such as Alzheimer’s disease. […]
Read more →By Betty Meredith, CFA®, CFP®, CRC® The financial industry generally classifies a client’s risk tolerance by their capability to assume investment risk. When retirement planning for the mid-market, retirement counselors need to prioritize a client’s ability to protect against the additional primary risks of inflation, longevity, health and long-term care before they plan for their […]
Read more →AARP is redefining the definition of long-term care for older people to include the availability of housing with services, accessible transportation, and funding of respite care for family caregivers. When my mother passed at the end of last year, I realized the importance for all these types of services. By expanding the definition of long-term care […]
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