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Long-Term Care: How to Plan & Pay for It
by Attorney Joseph L. Matthews
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Pages: 384
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Summary
Get the best care in the right place, for the right price -- this book shows you how!
Finding the right kind of long-term care often requires making difficult decisions during difficult times. Long-Term Care helps you understand the alternatives to nursing facilities and shows you how to find the best care you can afford.
With Long-Term Care, you'll be able to:
- evaluate long-term care insurance
- arrange home care
- explore options beyond nursing homes
- choose a nursing facility
- get the most out of Medicare, Medicaid and other benefit programs
- protect your assets
- recognize and prevent elder fraud
The completely updated 6th edition has a new chapter on hospice care. It also includes up-to-date benefit numbers, laws and taxes, as well as the latest resources and websites.
With sensitivity and clarity, Joseph Matthews gives you all the information necessary to help plan for and make the best arrangements for long-term care.
Press Reviews
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"A straight-talking guide to choosing and paying for a nursing home, assisted living site, or home care."
Leonard Wiener,
U.S. News & World Report
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"This book offers great advice about selecting a nursing home."
Liz Pulliam Weston,
Chicago Sun-Times
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"Evaluates home health, residential and nursing care facilities, and nursing home insurance; it also looks at Medicare, Medicaid and other benefit programs."
Modern Maturity
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"Covers all the angles, from various kinds of care to evaluating facilities and insurance, to protecting your assets, and even detecting and preventing elder fraud."
Accounting Today
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"One of the best books on the topic." Money
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"Provides answers to some of the most difficult questions faced when dealing with how to best care for a senior citizen... should be required reading for anyone who must deal with care options for the elderly."
Legal Publishing Preview
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"A practical source of information for families seeking good, affordable care for seniors."
Parent Care Advisor
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Table of Contents
Introduction
What Is Long-Term Care?
Threshold Issues of Long-Term Care
1. Making Decisions About Long-Term Care
Getting Started
Make a Realistic Family Commitment
What Can You Afford?
Geriatric Care Managers
Other Legal and Financial Matters
2. At-Home Care
What Is Home Care?
How to Find Home Care
Services Provided
Kinds of Providers
What to Look For
Getting Started
Costs of Home Care
Financing Home Care Through Reverse Mortgages
Cashing In a Life Insurance Policy
Home Care
3. Organized Senior Residences
Independent Living
Assisted Living
Combination Residential Facilities
4. Long-Term Care Facilities
Levels of Care
Choosing the Right Facility
Your Written Contract
5. Care for Elders With Alzheimer's Disease
The Symptoms and Stages of Alzheimer's
Home Care for Alzheimer's
Residential Care Facilities for Alzheimer's
6. Hospice Care
Medicare Eligibility for Hospice Care
Services Provided by Hospice
How Hospice Operates
Payment for Hospice Care
7. Medicare and Veterans' Benefits
Medicare Coverage for Long-Term Care
Veterans' Benefits for Long-Term Care
8. Medicaid Coverage for Long-Term Care
Eligibility for Medicaid
What Medicaid Pays For
Finding Out About Medicaid in Your State
If You Are Denied Medicaid Coverage
9. Medicaid and Asset Protection
Medicaid Rules on Transfer of Assets
Strategies to Protect Your Assets
10. Protecting Choices About Medical Care and Finances
Health Care Decisions
Financial Decisions
Guardianships and Conservatorships
11. Long-Term Care Insurance
Risks and Benefits
Warnings About Insurance Practices
Extent of Coverage
Coverage Conditions and Exclusions
Premiums
Benefit Amounts
Refund Provisions
12. Elder Fraud
Why Elders Are Targets
Who Commits Elder Fraud
Elder Frauds
Where to Get Help
Appendix: Resource Directory
Aging, State Agencies
Alzheimer's Disease Organizations
Caregiver Support Groups
Home Care, Community Programs, and Senior Residences
National Organizations
State Associations
Hospice Organizations
State Hospice Organizations
Insurance -- Long-Term Care
State Departments of Insurance
State Agencies on Aging
Information About LTC Policies
Legal Assistance
Licensing and Certification
Nursing Facility License and Certification Offices
Medicaid Assistance
Nursing Facility and Alternative Residence Organizations
Ombudsman Offices
Reverse Mortgage and Home Equity Conversion Assistance
Viatical Settlement Assistance
Index
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