My Long-Term Care Story: Part 5 No one said that caregiving was easy. Yet, after talking with hundreds of clients, most everyone assumes and expects to receive care in their home. And I absolutely agree that remaining at home is ideal; it’s ideal for the person...
My Long-Term Care Story: Part 4 My mother moved into our home on September 15, 2020, and life settled into our new normal. Her long-term care insurance policy allowed us to make the necessary home modifications to keep her safe. The home modifications were part of the...
My Long-Term Care Story: Part 3 To continue My Story about long-term care insurance and what it means to me, I need to explain how COVID changed everything. Specifically, how the “alternate plan of care” in the long-term care insurance policy made all the difference...
My Long-Term Care Story: Part 2 It’s been 19 months since my last post about the long-term care journey with my mother. There really wasn’t too much more to say. After my father’s passing six days after they moved into Brookdale Senior Living, my...
What Long-Term Care Insurance Means To Me: Part 1 These are my parents. This photo was taken in May 2017 exactly 2 weeks before my father almost died of septic shock. Despite their age and physical limitations, my parents had traveled alone from California to...