Long-Term Care: How to Plan & Pay for It

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Get the best care, in the right place, at the right price

To find the right kind of long-term care, you may need to make difficult personal, medical, and financial decisions during emotionally tough times. Long-Term Care helps you and your family understand the range of available choices. Even more important, it guides you toward the best care you can afford. You'll learn how to:

• explore your options for home care, assisted living and nursing homes
• get the most out of Medicaid, Medicare and veterans' programs
• evaluate long-term care insurance
• consider the special needs of people with dementia or Alzheimer's, and
• protect your loved ones from elder fraud.

This completely updated edition includes an expanded discussion of Medicaid coverage, special long-term care insurance, assisted living, and long-term care. Plus, you'll get up-to-date benefit numbers, laws and taxes, and revised information on veterans' benefits.