Answers to common long-term care questions:
What are my chances of needing long-term care?
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 52% of those age 65 or over will require long-term care. For every person in a nursing home, FIVE more people receive long-term care in their home.
Do I have to be in a nursing home to get care?
Care can take place in your home, an assisted living facility or a nursing home, if necessary.
How much does long-term care cost?
In Connecticut, the daily cost for nursing homes is 210, or over $75,000 per year. Home care can cost $50,000 or more annually.
Medicare pays for long-term care, right?
Long-term care expenses are generally NOT PAID FOR BY MEDICARE. Medicare was designed to pay hospital and doctor bills.
Won't Medicaid pay for my long-term care?
Medicaid will pay for care in a nursing home and requires a "spend down" of assets to qualify. Medicaid was designed for the poor and disabled persons.
How DO people pay for long-term care?
Excluding Medicaid, 71% of long-term care costs are paid directly by patients or their families.
How much does long-term care insurance cost?
The earlier you arrange for insurance protection, the lower the cost. It is important that you qualify BEFORE a serious health condition develops.
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