Understanding and Planning for the Cost of Long-term Care

Misinformation about long term care leaves many elderly people with false beliefs about how to be protected in old age. Read the excerpt below. Kansas City infoZine Amy Criger Thursday, February 04, 2010 Overland Park, KS - infoZine - Nearly one third of all adults in the United States are unpaid family caregivers for a loved one needing assistance, and with the expanding senior population, this number only promises to grow. Additionally, two out of five Americans will need long-term care at some point in their lives. When the cost for this care falls directly on the individual needing care or on the family, which in many cases it does, these statistics prove significant. Read the entire article: http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/39804/