Financial Security in Later Life

 

     
 

Interactive

Why Plan Now?

  Are the benefits of planning ahead important to you?
   
Are you prepared?
  Are you at risk of needing long term care?
 
  Will the cost of long term care impact your financial security?:
  - An Assessment Tool for Married Couple/Partners
  - An Assessment Tool for Singles and Non-married individuals
  Identify your lifeline and financial risk factors
  Are you prepared to protect your financial security?
  Do you know the facts about financing long term care?
   
Knowing your financing options.
  Self-insuring as a Long Term Care Financing Option
  Using home equity as a long term care financing option
  Long term care insurance as a long term care financing option
  Medical Assistance as a long term care financing option
  Do you know the facts about financing options?
   
Creating Your Plan.
 
  Identify your later life financial goals and priorities:
  - For individuals at risk of needing long term care
  - For adult children of aging parents/in-laws
  Identify your beliefs about who should pay for long term care
   
Carrying Out Decisions.
  Long term care and family decision-making: Identifying and Addressing Sources of Conflict

 

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