Planning Tools: Interactive

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	Why Plan Now?
	Are You Prepared?
	Know Your Financial Options
	Creating Your Plan
	Carrying Out Decisions

DECISION MAKING TOOLKIT

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	Common Myths & Facts
	Family Experiences
	Planning Tools
	Conversation Starters

ON-LINE SELF STUDY

	Critical Conversations About Financing Long Term Care

EDUCATORS TOOLKIT

	Critical Conversations About Financing Long Term Care

	The Experience and Meaning of Medicaid Eligibility

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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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Family Social Science

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