Tax and Money Tip of the Week
Long Term Care Insurance – “The Bottom Line”
May 30th, 2012 | No. 95

Long Term Care Insurance

A catastrophic injury or debilitating disease that requires you to enter a nursing home can destroy your best-laid financial plans.  You will need to decide whether to take out a long-term care insurance policy that may cover nursing home care, home health care, adult day care, respite care, and residential care.  If you decide to purchase such a policy, you’ll need to choose the best time to do so. 

Typically, unless you have a chronic condition that makes you more likely to require long-term care, there is generally no reason to begin thinking about this issue before age 50.  Usually, there is no reason to purchase such a policy before age 60, but it is less expensive generally in your 50’s.

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Mark Vitek, CPA/PFS, CFP®
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