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LET'S COMPARE LONG TERM CARE TO OTHER RISKS:
Did you know for every 1,000 people...
*Five (5) will have a HOUSE
FIRE --- Risk of 1/2%*
*Seventy (70) will have an
AUTO ACCIDENT --- Risk of 7%*
*Six-Hundred (600) will need
LONG TERM CARE --- Risk of 60%**
As you can see, this Long Term Care Risk is not something
to
take lightly. It will affect many people and their
families.
Consider this:
The average annual cost nationally for nursing home
care is
about
$46,000 or $127 per day for total costs.***
Over 40% of Americans receiving long-term
care are under
65 years old.****
WHO PAYS FOR LONG TERM CARE? YOU DO!!
Most hospital's, major medical and HMO's do not cover long
term care.
Medicare was designed to pay for hospital acute care costs and
pays
less
than 2% of all nursing home costs nationwide, usually for skilled
care immediately following hospitalization.***
Medicaid does not pay for either nursing home care or other long term
care
unless you
are at the federal poverty level or not until you
"spend down" your
assets and meet
Medicaid's requirements.
That leaves the responsibility for long term care costs with
you...or possibly with your family.
HOW COMMON IS HOME HEALTH CARE?
84% of all Long Term Care is done in the HOME! (According to
"Financial
Planning, The Care Givers - From the National Long Term Care
Network.")
In a recent survey of older Americans, it was found
that 78% of them
preferred to have out-of-hospital care done at Home rather
than a
Nursing Home.
Studies show that for every Senior American receiving care in
a Nursing Facility, five others need similar care at Home.
One in every five people 75 to 84 and nearly 50% over 84 have
Alzheimer's disease. And 70% of people with Alzheimer's live at
Home.
Approximately 85% of older citizens who need some Home Care
help
are
aided by family members.
Older spousal caregivers are 63% more likely to die in a given
year than
non-caring elderly. In fact, caregivers, at any age, are three times
more
likely to seek medical or psychological help for depression
and
stress
related symptoms.
According to the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners,
moderate chronic Home Health Care can cost over $20,000
per year.
If you think you can ignore Long Term
Care in any form, you will most
likely find out you were WRONG!
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states, ages 18-85!
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