Headline News

• Resource for Long-Distance Caregivers
• 15 Ways to Take Care of Your Elderly Parents
• Part B Premium Increasing 17% in 2008
• How to Know if An Assisted Living Facility is Providing Good Care
• Men More at Risk for Parkinson's Disease, Lou Gehrig's Disease
  Ever get objections from the man of the household that he won't need LTC?  This is a great article with scientific evidence that men have a 50% greater chance to develop Parkinson's disease than women. More>>
• BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE ANNOUNCES $67 MILLION PREMIUM PAYBACK
  Great Opportunity for Employers to Use the Savings to Keep Key Executives Happy with 10-Pay LTCI Plans! More>>
• FDA Approves New Drug for Alzheimer's
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday gave its approval to memantine, which has long been sold in Europe. More>>
• CNA Ceases ALL Individual LTCI Sales October 3, 2003 (PDFfile)
• Conseco Emerges from Bankruptcy September 10, 2003
  Conseco, Inc. announced today that its sixth amended joint plan of reorganization under Chapter 11, which was confirmed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court yesterday, has become effective. More>>
• INDIANAPOLIS — Insurance and finance company Conseco Inc., facing $6.5 billion in debt and a federal investigation of its accounting practices, filed for Chapter 11 protection in the third-largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.... Company officials have said Conseco's insurance subsidiaries have remained fundamentally sound despite the parent company's debt problems..... More>>
• VA Cutbacks
• New Nursing Home Compare Study Released 11/12/02
• Largest Employer in the USA establishes LTC insurance program!
• SOA's 3rd Annual LTCI Conference in Las Vegas (PDF File)
• Baby Boomers "Retirement Reality Check"
• Don't Expect Unlimited Home Health Visits or Alzheimer's Patients
• 10% LTC Tax Credit Given to Louisiana Residents
• Phyllis Shelton's response to Jonathan Clements, Wall Street Journal, 1/29/02 How Much Insurance Is Needed To Help Cover Long-Term Care?
• Mississippi Medicaid Program in Limbo
• 12% of employers plan to buy LTC insurance!
• The growing appetite of senior entitlements
• Should YOU Consider Long-Term Care Insurance?
• Funding LTC with Life Settlements