Tag: caregiving

Healthcare worker with man using walking support

Long-term care is the major uninsured expense for most retirees.  Neither private health insurance nor Medicare covers long-term care expenses, although Medicare provides for care in a skilled nursing facility for up to 100 days following hospitalization.  Long-term care insurance is available in the private market, but less than 5 percent of people purchase plans. …

Woman hugging elderly mother

Aaron Blight and his wife were thrown into the role of caregiver when his mother-in-law was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The couple cared for her for more than five years, juggling her needs with raising their four children. Today, Blight combines a professorship at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, and writing about caregiving wit…