Tag: Family Caregivers

Senior woman in wheelchair and nurse from care home outdoors

Two recent reports on family caregivers capture the size and nature of caregiving activity. In terms of the number of people caring for adult family members, the reports — the first from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); and the second from the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) and AARP — peg the figure at 38 million and 59…

Stethoscope on the dollars

Even the best-laid plans can go awry.  Retirees face the risk of a large healthcare spending shock for medical or long-term care (LTC) either because their health insurance involves significant cost sharing or because they lack insurance entirely in the case of LTC…