Tag: long-term services and supports (LTSS)
Private long-term care insurance is unlikely to be part of the solution. One of the greatest health-related risks facing older people is the cost of extensive long-term care to help with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, and eating or to deal with dementia or other chronic conditions. We estimate that roughly…
About one fifth will escape totally, and one quarter will require extensive care. My colleagues and I just completed the first of a three-part series of briefs on the need for long-term care and the resources available to cover it. The possibility of needing care later in life is a real concern for late-career workers…
