Tag: long-term services and supports (LTSS)
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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…
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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…