Healthy Aging
The consulting firm Milliman recently published its 2025 Long-Term Care Index, calculating that – on average – 65-year-olds should set aside $135,000 for their future high-intensity long-term care needs. Great Variability While an average figure can be a helpful anchor point, Milliman’s estimates show substantial variability based on gender, location, and health status, among other factors. For instance,…
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…
