This is a portion of a good article on long term health care (LTHC) on Forbes.com (May 22,2008) under investments.
Long-term-care insurance may not be right for every situation. It may not be the answer for people who can rely on family members to provide care for them at home, says Michael Haubrich, a fee-only [...]

One year ago when I arrived at my aunt’s house to care for her, I thought of myself as her niece and friend. I was there to help my aunt as she battled breast cancer. Around the house, she had some books entitled something like, “Rights of caregivers.” She had picked them up during her [...]

Today Senators Mikulski and Klobuchar introduced federal legislation called the AGE (Americans Giving care to Elders) Act and the Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act . Check out the media release and Senator Mikulski’s web page. This looks like a good beginning because it monitors long term health care practices and offers a tax credit [...]

There is a possibility that Medicare will phase out an annual adjustment to the Hospice wage index in the next 3 years. I know that many of you have been blessed to receive services from Hospice. Read the response of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization to the Bush Administration’s proposal to reduce funds [...]