Find your parents’ Long-Term Care Policies so you can help them plan
There is plenty of debate about the benefits and drawbacks of buying long-term care insurance. The premiums are expensive for a person in their 70’s who is first considering a purchase. Potential buyers worry that they will pay premiums for years and never have to use the policy. The industry has been in flux and there aren’t too many carriers around. What I do know is that over...
Start your long term care planning before the reverse mortgage is used up
I have encountered the following crisis too many times. A frail elder is living at home, and since the home is safe and nice, is happily aging in place. Once the homeowner reaches the point of hiring a home health aide, they start using up their savings. At that point, they place a reverse mortgage on the home. This provides a significant amount of cash that can be drawn out month after...