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Reader Stories: Have You Thought About Your Long Term Care Needs?

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Updated April 29, 2010

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Long term care is a type of service or support to help you meet your health or personal care needs over an extended period of time and to help you be as independent as possible. It may include options such as a nursing home, assisted living facility, adult day care program, or care in your home. Have you thought about your future long-term care needs and how you will pay for long-term care services?

I Lucked Out with Long-Term Care Insurance

My wife and I are lucky. In the late 1980s, my wife was offered long-term care insurance as a work benefit -- for $111 a month for the two of us. We are fully paid up and have an excellent plan that …More

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