Paying for Long Term Care Blog

Eldercare can provide much-needed assistance to families and loved ones. But it isn’t always affordable. We break down the types of eldercare available, average costs, and how to pay for them. Planning for eldercare takes time and patience, whether it’s for a loved...

Over the years, as we’ve helped assist seniors, their families, and close family friends get access to long-term care, one of the first questions they ask is, “But how will we pay for it?” While every family’s circumstances are different and nuanced, we’ve learned of...

Broaching the topic of assisted living with loved ones can be hard. Here’s a guide with some of the best ways to open the topic. You’ll have a lot of hard conversations in your life, and talking with your loved ones about assisted living is one of the most difficult....

Medi-Cal, otherwise known as California’s Medicaid program, offers financial assistance programs for California residents in need of long-term health care coverage. Older adults who qualify for Medi-Cal coverage are eligible to receive health care benefits in a...

Making health care decisions for aging relatives can be challenging. Did you know you can qualify to receive monetary compensation while providing home care for an elderly or disabled family member in California? As a paid caregiver, you can provide vital support to a...

In this blog series, we have combined our years of experience in serving seniors with our knowledge of how to navigate paying for long-term care. In our last post, we looked at how a Charitable Remainder Trust or Medicaid Disability Trust are the tenth options for...

In our last post, we looked at how cashing out a Viatical or Life Settlement is the ninth option for paying for long-term care. This week, we're exploring how a Charitable Remainder & Medicaid Disability Trust can be utilized as the tenth way to pay for long-term...

Did you know that it is estimated that 52% of Americans who've recently turned 65 will need long-term care services at some point in their lifetime? This blog series,"11 Ways to Pay for Long-Term Care," is devoted to offering different avenues of payment options to...

For most families, the cost of long-term care can seem insurmountable. But the reality is that each family circumstance may be filled with options and creative financial solutions of which the family may not be aware. In this blog series, we are combining our years of...