Care Planning

On the whole, life expectancy has been rising steadily, and people are even expected to live significantly longer today than they were just 20 years ago. There were two main things that contributed to this: Fewer deaths from both cardiovascular disease and from...

As we discussed last week, your life care plan is a very serious consideration for you as you age. By creating a comprehensive life care plan, you set forth the expectations for your end-of-life and long-term care needs and create the plan that will allow those...

When you are thinking about your future, do you think about what will happen if you need supportive care when you are older? Long-term care, which includes a wide range of services, is something that many people don't think too much about until they get older. Despite...

In our blog post last week, we discussed how life care plans for patients who have dementia are vital to ensure their wishes are followed. We discussed how important it is for patients who are diagnosed with Alzheimer's to create their life care plans and other estate...

Learning that a loved one has Alzheimer's disease is devastating. One of the most important things besides getting health care for your loved one that you can do once the diagnosis is made is to ensure that your loved one has the proper estate planning documents made....

One of the hardest things an adult child can do is to care for a parent suffering from dementia caused by neurological disorders like Parkinson's or Alzheimer's diseases. Families in Houston and all over the country are torn asunder by the challenges presented by a...

A woman who is in the process of getting her doctorate from Texas Tech University recently released an article about the truths that people need to know when it comes to long-term care planning. She began by simply pointing out how normal retirement plans for travel...

Long-term care insurance has changed greatly over the years. Because of the upsurge of baby-boomers, long-term care insurance premiums are much higher. Many baby-boomers are either obese or disabled, and this makes the claims expensive because so many have been filed,...

Long-term care insurance might not be something that even middle-aged people think about, but it is something that should be considered when you are planning your estate. This insurance can help to protect you and your family from having to cover the high cost of...

As Americans get older, they likely start to think about how to handle their affairs as they near the end of life. One of the things that some people choose to do is to purchase long-term care insurance. For some aging Americans, the desire to care for their affairs...