Long-Term Care: How to Plan & Pay for It - Softcover

Matthews Attorney, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 141332553X ISBN 13: 9781413325539

Publisher: NOLO, 2018

Synopsis

Get the best care, in the right place, at the right price

To find the right kind of long-term care, you may need to make difficult personal, medical, and financial decisions during emotionally tough times. Long-Term Care helps you and your family understand the range of available choices. Even more important, it guides you toward the best care you can afford. You’ll learn how to:

• explore your options for home care, assisted living, and nursing homes
• get the most out of Medicaid, Medicare, and veterans’ programs
• evaluate whether long-term care insurance is worth the significant expense
• consider the special needs of loved ones with dementia or Alzheimer’s, and
• protect your loved ones from elder fraud.

This award winner 12th edition is completely updated with the latest long-term care costs, Medicaid rules, and resources.

About this title

Book Description:

People need help making good decisions about choosing and paying for long-term care. As long-term care options expand, the need for reliable, unbiased, plain-English information grows.

About the Author:

Joseph Matthews has been an attorney since 1971, and from 1975 to 1977 taught at the law school of the University of California, Berkeley. He has for many years been involved in matters relating to seniors, and is the author of Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions and Long Term Care: How to Plan & Play for It, as well as How to Win Your Personal Injury Claim.

About this edition

• Publisher: NOLO
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 141332553X
• ISBN 13: 9781413325539
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376