096 Paying for Long-Term Care: 2019 Updates

Dr. K talks with Howard Gleckman, a family caregiving and long-term care insurance expert. They discuss long-term care insurance, family caregiving, the struggles many older adults and families face in paying for late-life care, and much more. They also discuss Washington State s new public long-term care plan and other developments that might make services available to more people.
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In This Episode:

Dr. K talks with Howard Gleckman, senior fellow at the Urban Institute and an expert on how policy and tax issues affect older adults and their long-term care. He is also the author of Caring for Our Parents: Inspiring Stories of Families Seeking New Solutions to America s Most Urgent Health Crisis. They discuss:

What is long-term care and who usually ends up paying for it
Why so many older adults end up needing some form of long-term care
That it s Medicaid, not Medicare, that sometimes covers long-term care needs for older adults
What triggers need to occur for long- term care insurance policies to kick-in
Currently available options to pay for long-term care and ongoing living assistance
Why insurers have had difficulty offering affordable long-term care insurance
What happened to the federal long-term care program the CLASS act
How Washington State s new public long-term care insurance plan is set up, and why it won t help today s older adults
The new Medicare rules that might enable Medicare Advantage plans to offer the non-medical services that can help older adults age in place
What are the benefits of Medicare Advantage care plans
What politicians are saying about this, and why we don t hear more about long-term care issues

Related episodes:

059 Interview: Long-Term Care Insurance & Financing Late-Life Care Needs

074 Interview: How the Village Model Supports Aging in Place & Community

017- Interview: Paying for Long-Term Care & Other Family Caregiving Challenges

HowardGleckman.com

It s Official: Washington will be the First State with Public Long-Term Care Insurance
What a Medicare Advantage Personal Services Benefit Looks Like
How Can You Help Older Adults Age at Home? Ask What They Need, Then Help Them

Community Living Assistance Services & Supports (CLASS) Act
The Long-Term Care Poll
A Consensus Framework for Long-Term Care Financing Reform

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