“Buyers Of New Long-Term Care Insurance Policies Face Little Risk Of Future Rate Increase,” by Jesse Slome, ExpertClick “Individuals who purchase a new long-term care insurance policy face little if any chance of a future rate increase according to a study of pricing experts released by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance.” LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform): It’s about time this news got out backed up by actuaries’ opinions. Buyers Of New Long-Term Care Insurance Policies Face Little Risk Of Future Rate Increase #goldencareagent #rate
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“Sex Doesn’t Stop with Dementia,” by Judy George, MedPage Today “Most people with dementia who lived at home and had a partner were sexually active, a national study of older adults found. Of partnered people, 59% of men and 51% of women who screened positive for dementia were sexually active, including 41% who were 80 to 91 years old, reported Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, of the University of Chicago, and co-authors in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. This is the first study to establish nationally representative evidence about sexuality and cognitive function of older adults at home, Lindau
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“States try to beat back rate increases on long-term-care policies,” by Greg Lacurci, InvestmentNews “States have taken steps to limit the drastic rate increases plaguing the long-term-care insurance market, leading some experts to suggest that these insurance policies are worth a second look for financial advisers and consumers. … Jesse Slome, executive director of the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, said that new policies priced today have ‘almost zero chance of having a rate increase,’ but added that that hasn’t done much to sway public opinion about the products.” LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term
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“Anne Tumlinson: Transforming Long-Term Care for Older Adults,” by Emily Gurnon, Next Avenue “Next Avenue 2018 Influencer in Aging Anne Tumlinson is a nationally recognized expert in the economics of an aging society. She is the founder of Daughterhood, an organization dedicated to building community around the experience of caring for aging parents. Daughterhood informs and supports the work Tumlinson and her team of researchers and analysts do through her firm, Anne Tumlinson Innovations, to help providers, payers and policymakers transform the financing and delivery of health and long-term care to older adults. (She wrote about some of these challenges
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“How a son’s viral videos give hope to families dealing with dementia,” by Marisa Dellatto, New York Post “When Simon McDermott’s father, Ted, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2013, everything changed. ‘It was a wake-up call,’ Simon, 42, tells The Post. It made him realize that ‘Dad’s not going to be around forever.’ It was also the beginning of a dark time for the family. As Ted’s condition worsened, he became aggressive — a common side-effect of the degenerative brain disease. … Amazingly, Ted could still remember the words to … old songs. Simon noticed he even seemed happy when
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