Summary
Get the best care in the right place, for the right price -- this book shows you how!
Finding the right kind of long-term care often requires making difficult decisions during difficult times. Long-Term Care helps you understand the alternatives to nursing facilities and shows you how to find the best care you can afford.
With Long-Term Care, you'll be able to:
- evaluate long-term care insurance
- arrange home care
- explore options beyond nursing homes
- choose a nursing facility
- get the most out of Medicare, Medicaid and other benefit programs
- protect your assets
- recognize and prevent elder fraud
The completely updated 6th edition has a new chapter on hospice care. It also includes up-to-date benefit numbers, laws and taxes, as well as the latest resources and websites.
With sensitivity and clarity, Joseph Matthews gives you all the information necessary to help plan for and make the best arrangements for long-term care.
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Press Reviews
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"A straight-talking guide to choosing and paying for a nursing home, assisted living site, or home care."
Leonard Wiener,
U.S. News & World Report
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"This book offers great advice about selecting a nursing home."
Liz Pulliam Weston,
Chicago Sun-Times
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"Evaluates home health, residential and nursing care facilities, and nursing home insurance; it also looks at Medicare, Medicaid and other benefit programs."
Modern Maturity
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"Covers all the angles, from various kinds of care to evaluating facilities and insurance, to protecting your assets, and even detecting and preventing elder fraud."
Accounting Today
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"One of the best books on the topic." Money
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"Provides answers to some of the most difficult questions faced when dealing with how to best care for a senior citizen... should be required reading for anyone who must deal with care options for the elderly."
Legal Publishing Preview
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"A practical source of information for families seeking good, affordable care for seniors."
Parent Care Advisor
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