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Long-Term Care Insurance: The Risks and Benefits

People have become increasingly aware of how easily long-term care can wipe out a lifetime's savings. Long-term care insurance, also known as nursing home insurance, has been widely advertised as protection against the costs of long-term care, but this insurance is expensive and often provides only limited benefits that may end up covering only a small percentage, or nothing at all, of your total long-term care costs.

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Do I need a written contract with my father's care facility?

My father is 91 years old and legally blind. He has recently moved into a care facility -- actually, a private house where a woman cares for the elderly. I pay by the month and we have a verbal understanding of what is included: board, care, transportation to doctors, and other things. It seems like a nice place, but should I make the arrangement more formal?

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power of attorney

A document that gives another person legal authority to act on your behalf. If you create such a document, you are called the principal, and the person to whom you give this authority is called your attorney-in-fact. If you make a durable power of attorney, the document will continue in effect even if you become incapacitated. For examples, see durable power of attorney for finances; durable power of attorney for healthcare.

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