In my 30s, after 3 years of caring for my mom with cancer nearly broke me, I researched long term care insurance for my dad and to my surprise he took my advice and got it.
1) age 60 is the ideal time to purchase long term care insurance. What do you think about that?
2) the avg stay in a care facility is 16 months so hopefully it won’t break the bank?
I have two older siblings in their early 70s who don’t have partners or children to help take care of them. I really never thought about who that will probably be until recently. 🥴
Caregiving is mentally, physically and spiritually very hard, harder than people realize.
In my 30s, after 3 years of caring for my mom with cancer nearly broke me, I researched long term care insurance for my dad and to my surprise he took my advice and got it.
I recently read:
1) age 60 is the ideal time to purchase long term care insurance. What do you think about that?
2) the avg stay in a care facility is 16 months so hopefully it won’t break the bank?
I have two older siblings in their early 70s who don’t have partners or children to help take care of them. I really never thought about who that will probably be until recently. 🥴
Have you seen this article? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/health/long-term-care-insurance-explained.html?unlocked_article_code=1.A00.tSnZ.kMiszccfbYY5&smid=url-share