Long-Term Care: How to Plan and Pay for It (Law for All Series)

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This guide for seniors and their families details the available long- term care options and provides guidance on finding the right level and amount of care, arranging for appropriate service, avoiding unnecessary institutionalization, choosing a facility, understanding Medicare and Medicaid rules, and financing. Matthews is an attorney. A resource guide is included, featuring directories of state agencies, support groups, care programs, legal assistance programs, and other organizations.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Leonard WienerUS New & World Report
A straight-talking guide to choosing and paying for a nursing home, assisted living site, or home care.


Liz Pulliam Weston Chicago Sun-Times
This book offers great advice about selecting a nursing home.


Modern Maturity
…evaluates home health, residential, nursing care facilities,nursing home insurance; it also looks at Medicare, Medicaid and other benefit programs.


Book Description
Finding the right kind of long-term care, in the right place, often requires making difficult decisions in difficult times. Long-Term Care helps you understand the many alternatives to nursing facilities and shows you how to fit the care you need to the funds you have available. Learn how to: *Arrange Home Care Understand what home care can do, what kind of care is available where you live, and how to arrange for services. *Find a Non-Nursing Facility Residence Learn about the many varieties of independent living and assisted living residential care communities, and how to choose one that matches your needs and budget. *Choose a Nursing Home If you need a nursing facility, find out what to look for and how to assess the quality of care. *Get the Most out of Medicare, Medicaid and Other Benefit Programs Understand the regulations concerning benefit programs, what they cover and how to qualify for them. *Evaluate Long-Term Care Insurance Find out whether long-term care insurance is a good investment for you. *Protect Some of Your Assets Avoid draining your life savings and losing your home as you cover the costs of long-term care. The completely updated 5th edition has a new chapter that covers elder fraud - and how to prevent it. It also includes up-to-date benefits figures, 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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Finding the right kind of long-term care, in the right place, often requires making difficult decisions in difficult times. Choose the Right Long-Term Care helps you understand the many alternatives to nursing facilities and shows you how to fit the care you need to the funds you have available. Learn how to: Arrange Home Care. Understand what home care can do, what kind of care is available where you live, and how to arrange for services. Find a Non-Nursing Facility Residence. Learn about the many varieties of independent living and assisted living residential care communities, and how to choose one that matches your needs and budget. Choose a Nursing Home. If you need a nursing facility, find out what to look for and how to assess the quality of care. Get the Most out of Medicare, Medicaid and Other Benefit Programs Understand the regulations concerning benefit programs, what they cover and how to qualify for them. Evaluate Long-Term Care Insurance. Find out whether long-term care insurance is a good investment for you. Protect Some of Your Assets. Avoid draining your life savings and losing your home as you cover the costs of long-term care. The completely updated 4th edition provides all new information about estate planning, plus a new chapter on the special care needs of elders with Alzheimer's Disease and other forms of mental disorientation. With sensitivity and clarity, Attorney Joseph Matthews gives you all the information necessary to help plan for and make the best arrangements for long-term care.


About the Author
Joseph Matthews has been an attorney since 1971, and from 1975 to 1977 he taught at the law school of the University of California, Berkeley. He has for many years been involved in matters relating to seniors, and is the author of Social Security, Medicare & Pensions and Beat the Nursing Home Trap, as well as How to Win Your Personal Injury Claim.


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Joseph Matthews has been an attorney since 1971, and from 1975 to 1977 he taught at the law school of the University of California, Berkeley. He has for many years been involved in matters relating to seniors, and is the author of Social Security, Medicare & Pensions and Beat the Nursing Home Trap, as well as How to Win Your Personal Injury Claim.


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