Phyllis Shelton

Phyllis Shelton is the President of LTC Consultants, a Nashville-based company that she founded in 1991 specializing in long-term care insurance sales training, consumer education and marketing materials. She is widely considered to be the leading long-term care insurance sales trainer in the country. Now her heart goes out to anyone who doesn't have a local insurance professional to help them consider long-term care insurance, and she is willing to be a resource for those people, or their financial advisors.

Most commented posts

  1. What happens if a LTC insurer goes out of business? How common does this happen? — 45 comments
  2. Your Customized Benefit Selection Process — 44 comments
  3. Welcome SUZE ORMAN Readers and Everyone Else! — 41 comments
  4. How much does long-term care insurance cost? (rate calculator for sample plan) — 36 comments
  5. The Secret Medicare Plan that No One Tells You About — 35 comments

Author's posts

Oct 24

What Does Long-Term Care Cost?

Planning for long-term care is best done with information gathering to make an informed decision. The “deer in headlights” approach doesn’t work.

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Sep 07

Federal LTC Insurance Program Rate Increase (updated)

The employee education program for the Federal government’s group long-term care insurance program in 2002 beat Donald Trump to The Apprentice.

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Jun 26

Operation TRIPLE Starfish – LTC, FIAs and GOLD?

Today’s turbulent economy is forcing Americans who value their independence over anything else to find new ways to remain financially secure into old age. Long-term care insurance can play a huge role in that picture, but there are two other things you can do of which you may not be aware.

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Jun 22

Operation Starfish – Are You That One? Women, Please Act NOW!

Are you that one? Do you have children or other loved ones who will suffer if you don’t plan for long-term care? Book a time TODAY as time is almost out to get a policy that doesn’t charge women more.

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Jan 10

Calling All Single Women Without Long-Term Care Insurance (and their single friends)

If you are a woman who wants to keep your independence as you age, this article is for you.

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Dec 16

Parents and Children: Have “The Talk” This Christmas

Give your children the meaningful present of planning for long-term care so they don’t have to handle it for you.

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Dec 14

America’s Money Class

Suze Orman Speaks Out About Long-Term Care Insurance

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Dec 09

The Duckett Family

The story of my dear clients, Vernon and Helen Duckett.

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Dec 04

The Talk

Hear Rob Lowe, Maria Shriver & others have “The Talk” about long term care planning.

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Oct 02

Why Would Anyone Buy a Long-Term Care Insurance Policy Without Home Care Benefits?

Why in the world would anyone want to buy long-term care insurance without home care? There are other really good reasons besides the significant premium savings.

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