Feb 26
Just in from Suze… she is in New York promoting her new book The Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+! This is what she wrote me – Dear Phyllis, Today I’m in New York, and started the day on my favorite morning shows! If you missed me on CBS This Morning talking about my top retirement …
Feb 01
The idea of the Long-Term Care Partnership is to provide a way for the Medicaid program to work together with private long-term care insurance to help those people who are caught in the middle: they can’t afford to pay the cost of the care or even the cost of a long-term care insurance policy with unlimited benefits, yet their assets are too high to qualify for Medicaid to pay their long-term care expenses. Many middle-income workers and retirees find themselves in this position.
Participating insurance companies in the Partnership recognize the needs of these middle-income Americans by providing LTC insurance policies that have built-in consumer protection benefit standards, and participating states cooperate by allowing these policyholders to access Medicaid without spending down their assets almost to poverty level if the insurance benefits run out.
Oct 16
I had to share this article from CNBC! Most people will need help with daily activities at some point and most receive the care at home. The most meaningful thing you can do for your family is provide them with help when the time comes so that taking care of you doesn’t fall completely on …
Feb 15
Over the years, there are two mistakes I’ve found that people consistently make when preparing for retirement. Making one or both mistakes can leave you in a “what if” retirement, afraid to spend your savings as you ask yourself: What if one of us has an extended chronic health care need? What if our retirement …
Aug 27
As a shoe aficionado, I have observed that long-term care planning is quickly starting to resemble my closet of 100 pairs of shoes.
Jun 20
Phyllis Shelton discusses the latest on planning for long-term care with Tim Takacs and Barbara McGinnis on the Takacs-McGinnis Elder Law Hour
Mar 11
People have a 50 percent chance of needing LTC at some point in life, and about 30 percent of people who do may need care for five years or more, according to a new study by LifePlans, Inc. Being in denial about this could be the worst thing you ever do to the people who love you.
Oct 24
Planning for long-term care is best done with information gathering to make an informed decision. The “deer in headlights” approach doesn’t work.
Sep 07
The employee education program for the Federal government’s group long-term care insurance program in 2002 beat Donald Trump to The Apprentice.
