The White House Conference on Aging: Why it should matter to you
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Oct 30, 2014
If you, like me, completely missed the 2005 White House Conference on Aging (or if you weren’t in the field at the time), it’s fair to ask just what the heck it and does. And what it means...
More trouble for LTC insurance?
Sep 05, 2012
Low interest rates and policyholders’ unwillingness to drop coverage are two of the key reasons the long-term care insurance market is in trouble, an expert recently asserted.
Low interest rates spell trouble for LTC insurance
By
McKnight's Staff
Sep 04, 2012
Low interest rates and policyholders’ unwillingness to drop coverage are two of the key reasons the long-term care insurance market is in trouble, an expert asserts.
Let’s take Medicaid out of the long-term care business
By
Howard Gleckman
Dec 06, 2010
State budget cuts and an intimidating national deficit spell big trouble for Medicaid, which funds a good portion of long-term care services. It’s time to replace it with a broad-based insurance...
Speaking out against the CLASS Act
By
Liza Berger
Oct 23, 2009
This week, the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington, D.C., held a briefing on the CLASS Act, a long-term care insurance plan that generally has garnered praise from the long-term care community.
Problems with the CLASS Act
By
Stephen A. Moses
Oct 23, 2009
The Kaiser Family Foundation recently held a briefing on the much-touted CLASS Act. There was much praise to go around. I heartily disagreed with most of it.
Editors’ Blog: Book delves into long-term care
Aug 17, 2009
A new book called “Caring for Our Parents” offers a thorough and compelling analysis of the long-term care system in the United States.
Book on long-term care tells it like it is
By
Liza Berger
Aug 14, 2009
A new book should be on the required reading list of novices and season veterans of long-term care. It is called “Caring for our Parents: Inspiring Stories of Families Seeking New Solutions to America’s...