Planning for Long-Term Care for Dummies (Electronic book text)

Expert advice on planning for the financial costs of long-term careLong-term care is a range of services and supports you, or a loved one, may need to meet health or personal needs over a long period of time. Most long-term care is not medical care, but rather assistance with the basic personal tasks of everyday life, sometimes called Activities of Daily Living, such as bathing, dressing, using the toilet, transferring (to or from bed or a chair), caring for incontinence, and eating."Planning for Long-Term Care For Dummies"--in partnership with AARP--gives you expert advice and recommendations on how to best prepare for the financial costs of long-term care.Covers both nursing home and at home care and the costs associated with each type of servicePerhaps the greatest expense facing those over 65 is the prospect of long-term careAdvice form the trusted experts on aging--AARPIf you're looking for trusted information on how to prepare for the possibility that you or a loved one will need long-term care, this sensitive and authoritative guide has it covered.