Guide to Long Term Care Planning

Welcome to the National Care Planning Council's "Guide to Long Term Care Planning" We are happy to share this free, noncommercial resource with you and hope it will help you with your long term care planning needs. This site is designed to provide a complete source of instruction for people like you who are searching for vital information relating to long term care or elder care planning.

Contained here are 35 in-depth chapters, totaling over 690 printable pages, from 8 experts and covering all areas of long-term care planning, or as it's more commonly called, elder care planning.

We also provide numerous lists of care providers, advisors and specialized services in four categories of care needs. The links are found at the bottom of the right panel as well as at the end of the second list below, titled "Planning for Long Term Care".

Since the need for long term care will happen to about one out of every two people, everyone should plan for this eventual crisis in his or her life.  This need for care will usually happen at an older age, so we often call this, elder care.

Click on the appropriate chapter/subject in the side bars to the left and to the right, for complete articles.  The same chapter headings are listed below:

1. About Long Term Care
2. About Caregiving
3. About Long Term Care at Home
4. About Home Telehealth
5. About Adult Day Care
6. About Retirement Care Communities
7. About Assisted Living
8. About Nursing Homes
9. About Hospice Care
10. About Telehospice Care
11. About Medicare
    Long Term Care
12. About Medicaid Long Term Care
13. About the National Aging Network
14. About Depression in Elderly Care Recipients
15. About Medical Care for the Elderly
16. About Elder Abuse
17. About Assistive Technology and Remote Monitoring
18. About Veterans Benefits
19. Reference Materials

1. The Need for Long Term Care Planning
2. The Process of Long Term Care Planning
3. Knowing Who to Contact for Help
4. Paying the Cost of Care
5. Long Term Care Insurance
6. Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney and Loss of Capacity
7. Medicaid Planning
8. Using Life Settlements
9. Using a Reverse Mortgage
10. Using a Care Manager
11. The Caregiver's Handbook
12. Medicare Supplements, Advantage Plans & Part D
13. Elder and Family Mediation Services
14. Using Professional Home Care Services
15. Community Aging Services and Senior Centers
16. Using End-of-Life Services
17. Find Assistive Technology & Monitoring Services
18. Find Specialists, Advisors, Care Managers, Attorneys
19. Find Home Care, Nursing Homes, Assisted Living
20. Find State & Federal Long Term Care Services

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If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to contact me at tomday@longtermcarelink.net or call me at 801-298-8676.

Sincerely,
Thomas Day, Editor
National Care Planning Council