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Long-Term Care: How to Plan & Pay for It

by Joseph Matthews
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Overview

Get the best care in the right place, for the right price -- this book shows you how!

Finding the right kind of long-term care often requires making difficult decisions during difficult times. Long-Term Care helps you understand the alternatives to nursing facilities and shows you how to find the best care you can afford.

With Long-Term Care, you'll be able to:
*evaluate long-term care insurance
*arrange home care
*explore options beyond nursing homes
*choose a nursing facility
*get the most out of Medicare, Medicaid and other benefit programs
*protect your assets
*recognize and prevent elder fraud

The completely updated 6th edition has a new chapter on hospice care. It also includes up-to-date benefit numbers, laws and taxes, as well as the latest resources and websites.

With sensitivity and clarity, Joseph Matthews gives you all the information necessary to help plan for and make the best arrangements for long-term care.

Synopsis

Figure out what kind of care you need and how to make it affordable.

Modern Maturity

Evaluates home health, residential and nursing care facilities, and nursing home insurance; it also looks at Medicare, Medicaid and other benefit programs.

About the Author, Joseph Matthews

Joseph Matthews has been an attorney since 1971, and from 1975 to 1977 he taught at the law school of the University of California, Berkeley. He has for many years been involved in matters relating to seniors, and is the author of Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions and Long Term Care: How to Plan & Play for It, as well as How to Win Your Personal Injury Claim.

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Editorials

Chicago Sun-Times

This book offers great advice about selecting a nursing home.

Modern Maturity

Evaluates home health, residential and nursing care facilities, and nursing home insurance; it also looks at Medicare, Medicaid and other benefit programs.

Money

One of the best books on the topic.

Chicago Sun-Times

This book offers great advice about selecting a nursing home.
β€” Liz Pulliam Weston

U.S. News & World Report

A straight-talking guide to choosing and paying for a nursing home, assisted living site, or home care.
β€” Leonard Wiener

Accounting Today

Covers all the angles, from various kinds of care to evaluating facilities and insurance, to protecting your assets, and even detecting and preventing elder fraud.

Legal Publishing Preview

Provides answers to some of the most difficult questions faced when dealing with how to best care for a senior citizen... should be required reading for anyone who must deal with care options for the elderly.

Modern Maturity

Evaluates home health, residential and nursing care facilities, and nursing home insurance; it also looks at Medicare, Medicaid and other benefit programs.

Parent Care Advisor

A practical source of information for families seeking good, affordable care for seniors.

Midwest Book Review

"Offers keys to choosing the right long-term care plan to protect assets... this is packed with keys updated to reflect the latest laws and resources, and is a key reference for any general collection."

Book Details

Published
November 1, 2008
Publisher
NOLO
Pages
384
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781413308983

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