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Quality Personal Care has compiled various resources to assist family caregivers and healthcare professionals
who desire information about in-home care services. If there is something you wish to know that you cannot
find here, please feel free to contact us directly. OPTIONS TO PAY FOR CAREClick the links below to access resource Web sites to find out more about options to pay for care.Long-Term Care Insurance ConsumerReports.org offers expert advice, recommendations and other useful information and resources pertaining to long-term care insurance. Reverse Mortgage Calculator AARP offers an easy-to-use calculator that will generate approximate estimates for two federally-insured reverse mortgages. Veterans Pension Program The Department of Veterans Affairs provides information and answers to some frequently asked questions concerning the Veterans Pension Program. Caring for Your Parents: Paying for Home Care PBS offers an informative Web site for those caring for aging parents which details the challenges of paying for home care services. Who Pays for Home Care Services? This informative fact sheet breaks down the different ways to pay for home care services, courtesy of the National Association for Home Care and Hospice. Paying For Long-Term Care Medicare.gov offers helpful information regarding paying for many types of long-term care, including both skilled and non-skilled care. Viatical and Life Settlement Information One way to get some extra money to pay for care is to sell life insurance policies prior to death. Called viatical or life settlements, these are essentially the same vehicle. A viatical settlement is the sale of a life insurance policy by the policy owner before the policy matures. A life settlement generally refers to the sale of a life insurance policy by a policy owner for less than the face value but more than the cash-surrender value of the policy to third party investors. Here is a New York Times article by David Leonhardt explaining the strategy behind viatical settlements. Filial Support Laws Who should be responsible for paying for eldercare? The growing numbers of older people, their increased longevity and increasing care costs continue to make these questions pressing. Read this article about recent enforcement of these laws. Boomer Tips for Parent Care The demographics of our aging society coupled with the increased longevity of those currently older than 80 means that more boomers will be responsible, in part, for assisting with care for parents. Here are some tips for approaching that scenario. More Helpful Information from Quality Personal Care Elder Abuse Awareness and Prevention The Hidden Patient: The Alzheimer’s Caregiver Osteoarthritis Care Fall Prevention Options to Pay for Care Alzheimer's Awareness When Quality, Caring and Experience Matter . . . Count On Us For Our Exceptional Services |
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