LTC

Unlocking the Door to Better LTC Planning

A recent conference provided me with insight on how advisors can improve preparation for long-term care and help prevent crises. (By Cathy SIkorski)

Retirees, Get Ready to Need Long-Term Care. Here’s What to Know.

Help your clients understand and navigate the increasingly tough choices they may face with long-term care.

Group Long-Term-Care Insurance Deserves a Closer Look

This coverage is experiencing a resurgence and here’s why I think employers of all sizes should offer it.

Long-Term Care: Are Your Clients Protected?

Self-insurance may not be adequate to help your clients and their families avoid the savings “death spiral.”

The Wake-Up Call Clients Desperately Need

If your conversations about long-term-care costs and risks aren’t candid enough, you may not be getting through to clients.

Don’t Let Divorce Derail Long-Term Care

For gray divorcees, navigating the tsunami of long-term care is especially important but often neglected.

‘Scared to Death’: Nurses and Residents Confront Rampant Violence in Dementia Care Facilities

More than 900,000 people with Alzheimer’s or other types of dementia reside in nursing homes and assisted living centers in the U.S.

The Crisis in LTC Coverage

Paying for long-term care is a top concern among people age 50 to 75. Advisors need to understand it better and pay more attention to it.

Despite Past Storms’ Lessons, LTC Residents Again Left Powerless

How a long-term-care facility prepares for and handles power outages is one of the first questions potential residents should ask.

How to Shrink Long-Term-Care Fears and Shortfalls

Public policy experts lay out how far behind Americans are in preparing for LTC needs and offer possible fixes.

Latest News

Husband-and-Wife Practice in Phoenix Affiliates With Commonwealth

Patrick Funke & Associates has $430 AUM and focuses on retirement plans.

RIA Economic Outlook Index Rises as Inflation Worries Ease

Advisors still fear a possible recession, but a major concern expressed by clients may present an opportunity.

Survey Finds Dangerous Disconnect Between G1 and G2

Advisors who don’t adequately prepare for succession risk losing their successors.

N.J. Independent Advisors Could Be Reclassified as BD Employees

The Financial Services Institute will testify against the implementation of a strict “ABC” contractor rule at a public hearing Monday.

Social Security’s Finances Erode Further and Could Spell Benefit Cuts

If Congress fails to act, the retirement fund will run out earlier than previously estimated.

Most Americans Fear Tariffs Will Hurt Economy and Wallets

A new survey reveals increasing anxiety as price increases affect groceries, clothing and everyday spending.

Survey Highlights Historic Opportunity to Empower More Women to Invest

A Capital Group study reveals four steps financial advisors can take to engage more women clients during the Great Wealth Transfer.