Choose the Right Long-Term Care: Home Care, Assisted Living & Nursing Homes - Softcover

Matthews, Joseph L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873378245 ISBN 13: 9780873378246

Publisher: Nolo Press, 2002

Synopsis

Finding the right kind of long-term care, in the right place, often requires making difficult decisions in difficult times. Choose the Right Long-Term Care helps you understand the many alternatives to nursing facilities and shows you how to fit the care you need to the funds you have available.

Learn how to:

*Arrange Home Care

Understand what home care can do, what kind of care is available where you live, and how to arrange for services.

*Find a Non-Nursing Facility Residence

Learn about the many varieties of independent living and assisted living residential care communities, and how to choose one that matches your needs and budget.

*Choose a Nursing Home

If you need a nursing facility, find out what to look for and how to assess the quality of care.

*Get the Most out of Medicare, Medicaid and Other Benefit Programs

Understand the regulations concerning benefit programs, what they cover and how to qualify for them.

*Evaluate Long-Term Care Insurance

Find out whether long-term care insurance is a good investment for you.

*Protect Some of Your Assets

Avoid draining your life savings and losing your home as you cover the costs of long-term care.

The completely updated 4th edition provides all new information about estate planning, plus a new chapter on the special care needs of elders with Alzheimer's Disease and other forms of mental disorientation. With sensitivity and clarity, Attorney Joseph Matthews gives you all the information necessary to help plan for and make the best arrangements for long-term care.

About this title

About the Author

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, Pension

Review

A straight-talking guide to choosing and paying for a nursing home, assisted living site, or home care. -- Leonard WienerUS New & World Report

This book offers great advice about selecting a nursing home. -- Liz Pulliam Weston Chicago Sun-Times

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Nolo Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0873378245
• ISBN 13: 9780873378246
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 200