Websites with good information on long-term care and long-term care insurance:

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Genworth Financial 2006 National Cost of Care Survey
Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, and Home Care Providers

Survey of Assisted Living Costs across US, updated annually:
MetLife Market Survey of Assisted Living Costs 2005

Survey of Nursing Home and Home Care Costs across US, updated annually:
MetLife Market Survey of Nursing Home and Home Care Costs 2005

Official Medicare site on long-term care:
http://www.medicare.gov/LongTermCare/Static/Medicare.asp

Information on federal government’s plan (not subsidized) for their employees and relatives, with lots of useful information on LTC in general:
http://www.ltcfeds.com/

Brochure on federal government plan’s site for Talking with Your Parents about LTC:
http://www.ltcfeds.com/about/resource_library/documents/parent_4_page.pdf

How TLC Makes You Sick (Newsweek, May 30, 2004)
Caring for loved ones endangers health, research says (this article does not mention LTC insurance, but such insurance would help the situation):
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5039765/site/newsweek/

The Center for Long-Term Care Financing – a wealth of information on what’s wrong with our current system of financing and ideas to correct this:
http://www.centerltc.com/

Wall St. Journal article on problems with Medicaid planning: Feb. 23, 2004, “Medicaid Maneuvers” – go to www.wsj.com and search for article – fee required.

NH Dept. of Ins. – Consumer Information
http://www.state.nh.us/insurance/consumer/consumer_index.htm

Recommended Books

A Shopper’s Guide to Long Term Care Insurance, by National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Click here for the online PDF version.

Paper copy available from Prime of Life Insurance (contact us link) or by contacting the New Hampshire Insurance Department's Consumer Division at 1-800-852-3416. 

	There's No Place Like (a Nursing) Home: 4 Powerful Steps That Will Change Your Life by Karen Shoff (Paperback - October 2002)
	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Long-Term Care Planning by Marilee Driscoll (Paperback)
	Long-Term Care: Your Financial Planning Guide by Phyllis R. Shelton (Paperback - April 2003)