The Facts of Long Term Care Insurance
- Over 50% of all Americans will need long term care in their lifetime.
SOURCE: (Americans for Long Term Care Security, August 1999) - For a couple turning 65, there is a 75% chance that one of them
will need long term care.
SOURCE: (The Wall Street Journal, June 2000) - Over 70% of people with Alzheimer's live at home and receive 75%
of the assistance they need from family and friends.
SOURCE: (Understanding Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Association, 1999) - Of the 13 million Americans who received care in 2001, 40% were
between the ages of 18 and 64.
SOURCE:(Americans for Long Term Security, Did You Know, July 2002) - It has been estimated that 80% of all people age 65 will need
either nursing home, assisted living, home or community care during
their lifetime.
SOURCE: (Brooking/ICF Long Term Care Financial Model, 1995) - 60% of all Americans who reach age 65 may need long-term care
at some point in their remaining lives.
SOURCE: (The Looming Crisis, American Health Care Association, 2000) - 50% of employed caregivers gave up work either temporarily or
permanently and about 30% experience mental health problems due to
caregiving.
SOURCE: (US Department of Labor, November 2000)