CBS Marketwatch Articles
Some of the best LTC & financial articles from Marketwatch.com

Terry Savage Articles
Terry Savage is the Chicago Sun-Times personal financial columnist, and a regular commentator on The Nightly Business Report. Her latest book, The Savage Truth on Money, was named one of the ten best money books.

Kiplinger's Articles
Kiplinger's is one of the most respected financial resources. Kiplinger's Video

Elder Care
Caring for parents is commonplace. Here are articles about elder care.

Out-investing LTC premiums may be risky strategy
"From an investment advisors standpoint, LTC insurance is the moat that protects the clients castle. It's a prudent decision to spend about 1% of a clients portfolio to protect the other 99% of what you've helped them build," Mr. Slome said.

When Inheritance is Negative
Caring for Parents Can Cost Children: Planning Ahead (pdf) - Wall St. Journal

Is Long Term Care Insurance Needed?
Certified Financial Planner Ray Martin writes on personal finance for CBS.MarketWatch.com and also appears on "The Early Show" on CBS. He is co-author of "The Rookie's Guide to Money Management."

How to buy long term care insurance
It's no surprise that health care costs are soaring. The cost of a nursing home today is about $71,000 annually, or about $200 a day. The cost for assisted living is about $32,000 a year or $88 dollars a day. Gerri Willis, CNN-Money

Your Money Or Your Wife
Wives May Suffer When Husbands Refuse to Buy Long Term Care Insurance

Wake up now to the realities of long-term care insurance
I don't want you to go broke. And I want to teach you how to avoid it now and through your eventual retirement. We have to think about getting old and dying and, worst of all, we have to think about insurance.

Financial Planners Journal
Financial Planners Risk Lawsuits for Failing to Recommend Realistic Plans for Long Term Care PDF
Frozen in the Headlights: The Dynamics of Women and Money
PDF (Search for "long term care" on FPANet)

Planning for Long Term Care
Business Week: Investigate your long term care insurance options now, before you need it, to make sure your golden years are comfortable and worry-free.

What You Should Know About LTC Deductions
Long-term care insurance has become increasingly important as the first wave of baby boomers turn 65. When advising clients about this much-misunderstood product, consider the variety of tax advantages that can come with LTC policies.

Women Bear Greater Share of Long Term Care Risks and Costs
They have 60% greater chance than men of entering a nursing home.

The Disappearing Inheritance
Remember those headlines of the 1990s that suggested baby boomers would reap a mega-windfall of trillions of dollars -- one of the largest inter-generational transfers of wealth in history?

Your $Million Dollar Problem
Either you are ready to solve the problem or you are not...

Planning For Your Future
Planning takes the guesswork out of action when a planned situation arises. That is the reason for fire drills and theater rehearsals. People know what to do when the time comes.

Insuring Against the Cruel Cost of Long-Term Care
Money Magazine
Most people's foremost fear in planning their retirement is simply outliving their money. Yet that terror can be tamed by Social Security, a pension and a well-planned program of personal savings and investments. What should rank as the No. 1 financial fear of growing old is the cost of long-term care for people too feeble or crippled by illness to look after themselves -- a nonstop expense that can quickly deplete resources built up over a lifetime.

New Haven Register Article
People are living longer, and at the same time the cost of health care is rising.
That combination imperils your ability to pay for medical care as you age, so it's important to think about long term health care insurance, especially for people in their 40s and 50s.

Expect to Care for Your Parents? Plan Early
When adult children are faced with a parent's sudden health crisis and must make decisions about ongoing care and living arrangements, the need to act quickly can take an emotional toll on the whole family.

Financial Advisors & Planners
Millions of Americans rely on financial advisors for help with their retirement and financial planning. If their financial future is at great risk they expect their advisors to know about it and take protective measures.