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Is Long-Term Care a Woman’s Issue? T


he Women’s Institute for a Secure Retire- ment notes that women have a special stake in protecting themselves from the


cost of long-term care. Tere are several reasons for this reality. Women tend to live longer than men and are more likely to live alone later in life (oſten aſter their husbands have died). As the primary caregivers in our society, it’s likely that wives will care for their husbands (or daugh- ters for their fathers) when they need assistance and that the husbands will no longer be alive when their wives need help. No wonder women face a greater likelihood than men of entering a nursing home aſter age 65 … and why 70% of nursing-home residents are women. But it would be shortsighted to think of caregiving and long-


Contact MDIS today to learn more about Long-Term Care.


term care planning as primarily women’s issues. Whether you are worried about the physical and emotional impact that needing long-term care can have on your loved ones or are seeking to protect assets from the high cost of care, plan- ning for long-term care is a family issue.


As the primary caregivers in our society, it’s likely that women will care for their husbands when they need assistance and that the husbands will no longer be alive when their wives need help.


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