Expert Column
Suzanne Wolfson, MBA, CFP 
Financial Planner for Retirement
Suzanne Wolfson, CFP® is the founder of For Retired Only™, a fee-based financial planning...read more
Articles In This Column
- Financial Planning Do's & Don'ts in Today’s Economic Crisis
- Financial Planning: What Those Professional Designations, Credentials & Titles Really Mean
- Who Can You Trust for Financial Advice?
- Advice for Seniors: Managing the Financial Market Turmoil & Economic Crisis
- Seniors: When is it Time to "Let Go" of Control?
- The Real Cost of Reverse Mortgages
- Fund Unexpected Elder Care Costs with Your Personal Resources
- Paying for Senior Care with the Inheritance
- Lessons I Learned after My Father’s Death
- Thinking of Selling Your House? Read this First!
- How Much Can You Save with Advance Planning?
- How to Pay for Long-term Care without Breaking the Bank
- What’s in Your Parent’s Wallet? (And What That Means for You)
- Financial Planning for the Elderly: Assisting Clients & Their Caregivers
- Financial Planning for the Elderly: a Personal Perspective
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Comments For "How to Pay for Long-term Care without Breaking the Bank"
Terrific post! I'll be linking to this from my blog. Your site got a lot of interest when I mentioned it in my ezine - for good reason. You have a ton of good information.
Carol Bradley Bursack
My mother is fairly healthy (she's 68), but is having a dip in the amount of things she can handle on her own. I want to help, but she is a proud woman and I do not want to interfere with her life and independence, but I know I need to take greater financial control. I went online and found your article and you make a lot of good points so thanks for the information. Also I hadn't heard of a geriatric care manager until now. How do you go about finding one?
Your best bet is to start your search by looking up members of NAPGCM, the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers in your area. The NAPGCM sets the standards for the industry and as such their database is one of the first places to begin your search. For a brief overview of services that a GCM can provide click here.
I AM HAVING DIFFICULTY FINDING A JOB THAT ALSO ACCOMMODATES MY CARING FOR MY WIFE WITH HER M.S. IS THERE A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM THAT WOULD SUPPLEMENT MY INCOME SO I'M NOT FORCED TO PLACE HER IN A NURSING HOME ?