It’s More Important Than Ever to Be Mindful of Long-Term Care Costs
More people today recognize the potential impact of long-term care because most children of baby boomers have experienced it first hand by helping their loved ones with medical issues associated with aging.
However, these children should also be careful to incorporate potential
planning sources for long term care in their own estate plan. The Genworth Cost
of Care Survey in 2018 found that a private nursing home’s average cost will
run your over $100,000 per year.
Given that the National Care Planning Council says that the average stay in a nursing home is 835 days, you need to be prepared for how expensive this could be if you were to have one long term care event. Considering that the US Department of Health and Human Services says that 7 out of 10 people will require some form of long-term care in their lifetimes, you need to be thinking about whether or not you can afford to self-fund.