A Reader's Response to "Taking the Car Keys & Other Indignities". From the 8/2014 Issue
I must have tapped deeply into the well of common experience. The following unedited response was received from a highly-respected financial services professional who like many of us, has had to deal with the realities of aging parents.
The response is reprinted with permission. In respect for the responding reader's privacy, his/her name has been omitted:
"I've done some things well and some things horribly, some effectively and some not so. I had to deal with a senile mother-in-law for 25 years and sometimes didn't take her dignity into account...Read More
Just a Reminder...
When applying for Long Term Care Insurance, all insurance companies now check the National Prescription Data Base for medications that may not have been disclosed on the application. Medical records are also reviewed.
It is far better to disclose, & then allow me to pro-actively explain, a medical condition. Otherwise an insurance company will wonder about what else may have been omitted from the application.
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