Description: Family members who care for people with dementia need a wide range of support services to help them do the important work of care giving at home.

Description: Nearly 75 percent of long term care premium protection still originates from traditional long term care insurance despite fewer carriers offering products.

Description: With 48m Americans and 137m Chinese over the age of 65 the world faces a frail care rather than long term care crisis. What can insurers offer?

Description: The essay discusses the appropriate role of insurance companies, efficient and economical ways to care for chronic illnesses and having a maximum price society will pay to support the ongoing life of any one individual.

Description: This article is aimed at developing young actuaries and how the current LTCI market offers much opportunity.

Description: This article summarizes the presentations by the Society of Actuaries and the Academy of Actuaries at the January 2015 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) Roundtables in Washington DC. SOA presented on the 2014 SOA monograph series "The Link between Retirement Security and Long-Term Care."

Description: veteran insurance producer, who specializes in LTC planning and insurance, discusses a range of issues from his perspective, as well as HNW clients, their financial advisers and a prominent actuary. The author describes his approach to solution development using the products currently available. He also provides excerpts of his conversation with Doug Burkle, ASA, MAAA regarding industry trends.

Description: Essay reforming uninsured health care.

Description: An article that illustrates an actuary's finding that that federal and state governments spend more dollars for health care than employers and individuals spend for health insurance plans.