One in 9 – The number of Americans age 65 living with Alzheimer’s Disease.*
One in 3 – The number of victims age 85 and over.*
Five million – The total number of Americans currently living with Alzheimer’s disease. *
Sixteen million – The projected number of victims in 2050.*
*According to the Alzheimer’s Association
Add to that Heart disease, Cancer, Respiratory Diseases and strokes (the top four causes of death) how can I not encourage you to adopt a long-term care strategy while you are still young enough and healthy enough to choose from a list of appropriate insurance options?
The most popular life insurance policies today include accelerated benefit riders that pay the death benefit early for long-term care. Having a life insurance policy in force today for, say, $500k that could pay $10,000 per month for long-term care is much more useful than one that only pays at death.