Title: Long Term Care Insurance Seminar and Sales Presentation
1Long Term Care Insurance Seminar and Sales
Presentation
- Presented by Licensed Agent Name, Designation
- Title License in CA, MN and FL
- Company Name
Long term care insurance is underwritten by John
Hancock Life Insurance Company, Boston, MA
02117 LTC-3750 9/05
2Todays Agenda
- Agenda
- What is Long Term Care (LTC)?
- What are chances of needing LTC?
- What are the costs associated with LTC?
- What are the funding sources to pay for LTC?
- Is LTC insurance right for me?
- Why John Hancock LTC Insurance?
3What is Long Term Care (LTC)?
- Long term care is the type of assistance you
would need if you were unable to handle some of
the basic activities of daily living or if you
require substantial supervision due to a
cognitive impairment.
4What are Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)?
- Activities of Daily Living include
- Eating
- Bathing
- Dressing
- Toileting
- Continence
- Transferring (from bed to chair)
5What is a Cognitive Impairment?
- A condition that leads you to require substantial
supervision to protect yourself or others from
dangers to health and safety. - Example Supervision due to Alzheimers
disease, brain injury, or stroke.
6Where can I receive LTC Services?
- Your Home
- Adult Day Care Center
- Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
- Nursing Home
- Hospice Facility
Residential Care Facility in California
7What Does LTC Cost?
- On average, one year in a nursing home or 24-hour
home care can cost more than 66,000 today1. In
states such as New York, the costs can run as
high as 115,3402. - With costs increasing at about 43 per year. By
2030 the cost of a nursing home is expected to be
more than 190,0004.
1. Congressional Budget Office, Financing
Long-Term Care for the Elderly April 2004. 2.
New York State Partnership for Long Term Care,
2003. 3. Based on a rate of inflation of 4.25 of
nursing home costs according to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index See Fitch,
IBCA, Duff Phelps, Long-Term Care An Industry
in Transition January 18,2002. 4. American
Council of Life Insurers, Long-Term Care
Insurance Protect Your Future 2001
8Your Long Term Care Experiences
- Who?
- Where?
- How was it paid for?
- Who provided the care?
- How long did the person need care?
- Was the care expected or unexpected?
- How did long term care affect the family?
9Who Pays for LTC Services?
- Private/Company Health Insurance/Other
- Personal Assets/Family
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- Long term care insurance
Medi-Cal in California.
10Who Pays the LTC Bill?
Georgetown University Long-Term Care Financing
Project, "Who Pays for Long-Term Care?" May 2004
11How Would You Pay for Long Term Care?
- Private/company health insurance
- Skilled acute care only
- Not designed to pay for long term custodial care
12How Would You Pay for Long Term Care?
- Personal Assets
- One long term illness may jeopardize your
accumulated retirement savings/nest egg
13How Would You Pay for Long Term Care?
- Long Term Care is a family issue
- If you had a need for LTC services, how would it
effect your family and/or spouse? - 78 of adults receiving long term care at home
rely exclusively on assistance from family and
friends5 - 71 of caregivers are women6
- Could your family care for you?
- Would you want them to?
5. Georgetown University Long-Term Care Financing
Project, Long-Term Care Support for Family
Caregivers March 2004. 6. Wiser Special Report,
The Effects of Caregiving 2004.
14How Would You Pay for Long Term Care?
- Medicaid
- Must spend down assets to state required
level
Known as Medi-Cal in California. Eligibility
requirements apply and vary by state.
15How Would You Pay for Long Term Care?
- Medicare7
- Home Health Care
- Part-time skilled nursing care
- Custodial homemaker services provided incidental
to home health care
7. 2005 Guide to Health Insurance for People with
Medicare. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services and U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
16How Would You Pay for Long Term Care?
- Medicare8
- Skilled Care/Skilled Nursing Facility
- Three day prior hospital stay required
- Enter facility within 30 days
- Full costs covered for 20 days
- Minimal costs covered for next 80 days
- No coverage after 100 days in that benefit period
- Medicare Supplement
- Medicare approved expenses only
8. The Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services
and U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services. The 2005 Guide to Health Insurance for
People with Medicare.
17Is LTC Insurance Right for me?
- Protect your retirement savings
- Spend quality time with your family
- Financial support
- Care planning expertise, advice and resources
when you need care - Preservation of independence
- Gives you choices
18LTC Insurance Important at all ages
- As serious in accident or debilitating illness
can happen at age. That is why it is wise to
plan for long term care when you are young - and
healthy. - 37 of those needing LTC in 2000 are under the
age of 65.9 - The probability of losses in physical functioning
increases with age dramatically so for the
population aged 65 and older.10
9. Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicaid and Long
Term Care May 2004 10. Congressional Budget
Office, Financing Long-Term Care for the
Elderly, April 2004.
19LTC Insurance Its Affordable
- The cost of waiting can impact the amount of your
premium. Therefore, the younger and healthier you
are when you apply the lower your premiums can
be.
Based on the average annual premium in 2002, with
4 years of coverage, 150 Daily Benefit and a
90-day Elimination Period. America's Health
Insurance Plans, "Long-Term Care Insurance in
2002" June 2004.
20More than Financial SupportCare planning
expertise, advice and resources
- John Hancock is committed to providing you with
the help and - support you and your family will need when you
need care, whether - it is at home or in a facility. This includes
- Help designing a plan of care
- Assistance with the claims process
- Advice regarding caregiving resources in your
community - Access to provider information, reports and
discounts - Resources to help you and your family manage your
LTC decisions
21John Hancock A Leader in LTC insurance
- When you choose John Hancock, you are placing
your - trust in a company with
- More than 140 years of experience providing a
range of insurance products to meet every need - A company with that services more than 905,000
long term care insurance policyholders. John
Hancock has paid more than 1 billion in claims
as of August 31, 2005
Based on internal claims data as of 10/31/05.
22John Hancock Strength. Stability. Experience.
- We are known for our strong financial strength
andstability and have the ratings to prove it
Standard Poors AA Moodys
Aa A.M. Best A Fitch
AA
Ratings as of 9/29/05 Financial ratings refer
only to the overall financial status of the
company, and is not a recommendation of the
specific policy provisions, rates, or practices
of the insurance company."
23Thank You
- This is a general description of coverage and is
not an insurance contract. Refer to the Outline
of Coverage provided by our agent for an
explanation of features and options. Only the
individual long-term care insurance policy
contains governing contractual provisions. You
may request a sample policy to review such
provisions.The Long-Term Care Insurance policy
describes coverages under the policy, exclusions
and limitations, what you must do to keep your
policy in force, and what would cause your policy
to be discontinued. Please contact the licensed
agent or John Hancock for more information, costs
and complete details on coverage.
Policy Series LTC-03, BSC-03, LTC-02,
BSC-02 In Idaho LTC-03 ID, BSC-03 ID In Indiana
LTC-03 IN, In North Carolina LTC-03 NC, BSC-03
NC In Oklahoma LTC-03 10/03, BSC-03 10/03 In
Puerto Rico BSC-05 PR In California LTC-02CA,
LTC-02CAP