News | June 27, 2012

Calculator-Advisor Combo Reveals Cost Of Long-Term Care And Insurance In Any Location

Consumers First Learn How Much They'll Need to Pay for Care When the Need Arises, Then How to Manage the Costs Through Affordable Insurance

Kirkland, WA /PRNewswire/ -- Today LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP) announces a free service to help consumers learn about the financial risk of needing long-term care someday, and how to manage the risk. The service blends the best of technology with the best of humanity: real, live advisors on the phone. It's a simple two-step process:

STEP 1: The consumer goes online to use a Cost-for-Care calculator that displays the going rate for care in their state or metropolitan area. The calculator shows costs per day, month, or year for care in a nursing home, assisted living facility, adult day care center, or one's own home with a health aide.

STEP 2: The consumer then places a call to a local advisor to learn their options for managing the costs through LTC insurance.

"Step 1 is likely to blow people's minds," says Denise Gott, National Sales Manager and Chairman of the Board of LTCFP. "Most people have no idea how expensive care can be. It's through the roof now and likely to be in the stratosphere years from now when they need it."

Step 2 may be an eye-opener too, but in the opposite direction, according to Gott. "Most people have no idea how affordable LTC insurance premiums can be, especially if they shop around and sign up early." When consumers call one of the participating advisors, listed below, they first answer questions about their age, health, state of residence, financial situation, and care benefits they want. The advisor, who is a licensed agent specializing in this coverage, then responds by supplying costs for policies from competing carriers. "Rates can vary widely depending on the carrier and other factors," says Gott.

The calculator, supplied by one of the carriers LTCFP represents, is available at http://www.johnhancockltc.com/individual/cost-of-long-term-care-calculator/.

The participating advisors are --

CA: Jim Valentine -- 408-792-0540

CA: Todd Stein -- 415-861-5088

CA: Sarah Fisher -- 510-230-4301

CA: Paula Taylor -- 510-763-5002

CA: Laura Weber -- 714-674-0190

CA: Jeffrey Flanzer -- 805-701-0085

CA: Sandra Stanley -- 888-316-8919

CA: Phyllis Solgere -- 909-627-5587

CA: Petra Petry -- 949-351-0347

CA: Michael Scoles -- 408-264-1759

CT: Leonard Wik -- 860-432-1870

CT: Steve Foss -- 860-539-0674

CT: Larry Golfin -- 860-677-4075

FL: Janet Washburn -- 239-404-7590

FL: George Braddock -- 305-378-8091

FL: Jerry Grubba -- 727-515-1910

FL: Strother Hammond -- 813-215-1524

FL: Mike Rou -- 904-276-9583

GA: Amy Pollock -- 404-237-1189

GA: Belen Hickman -- 404-245-2444

ID: Linda Hicks -- 208-331-2803

IL: Bobbi Foster -- 630-513-0034

IL: Cheri Davis -- 773-531-0669

IL: Robin Frank -- 773-774-2600

IN: Kirk Bennett -- 260-969-1310

MI: Marybeth Bayer -- 734-222-9882

MI: Tom Varner -- 810-796-2405

MN: Jennifer Ragborg -- 952-898-2750

MO: Keith Eisberg -- 573-303-3007

MO: Wendy Rinehart -- 816-886-2358

NE: Larry Neuwirth -- 308-635-2023

NE: Larry Heinert -- 402-339-8643

NJ: Gary Melnikoff -- 201-265-1958

NJ: Richard Landau -- 201-476-0880

NJ: Michael B. FitzPatrick -- 973-968-3394

NY: Ronald Brie -- 212-799-3900

NY: Michael Robinson -- 516-612-4936

NY: Ray Donnelly -- 516-747-1809

NY: Gene Cutler -- 516-869-6767

NY: Jay Charno -- 516-935-4029

NY: Jennifer Lenihan -- 631-262-7167

NY: Susan Lenihan -- 631-262-7167

NY: Sheila White -- 631-893-4040

NY: Dana Dee -- 716-983-1316

NY: Virginia Lee Kintz -- 866-582-6074

NY: Steve Brefere -- 914-234-7767

OH: Pattianne Baran -- 216-409-0859

OH: John Cullen -- 419-797-9210

OH: Thomas Hodges -- 513-519-6010

OH: Brenda Gray -- 513-541-3968

OK: Samuel Walker -- 405-816-0868

OR: Diane Steeves -- 503-297-7677

PA: Anthony Camill -- 412-445-6171

PA: Ted Soslow -- 610 642 3332

PA: Cathy Allen -- 610-588-0852

PA: Kevin Bressler -- 610-783-6970

SC: Pamela Loesch -- 843-856-4141

TN: Mark Wardell -- 901-337-4146

TN: Teresa Will -- 931-619-1852

TX: Madeline Wade -- 214-295-8926

TX: Kat Roebuck -- 281-431-4033

TX: Kim Beckham -- 361-579-9663

TX: Kay Nettles -- 713-466-4614

TX: Bill Holland -- 817-283-7221

VA: Penny Gilbert -- 703-281-0914

VA: Patricia O'Neill -- 703-534-3255

VA: George Polizos -- 757-291-8505

VA: Michael Zuchowski -- 757-467-1354

VA: Joel James -- 757-478-5819

VA: Linda Sotirion -- 757-646-6820

VT: Tod Warner -- 802-985-4930

WA: Lucille Smith -- 206-877-3456

WA: Helen Boyer -- 425-557-5372

WA: Christine Khemis -- 888-582-5364

WI: Lynette Schiefer -- 920-434-4559

WV: Deborah Bailey -- 304-744-0111

For states not listed above, consumers may ask any advisor for rate information in other locations.

LTCFP is one of the nation's largest and most experienced agencies specializing in long-term care insurance and related financial products. The company is a co-founder and sponsor of the "3 in 4 Need More" campaign, which seeks to alert Americans to the long-term healthcare crisis, and to multiply the number protected by long-term care planning.

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*(Photo Caption: LTC Financial Partners National Sales Manager and Chairman of the Board Denise Gott.)

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Source: LTC Financial Partners

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