1. What services are covered?
- Nursing home care
- Home health care
- Adult day care
- Alternate care
- Respite care
- Other
2. How much does the policy pay per day:
| For nursing home care? |
$ |
| For home health care? |
$ |
| For adult day care? |
$ |
| For alternate care? |
$ |
| For respite care? |
$ |
| Other? |
$ |
3. How long will the benefits last?
| In a nursing home |
|
| At home |
|
4. Does the policy have a maximum lifetime benefit? If so, what is it?
| For nursing home care |
$ |
| For home health care |
$ |
5. Does the policy have a maximum length of coverage for each period
of confinement? If so, what is it?
| For nursing home care |
|
| For home health care |
|
6. How long must I wait before preexisting conditions are covered?
7. How long must I wait before benefits begin?
| For nursing home care |
|
| For home health care |
|
8. Are Alzheimer's disease and other organic mental and nervous
disorders covered?
9. Does this policy require:
For nursing home care:
- An assessment of activities of daily living?
- An assessment of cognitive impairment?
- Physician certification of need?
- Other?
For home health care:
- An assessment of activities of daily living?
- An assessment of cognitive impairment?
- Physician certification of need?
- Other?
10. Does this policy require a prior nursing home stay for home health
care coverage?
11. What is the age range for enrollment?
12. Is there a waiver-of-premium provision?
| For nursing home care |
|
| For home health care |
|
13. How long must I be confined before premiums are waived?
14. What does the policy cost?
| Per year |
With inflation feature: $
Without inflation feature: $ |
| Per month |
With inflation feature: $
Without inflation feature: $ |
Source: Guide to Long-Term Care Insurance, Health Insurance Association of America