Extended Care is an event
Once Extended Care begins, it evolves over time with each event and each event, has Consequences
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Helping hundreds of families secure their assets since 2014
Coordinating seamlessly with Estate Planning Attorneys and Financial Advisors
What is Extended Care Planning?
When most people hear "extended care planning," they think it just means buying an insurance policy to cover a one-time event.
Extended care planning is a comprehensive strategy that helps you determine the consequences to those you love.
Think of your family and wealth in your castle. You have spent your life building it. Extended care consequences are the invading threat. A proper strategy acts as a protective moat—creating a strong layer of protection to absorb unexpected consequences so they don't compromise your legacy.
It is about setting up control, while you have control.
Why Planning Matters
Every state has different rules and economic realities when it comes to aging. Planning for care requires a localized approach.
The Medicaid Reality
Many families assume the government will step in if they run out of money. But Medicaid is a needs-based program with strict financial limits, which often requires significant spend-down of assets before assistance is provided.
The 60-Month Look-Back
Virginia audits financial records and severely penalizes you for assets transferred or gifted within 5 years of needing care. You cannot simply give your house to your kids the day before you need a nursing facility to qualify for state aid.
Protecting Your Standard of Living
Effective, insurance planning ensures that your healthy spouse is not left financially vulnerable if you require expensive, ongoing care.
What Happens Without a Plan?
When you choose not to plan, you are choosing to self-insure with your life savings. Entering a care crisis without a strategy means:
Depleting Your Savings
Extended care expenses can significantly reduce your liquid assets and retirement accounts over time to pay facility billing departments.
Losing Your Independence
When you pay out of pocket and funds dwindle, your options for where and how you receive care shrink dramatically.
Burdening Your Family
Adult children are often forced to step away from their careers to become caregivers, forcing difficult financial decisions upon them.
Leaving Your Spouse Vulnerable
Unplanned long-term care costs can significantly impact the assets needed to support the healthy spouse who remains at home.
Strategies to Protect Your Assets
With the right guidance, long-term care does not have to become an overwhelming financial burden. Here is how we guide you in structuring your protection:
Traditional Extended Care Insurance
Transfer the catastrophic risk of high care costs away from your personal savings and onto an insurance company.
Asset Protection Strategies
We work alongside appropriate legal and tax professionals to structure an insurance-based strategy that helps minimize your exposure to long-term care costs while keeping you in control.
Hybrid Life Insurance and Annuities
Avoid the "use it or lose it" dilemma. These policies may provide tax-advantaged or tax-free benefits depending on the policy if you need care, or a death benefit to your beneficiaries if you don't.
Start Building Your Defense Today
The absolute best time to evaluate extended care strategies is right now—while you are healthy and have the widest array of options available to you. Take the first step today to understand your risk, explore your options clearly, and structure a personalized insurance strategy. No pressure. No confusion. Just clarity and direction.