Convergence of long-term care planning and retirement planning at the work place.
There is an increasing expectation that the private-sector should provide needed solutions to pressing problems in long-term care. Long-term care insurance has figured prominently in recent discussions. Within the long-term care insurance market, the potential of the employer in making such insurance available to employees has been discussed extensively. This paper traces the increasing convergence of retirement planning and long-term care planning at the work place. The long-term care insurance market has come a long way, and the employer-sponsored segment of the market has recorded the highest rate of growth in recent times. Furthermore, the employer-sponsored market is beginning to diversify. Low take-up rates still remain a problem. Recent rapid growth of the market coupled with the federal government's involvement as an employer offering long-term care insurance is bound to expand the market further.
Silva
Ajith
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Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, 21201, USA. asilva@epi.umaryland.edu
D000368:Aged; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007353:Insurance, Long-Term Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology / Q000639:trends*; D017149:Private Sector; D012179:Retirement / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States