A Long-Term Care (LTC) Plan is something that I created for my future. I saw both of my parents, while basically healthy, too proud in their 80’s to accept any support from me or their friends. I write this post to share that being pro-active in creating your own LTC Plan can help improve and impact the quality of life in your later years.
A LTC Plan is comprised of a range of custodial services and support provided for daily living if you are unable to perform daily activities on your own. The monitoring of these daily activities is an essential part of the LTC plan and is broken down into 2 categories:
Activities of Daily Living - ADL
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living - IADL
Care providers work with ADLs and IADLs and measure whether assistance is required and how much assistance is needed.
A LTC Plan is designed to help you live as independently as possible, for as long as possible. To help you thrive and enjoy life and not just go through the motions of your daily activities.
Life is complicated. As the years go by you may find that your old support networks are no longer available.
That’s why a LTC Plan is so important for your future.