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End-of-Life Care for Medicare Patients Changing HealthDay

Lisa Schork — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:00:26 +0100

End-of-Life Care for Medicare Patients Changing

HealthDay
April 13, 2011

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Shorter Hospital Stays, More Readmissions After Hip Replacements HealthDay

Lisa Schork — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:48:37 +0100

Shorter Hospital Stays, More Readmissions After Hip Replacements

HealthDay
Serena Gordon
April 20, 2011

If you are thinking about buying long term care (LTC) insurance, but are unsure about who you can trust to guide you through the many options available regarding the best company, type and amount of coverage, etc, I highly recommend spending some time talking to Lisa Schork. I found her to be very professional and an extremely knowledgeable resource with lots of valuable information. I quickly learned that LTC is a very complex aRead More...

Is LTC Insurance Still a Good Value? - a good question

Lisa Schork — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:13:23 +0100

Is LTCI still a Good VALUE?

In the current environment when some carriers are filing for inforce policy rate increases, clients may wonder if long-term care insurance is still a good value. While no one likes rate increases, we can assist clients to determine if risk transfer to insurance is still a sound solution. To do so, we need to compare rate increased policy premiums aRead More...

Yes, No or Uh-Oh - Q & A on LTC - Reprint December Northwest Business Monthly

Lisa Schork — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:32:27 +0100

Q> My husband and I are both in our mid –forties, I think we should be looking into Long Term Care Insurance and he doesn’t. My friends are split as to the better option: long-term care insurance or personal investments. After taking care of my husband’s mother for the past couple of years, I don’t want our children to face the same struggles. My husband is suspicious and seems to feel that it is Read More...

"Top 6 Ways to Ruin Your Retirement"

Lisa Schork — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:13:42 +0100

Top 6 Ways To Ruin Your Retirement

Mark P. Cussen, provided by Investopedia.com

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Despite the plethora of websites, books, magazines, advisors and other financial information and services available for retirees, there will always be a contingent of people who fail to make their retirement savings last for the rest of their lives.

There are many ways to avoid this, some of which are more proactive while oRead More...

A Reminder that Laughter is the Best Medicine

Lisa Schork — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:13:53 +0100

Need a laugh? The day isn't going well? Getting older and being a caregiver isn't much fun..... take a minute and enjoy this wonderful video

http://www.caregiverstress.com/2010/07/a-reminder-that-laughter-is-the-best-medicine/

Keeping Healthy and fit when you retire should result in lower health-care costs, right? Not so...

Lisa Schork — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:36:40 +0100

Provided by Market Watch by Robert Powell - Friday May 14, 2010

Keeping healthy and fit when you retire should result in lower health-care costs, right? A new report says it's not so.

More from MarketWatch.com:

• What It Takes to Quit Smoking

• The Long Reach and High Toll of Mental-Health Problems

• Cost of Cancer Care Doubled in Last 20 Years as Case Volume Rose

While it's true that the annRead More...