Learn About the Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
Do you know the six Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)? What if you couldn’t complete two or more of them? Have questions? Click here to contact Nicole Gurley!
Tag Archives: long-term care
Find Out What Long-Term Care Costs & Funding Options
Nicole Gurley explains what you can expect to pay for long-term care insurance now and in the future! Have more questions? Click here to contact Nicole.
Do You Know What Long-Term Care Is?
It’s time to get back to the basics! Do you know what long-term care is and your risk of needing it?
Demonstrating Your Love
As Silvia Smith wrote on her blog Marriage.com: “The rush you get when you fall in love with someone mobilizes all your senses, and causes a whirl of emotions, thoughts, and, not to forget, chemical reactions – all of which inevitably make you yearn more and more and more. “Nonetheless, at some point, these emotions
What Has Washington State Wrought
The window is closing. Washington state’s WA Cares Fund deadline is November 1, 2021. If you don’t have private long-term care insurance in place by that date and you are a W2 employee, your January 2022 paycheck will include a .58% tax. We could make a lengthy list of negative things about this legislation. But
Help Your Kids & Make A Plan
How To Help Your Kids Online schooling was a first glimpse at curriculum for many parents. One way to help kids learn and develop is to read aloud with them. Jim Trelease’s Read-Aloud Handbook is a gift to parents.
2020 In The Rearview Mirror
Have we learned a lot in the last year? Obviously not in the classroom. But there are a lot of takeaways from 2020. And resilience is but one. Planning ahead another. For many working from home became a new experience. It turned routines upside down. Required new or upgraded equipment. Increased productivity along with frustration
I Hate This More Than You Do!
I JUST HATE … Rate increases! More than you do! Why oh why In our opinion there have been two rounds of rate increases on long-term care insurance policies (LTCI). But given the way state insurance commissioners have approved increases it seems as though they are eternal. Keep in mind that these rate increases primarily
Covid-19 Should Be A Four-Letter Word
What word pops into you head or out your mouth when you learn that a family member, business colleague or dear friend has tested positive for COVID-19? I’d tell you what comes to my mind but my 100-year-old father reads my blogs and he would blush and be disappointed in my language choices. I’ll just