Long Term Care- is this a topic to get excited about for most clients? Probably not….. it speaks to the realities of aging and the very real need many of us will have in the future but how can you , as their trusted advisor, introduce this conversation and also have compelling solutions as to how Long Term Care can be funded? Begin with asking 2 questions:
- “You may never need care, but what if you did? How would that affect your family?”
Spouses can become chronically ill under the stress of becoming the caregiver. Adult children often carry the burden as any child would feel obligated to do: leave a career and relocate a family to be closer to a parent’s home to provide care is all too common. Family dynamics and relationships become stressed as one adult child may bear the larger burden of care creating fractures and resentments in the family. Finally, there are a number of spiritual, emotional and financial losses that arise when care of a loved one is needed, though can be prevented with some planning.
- “If you do need care, how will you pay for it?”
Long Term Care can be very expensive and can be paid for in several ways: government programs which require the client to spend their own assets first, traditional long term care insurance which can be expensive, hard to qualify for and as many see it a “use it or lose it” policy and of course, self-funding. Few people are able to pay out-of-pocket, dollar for dollar for all long term care expenses. Doing so can wipe out the savings they’ve worked their entire lives to build.
So, can we make an adjustment to everything we have always thought to be true about long term care planning? Yes! Providing long term care protection on one’s own isn’t going to win any contests. The 10 year treasury set a record low on July 5th closing at 1.3432%. It would take 53.6 years to double your money at those rates, before calculating taxable equivalent, 85.6 years to triple your money. Going to the stock market to get better returns? There was a significant correction in 1987, a recession in the early 1990’s, the dot com crash in 2000, the financial meltdown in 2008. And, how has this year been for so far?
Even a LTC event in the late 1990’s, when the market was going up 20% a year for five years, a client would have been pulling out more money than growth was replacing it with for a major event, depleting assets, income and estates quickly.
Does your client have a lump sum of money not intended for retirement income, qualified or non-qualified?
One America Asset Care or Annuity Care with a competitive rider can protect assets and income from unexpected events.
A $100,000 deposit can bring a 64 year old couple upwards of $200,000+ of tax free access for LTC protection and add the Lifetime Rider for never ending support.
Check out the available webinars in our Up coming Events section below and call us to discuss this further. There are ways to utilize a client’s monies to provide for long term care allowing them to also benefit if they never actually need the care. That’s exciting!
Upcoming Events
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As a financial, investment, retirement, or accounting professional, long-term care planning can be challenging–specifically because it may not be the primary focus of your practice. In fact, you may even avoid it. Yet at the same time, learning about long-term care could be one of the most crucial ways to serve your clients. A potential exposure so great, it could render all other strategies meaningless.
Join us for a free webinar and learn options available for your clients with the Care Solutions–a portfolio of asset-based LTC products that can provide tax advantages and benefits even if care is never needed.
During this webinar you will learn:
- How certain annuities can benefit from the Pension Protection Act and provide income tax free withdrawals for LTC
- About products that issue all the way up to age 85
- How to use qualified money to gain long-term care benefits
- How to speak with your clients about a negative topic (LTC) in a positive way
This learning opportunity will give you the ‘nuts and bolts’ of our products and arm you with the knowledge you need to succeed. At the same time, you will gain a level of comfort and learn how to broach this at times difficult topic with your clients.
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 Featured Speaker:
Chris Huntsman,
Senior Development Wholesaler
OneAmerica
Full Product Webinar:
– Client presentation (advisors only)
– Asset-Care (hybrid life/LTC)
– Annuity Care (hybrid fixed annuity/LTC)
Click Date/Time to Register for Webinar:
* All times Eastern
Friday, July 22nd at 11:00 AM
Friday, August 5th at 11:00 AM
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