• Protect your family from the catastrophic costs of long term care
• Remain in control of your assets

Did you know…

• At age 65, people face at least a 40% risk of entering a nursing home at some point in their lifetime and about 10% will have a stay of five years or longer.
  (Source: AHIP, A Guide to Long-Term Care Insurance, 2003)


• Because women generally outlive men by several years, they face a 50% greater likelihood than men of entering a nursing home after age 65.
  (Source: AHIP, A Guide to Long-Term Care Insurance, 2003)


• The average daily rate in 2004 for a private room in a nursing home was $192, an increase of 6% from 2003.
  (Source: 2004 MetLife Market Survey of Nursing Home & Home Care Costs)


• The average length of a nursing home stay is about 2.4 years.
  (Source: CDC/NCHS Health Care in America; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; January 2004)


• At an average daily rate of $192, an average nursing home stay of 2.4 years costs about $168,000, making it virtually unaffordable for many Americans.