November 2004

 

FRATERNAL BENEFITS

 

DID YOU KNOW?

 

 

v    Average cost of a nursing home in suburban Maryland is $173 a day (2003)

 

v    Seven out of 10 of the nation’s largest nursing homes are bank-

     rupt.

 

v    50% of nursing homes are understaffed.

 

v    For a couple turning 65, there is a 75% chance that one of them

will need long term care.

 

v    More than 70% of people with Alzheimer’s disease live at home.

 

v    72% of informal caregivers are women.

 

v    Long term care insurance might be the only thing that keeps you

out of a nursing facility and allows you to stay at home.

 

v    The K of C has a simple solution if you can qualify.  Call me to see

          what your options are.

 

 

TOM WHITE

410.581.1740/800.562.1882