When interviewing a prospective long-term care employee, you’re right to be extremely skeptical. In this age of blatant resume deception and social media artifice, reality can be many layers deep.

While conversations around long-term care can feel challenging, discussing these topics on a regular basis with your family can help ensure you’re prepared when the time comes.

Ms. Gurian also worries about the possible effect on costs if Congress cuts funding for Medicaid, which covers 61 percent of all long-term care, according to KFF.. “Providers would have to ...

A public long-term care insurance program will be increasingly important as the population ages and the costs of care rise. But it won’t happen without broad support, including from Republicans.