Description: Unmet needs and implications for long-term care financing in Singapore.

Description: The presenters will discuss recent regulatory changes that allow some long-term care benefits to be included in Medicare Advantage plans. Hear an overview of what has become available in the market and what might happen in the near future.

Description: This survey is intended to share insurance company risk management practices and perspectives, so that these stakeholders may have a common understanding when discussing fraud, waste and abuse in LTC insurance claims.

Description: Read the August 2020 issue of Long-Term Care News published by the Long Term Care Insurance Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: A fact sheet about the Long-Term Care (LTC) Experience Study Aggregate Database 2000-2011 Report.

Description: In a recent study, nearly all family caregivers (80%) said they “always” or “often” provide emotional support. What if robots could cut that statistic in half? What would that mean to caregivers who have families of their own? This article is my first-hand experience with a companion robot that provides a tremendous amount of emotional support and meaningful activities. Together, they are designed to engage an older adult significantly which can lighten the caregiving burden on other family members.

Description: This article summarizes the Society of Actuaries' Long-Term Care Insurance LTCI Section Think Tank event. This event focused on the most significant issues and trends that may impact long-term care LTC risks, care delivery and protection in the future.

Description: In this introductory session, we set the stage for the Symposium’s entire ElderTech track. We’ve seen increasing technology adaptation by the elderly in many areas of their lives, including socializing, health care, mobility, home monitoring, insurance, investing and financial planning. Panelists will provide an overview of the current state of ElderTech and how they believe it will evolve in the short and long term. Panelists will also discuss the problems ElderTech is trying to solve, consumer pain points and why ElderTech has become so important recently.

Description: Panelists from the home-based care industry will discuss the latest technology and services that enable and prolong the receipt of formal and informal care at home for the elderly and delay transitions to care facilities.

Description: General Session VI