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: From a session at the annual meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Chicago, Illinois, October 15-18, 2000 This session discusses continuing care retirement communities and other provider organizations, such as nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and residential facilities. This panel discusses trends in the retirement housing industry and practices and opportunities for more effective management of the cost of care.

Description: Presented at October 2001 Annual Meeting. Panelists speculate how the health care delivery system will change over the next 30 years and the effect these changes will have on baby boomer needs and on future long-term-care 'LTC' policies.

Description: This session discusses continuing care retirement communities. What opportunities exist? What role does the actuary play? From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 1.

Description: Session 5 of the 1990 Valuation Actuary Symposium is an open forum on the long term health insurance risks. Also discussed is major medical and disability insurances.

Description: Experience reporting forms (ERFs) are submitted by LTC insurers each year tracking their experience by year for earned premium, incurred claims, policy reserves, claim counts and policies in force.

Description: The National Academy of Social Insurance (the Academy) recently released a comprehensive study on models for states interested in pursuing social insurance initiatives for LTSS, paid leave and child care reform. The report explores strategies that states could pursue to better support families in meeting evolving care needs over the lifespan. Actuarial projections for illustrative policy options are included. The presenters will report back the Academy study panel's findings, provide in-depth insights into Washington State's new long-term care social insurance program, and briefly report on other state activity in the LTSS and paid leave domains.

Description: In this session, morbidity and life expectancy trends are discussed. In addition, a case study in R on how to model the uncertainty associated with incidence of disability, disabled and active deaths and other terminations is presented.

Description: Enabling better care, mood management and even slowing and reversing memory loss for Alzheimer's and dementia care.

Description: In this session, the following essays from the Society of Actuaries Living to 100 Call for Essays are presented. Essays: Potential for Mortality Improvement from Cognitive and Psychological Factors – Gordon Woo, – Ph. D. How Growing Inequality in the United States Makes Long-Term Care Financing Reform A Lot Harder – Karl Polzer – MPA Alcohol and Mortality, Sam Gutterman, FSA, CERA, FCA, FCA, HONFIA, MAAA