Description: Report presenting results of tabulations from the 1985 National Nursing Home Survey estimating nursing home utilization data.

Description: This report presents the results of a demographic study of Continuing Care Retirement Communities - CCRC. The study presents information on decrement rates by facility & resident payment contract, selection patterns, voluntary withdrawal rates, and length of stay.

Description: The first Intercompany Study of the Long-Term Care LTC Experience 1984-1991 Committee has been completed. It is the first public report on experience of lives insured under private insurance plans, and covers morbidity, claim characteristics, persistency and home care.

Description: New for 2017, we are introducing a series of articles by experienced industry professionals who are relatively new to long-term care (LTC).

Description: Report on the first study conducted jointly by LIMRA International and the SOA Long Term Care Experience Committee. The study examines voluntary lapse and total termination activity in LTCI for calendar years 2000 and 2001. Overall, the results indicate that LTCI persistency has continued to improve however, the current improvement seems to be coming from the individual lines of business rather than the group lines.

Description: The article discovers that mortality is higher for females than for males at higher ages, and suggests "stress" as the explanation. It then discusses mental illness research, including recovery therefrom.

Description: Report on the second in a series of studies conducted jointly by LIMRA International and the SOA Long-Term Care Experience Committee. The study examines longterm care insurance LTCI industry persistency experience by reporting on changes in both voluntary lapse and total termination activity for all participating companies during calendar years 2002 through 2004. Overall, the results indicate that LTCI persistency continues to increase. However, recent increases have occurred on the group side of the business more than the individual side.

Description: The article looks at potential changes in care provider demographics that could ultimately have an impact on the cost of long term care services.

Description: The latest Long-Term Care Insurance Persistency Report covers a three calendar-year period, years 2005 - 2007. This is the Excel spreadsheet containing the lapse rates broken down by demographic and benefit categories as well as in total. Please see the SOA website for the complete report.

Description: Panelists discuss the results of the SOA's Intercompany Experience Study dealing with long-term-care insurance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.