The purpose of this Quiz is to ascertain and educate you in the basic facts about Long Term Care.
1. Most long-term care is provided in a nursing home.
2. Nearly 40% of the long term care population is under the age of 65.
3. Medicare covers the majority of Californians long-term care costs.
4. Most long-term care is provided by family and friends.
5. Changes in the tax code now allow taxpayers to deduct some of the costs of long-term care insurance.
6. The average lifetime stay in a nursing home is about one year.
7. Health plans typicallycover most long-term care services.
Please answer the questions in the fields below using either "True" or "False."
8. A one year stay in a nursing home in 2007 costs about $73,000.
9. People have to spend almost all of their assets to qualify for Medi-Cal benefits.
10. Disability insurance covers most long-term care costs.
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