A federal appeals court has ruled that Medicaid officials must accept applicants' short-term annuities, providing more certainty for Medicaid applicants' use of this important planning tool. ...

Annuities can be valuable retirement and longevity planning tools, but they are complex financial products that can be misused. ...

Planning for retirement and deciding whether to buy long-term care insurance would be a lot easier if you knew your odds of needing long-term care, as well as at what age and for how long.

In recent years a number of non-lawyers have started businesses offering Medicaid planning services to seniors. While using one of these services may be cheaper than hiring a lawyer, the overall costs may be far greater.

Immediate annuities can be a useful tool to protect the spouse of a nursing home resident who applies for Medicaid.

A new report finds that states have made incremental improvements in providing long-term care, but need to achieve more gains in order to meet the needs of the growing number of people who require long-term care services.  ...

Many seniors consider transferring assets for estate and long-term care planning purposes, or just to help out children and grandchildren.

A fear that the government will seize their house after they die is causing some people to not sign up for expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

A new survey has shed light on the hiring practices of private home care agencies, and the news is not good . . . ...