Event name
Long-Term Care Questions? Here's What to Know
When
Thu 10 / 16 / 2025
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Where
Potomac Community Center
Falls Road
Potomac MD 20854
Falls Road
Potomac MD 20854
Who can attend
Open to all
Price
FREE
Long-Term Care Questions? Here's What to Know
A recent NY Times article Retirees, Get Ready to Need Long-Term Care. Here’s What to Know, tells us that demand and costs for care are rising at the same time that a labor shortage within the care industry is growing worse. The article also points out that the oldest of the baby boomers, those born in 1946, are turning 80 in 2026, an age when the odds of needing care grow.
As we age, more of the care we are likely to need is not strictly medical, but is long-term care - help with activities of daily living for people who are frail or disabled — bathing, dressing, using the toilet, preparing meals, shopping, walking and taking medications.
According to the article, polling done by KFF Health News shows that 45 percent of those age 65 or older incorrectly believe that Medicare will cover their time in a nursing home if they have a long-term illness or disability. Fewer than half of adults said they’ve talked seriously with loved ones about how they would obtain or pay for long-term care.
How can you plan for this need now, before you need it? What should you know that you don't know now?
Our speakers, Steve Lorberbaum, of Assisting Hands Home Care - Potomac, and Kim Natovitz, an insurance agent at TriBridge Partners, will address these issues, and leave you more prepared to handle what comes your way.
Please register, so we know to expect you, and will have enough seating and hand-outs.
PCV members who expect to need a ride to get to this event should indicate that when they register, making sure they set the Ride Text Field to "Need a ride". If you are able to offer a ride, please also indicate that.
While it is not necessary to pay to attend this program, PCV will be very pleased to accept donations, to enable us to continue to offer free programs to our wider community and be able to offer membership without regard to ability to pay.
While it is not necessary to pay to attend this program, PCV will be very pleased to accept donations, to enable us to continue to offer free programs to our wider community and be able to offer membership without regard to ability to pay.