In this aging podcast, Sally Smith talks with Barbara Franklin, a long-term care specialist, about options for funding long-term care. Mrs. Franklin discusses some alternatives to long-term care insurance, focusing on personal funds, public programs, life insurance policy riders, annuities, and reverse mortgage options. Mrs. Franklin points to the imminence of long-term care issues with the aging of the baby-boomer generation.

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