Do older Americans expect they will personally need long-term care for themselves in the future?
Most Americans age 40 and older expect they will need care at some point.
Most Americans age 40 and older expect they will need care at some point.
Many older Americans have not saved for future long-term care and do not feel confident in their ability to pay for it in the future.
Most Americans age 40 and older expect to provide care to a loved one in the next five years.
Americans support policies like a government-administered long-term care insurance program and tax breaks for purchasing long-term care insurance.
Most of those age 40 and older have done little or no planning for their own long-term care needs. Planning increased from 2013 to 2015 but has decreased again in recent years.
Few feel prepared to provide long-term care to a loved one. Fewer older Americans today feel very or extremely prepared than in 2014.