Policies for Nursing Home Care Dwindling as Home Care Grows

- from Wall Street Journal MarketWatch Last year not one group long term care policy was purchased for nursing home care only, evidence of a dramatic trend indicating Americans' desire to "age in place". In Unum's third annual Landscape of Long Term Care, the company reports a steady increase in policies with the home care option. As the leader in the group long term care market, Unum provides an annual review of sales and claims trends each fall in recognition of Long Term Care Awareness Month in November.