Long-Term Care Insurance: The Top 5 Reasons People Claim Benefits

Alzheimers disease is the top reason
people claim long term care benefits.
photo by Michael Carian
People claim Long-term Care benefits for a variety of reasons, but Life Plans has released the definitive top five reasons the average claimant (about 61.6-years-old) files a claim.
The top five reasons that long-term care policy holders go on claim are:
1. Alzheimer's disease or related dementia. – link to alzeimers site
2. Stroke. (www.heartandstroke.on.ca)
3. Injury.
4. Cancer. (www.cancer.ca)
5. Other.
For more details on long-term care insurance, policies in Canada, please contact us at 1-866-899-4849, or visit our Long Term Care Insurance Quote Page.