What is Cognitive Impairment?

Cognitive impairment is the loss or impairment of memory, orientation or reasoning capabilities. A person with cognitive impairment may very well be able to perform certain ADLs but yet still need supervision. Examples of diseases that cause cognitive impairment would be Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson’s disease, and various forms of dementia. These diseases will eventually lead to functional incapacitation and ultimately to a permanent need for long-term care.

Activities of Daily Living (or ADL's)

Activities of Daily Living are also referred to as ADL's. These are physical impairments that give rise to the need for custodial care. They include:

-Eating
-Dressing
-Continence
-Bathing
-Toileting
-Transferring

Over 17 million Americans 65 years old and older have some difficulty performing ADL's. In order to qualify for most types of Long Term Care you must have difficulty performing two or more of these ADL's in one way or another.

Welcome

Welcome to the first posting here on our Long Term Care Insurance Blog. My name is Glenn Cochrane and I am President and founder of Cochrane Insurance & Annuity Services. We are a full service insurance agency here in beautiful Northern California. We broker Life Insurance, Health Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance, Voluntary Employee Benefits and Annuities. The purpose of this Blog is to give anyone interested in more information specifically about Long Term Care Insurance direct access to myself. This is a way for me to give potential clients or just those of you who are curious a more personal forum to ask questions and get answers about Long Term Care Insurance. This blog should benefit people don't know anything about LTC, those who are currently looking into Long Term Care Insurance as an investment, or even those who already have Long Term Care Policies and just have questions. Please use this blog to post any question no matter how big, small or complicated. I will do my best to find and post a response as soon as I can find the answer. Long Term Care insurance can be very confusing because there are so many options available. Please visit my website on Long Term Care at www.CochraneInsuranceLTC.com to find more information as well. Once again, welcome and thak you for visiting.