RELEASE ON RECEIPT - December 12, 2005

How to Live Long & Prosper: Area Expert Gives New Perspective on Long Term Care Insurance

Upbeat Guide Helps Preserve Health & Wealth, Co-authored by Barbara Hanson of LTC Financial Partners – Resident of Felton, CA

Felton, CA, December 12 – Most people avoid unpleasant thoughts, such as needing long term care someday. But what if you could turn your mind, instead, to bright, bullish prospects? Visions of playing golf into your 90’s, or sheltering a few hundred thousand dollars from taxes?

That’s the slant of a new guidebook co-authored by Barbara Hanson of LTC Financial Partners: “Dignity for Life: Facts That Can Protect Your Assets & Quality of Life.” Rather than dwelling on dangers, it presents the positives of smart planning. For example, did you know that –

• There’s a preventive strategy for many leading causes of long-term disability.
• 50% of women and 66% of men will never need long term care.
• You can get a policy that returns your entire premium if you never need care (quite an incentive for staying fit!).

The 28-page guidebook draws on the combined experience of Hanson, nationally recognized as one of the country's leading specialists in long term care protection, and Hanson's associates, who include 40% of America’s 150 most successful long term care insurance agents. While focusing on positives, the guidebook also covers critical issues such as –

• Who tends to need long term care, and why,
• Alternative ways of paying for care, and
• How to choose the right policy from a sound carrier, and avoid rate escalation.

Copies of the guidebook may be requested, free of charge, from Hanson’s organization at 831-335-4949. More information is available at -- www.eranova.com/LTCFP-BarbaraHanson.

For seven years, Barbara Hanson served as activity director in several private nursing homes and a county mental hospital. This experience motivated her to help people prepare for a better life as they age. She is committed to community outreach and education on the need to plan for long-term care needs. As a public education service, she makes herself available to area groups, companies, and financial professionals for briefing sessions, after-dinner talks, lectures, and media interviews. She explains how long-term care insurance (LTCi) can supply the funds and options one may need to avoid exhausting one's savings in the future. Hanson also assists estate planners, financial advisors, attorneys and accountants in addressing their clients’ LTCi concerns. She has helped over 1000 families protect their estates from financial devastation, and was honored as a leading agent by the nation’s largest long-term care insurance carrier, General Electric Capital. She is now a Partner with LTC Financial Partners, LLC. In 2004 and 2005, she received the National LTCi Sales Achievement Award, which recognizes America's top 100 agents.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Barbara Hanson of LTC Financial Partners -- 831-335-4949 - www.eranova.com/LTCFP-BarbaraHanson
Jonas Roeser of LTC Financial Partners - 425-284-4863
Dick Samson of EraNova Institute for LTC Financial Partners - 973-335-3699 – media@eranova.com

LTC Financial Partners LLC - 110 Avila Way, Felton, CA 95018

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