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Directory of Long Term Healthcare Facilities Insurance Providers

Insurance for Long Term Healthcare Facilities

"Long-term care" means helping people of any age with their medical needs or daily activities over a long period of time. Long-term care can be provided at home, in the community, or in various types of facilities. Although "long-term" is often thought of as being for older people, it is equally important to younger people with disabilities or illnesses that require long-term care.

The facilities which are used to house long-term care patients are quite varied. The variances derive from location (high density urban vs smaller facility rural), from the type of care required by the residents (recovering elderly vs terminal palliative vs younger requiring high intensity rehabilitation), from the number and skills of staff, etc.

It also takes people, other than the obvious direct care givers, to manage the office, run the kitchens, organize programs and do all of the things to make the facility one which provides quality services in a compassionate manner.

Long term healthcare facilities are unique in many respects, and their insurance programs must reflect those unique characteristics. It takes quality people with a deep understanding of the industry to really appreciate the variety of risks and how insurance might address them, along with providers of insurance and risk management products and services, to develop programs to meet these special requirements in an optimal fashion.

Directory of Insurance Providers for Long Term Healthcare Facilities

1-800-463-6503 jpaterson@bensonkearley.com	Serving Southern Ontario, MB, AB, BC Head Office in Newmarket ON	Insuring Canada's Long Term Healthcare Industry
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