Long-term care is a set of services that meet both medical and non-medical needs of a person that has a chronic illness or is disabled and not fully able to care for themselves for an extended period.
Most people are surprised to learn that they actually do have a plan. In the absence of legal planning otherwise, their estate will be distributed after death according to Missouri’s laws of intestacy.
There can be terrific grief and pain at the loss of a loved one. Beyond grief and pain, when you add external stresses to the equation you can have a disaster on your hands in very short order.