Funding for long-term care expenses is a challenge. Not many can afford the large
sums needed to fund this expense. Even fewer are eager to reduce their savings
to qualify for Medicaid coverage.
Pace University sponsors a voluntary Long Term Care Insurance Plan through TIAA. This coverage is not only available to employees but to their spouses, domestic partners, parents and parents in-law.
Long-term care insurance will provide you with an extensive range of benefits that will help you meet your future long-term care needs within your budget. It will pay benefits for care that you receive in your own home, in an adult day care center, in Alzheimer’s and assisted living facilities, in a hospice or in a nursing home. Once you are eligible for the benefits, you decide how to use them.
Long-term care insurance provides valuable benefits for:
To determine your insurability, request information or obtain a rate quote, contact TIAA directly at 1-800-223-1200 or visit their web center at www.tiaa-cref.org/ltc.
The Employee Assistance Program with United Behavioral Health/Working Solutions
is designed to enrich and support you as you meet your personal work/life challenges.
It is available, at no cost, to all regular full time and part time faculty
and staff and may also be extended to their immediate family members.
This benefit provides access to a comprehensive array of referral services, which are completely confidential:
Assessment and Counseling: Confidential services from counselors and therapists who offer support for a wide range of personal and work-related concerns including stress, depression, alcohol and drug dependency and workplace issues.
Child/Parenting Support Services: Comprehensive consultation, resources and qualified referrals for families and children up to age 18. Services include adoption, daycare facilities, summer camps, sick-child care, parenting classes and more.
Adult/Elder Support Services: Extensive services that address all the needs of adult and elder dependents. These include information about support groups; care giving and housing options, transportation and meal services, geriatric assessments, retirement planning and activity groups.
Chronic Condition Support Services: Consultation and information for employees and dependents that live with chronic illness. Services include referral for supportive living services that might not be covered by medical insurance.
Life Learning Resources: Educational consultation, resources and referrals for people of all ages and abilities, from kindergarten to college and adult education. Services include locating and evaluating schools, tutoring services and enrichment classes.
Legal and Financial Assistance: Telephone consultations with an attorney or qualified financial planner to assist with resolving a legal dispute, drafting a will, budgeting issues, credit card debt or other concerns.
Convenience Services: Telephonic consultation providing information about entertainment, dining, recreational services, personal and household services and shopping, pet sitters and more.
You can reach UBH/Working Solutions 24 hours a day 365 days a year at 1-866-248-4096. You can also get information on-line at www.liveandworkwell.com. Our access code is 61530.