On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free.
About 80 percent of women age 65 will need some type of long-term care over the remainder of their lifetimes, while about 60 percent of men will. Once age 65, women need, on average, 3.7 years of care while men on average need 2.2 years of care in their remaining years.