March 24, 2004 

New Guild Benefit

            We are pleased to announce that we have arranged for a special new benefit, an “individual Long Term Care Insurance Program”, for members in good standing of the New York Guild.  This program will enable our members to purchase quality Long Term Care Insurance at a special group rate, through The Prudential Insurance Company of New York.

Many of us have had to deal with the need to arrange for either nursing home or specialized home care for a parent, spouse, or other family member, only to find out how overwhelming the costs for such are can be.  In the New York Metropolitan Area, the average cost for semi-private nursing home care is now averaging $330 per day and home health care by home health aides averages $15-$17 per hour!

The special Individual Long Term Care Insurance Program that we are able to offer to our members makes quality insurance coverage available that will pay as much as $350 per day for nursing home care, at a special discounted group rate.  Preferred health discounts are also available.  This special discounted coverage is available for eligible Guild members, as well as their spouses, domestic partners, parents, in-laws, grandparents, grandparents-in-law, siblings, and children ages 18 and older.

For personal appointments and consultation, Long Term Care Insurance Consultant, Arlene Resnick, can be contacted by mail at, CORE Benefits Group, Inc., 330 South Service Road, Suite 120, Melville, NY 11747; by telephone at, 631-574-4991, and by email: Corebengrp@aol.com.                                                                   

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