Working on her own, and with other advocates, she has learned about “the system” which is supposed to protect the patients, but often is a web of continuous “runaround’ where families plead for help and get nothing! Government agencies have often failed to protect the patients they are responsible to protect. Corporations that own and administer nursing homes often make large donations to political candidates and officials seeking re-election. Ila has lobbied the state and federal representatives to improve standards of care for nursing homes and has exposed the conflict of interest of those who accept industry money, while publicly professing to “care” about the patients. Nursing home patients are dying daily due to abuse and neglect. When a person is killed in a violent attack, the police are quick to arrest the guilty perpetrators.

Ila Swan is working toward that goal. Healthcare will pay for doctor bills, hospital bills and some prescriptions, but healthcare will not pay for nursing home care or in-home nursing care. That is where long term care insurance is a necessity. That is a phenomenal amount to have to come up with on your own. Long term care insurance will pay for nursing home care and part-time in home nursing care. To purchase long term care insurance, there are a few different ways to go about it. A person can choose to purchase it on his or her own.