Author of Complete Idiot’s Guide to Long Term Care Planning knows Linden Ponds

By Robert Doherty
THE ERICKSON TRIBUTE

“Mom has already joined the walking club and attended a play. I know it won’t be hard for her to find fun things to do at Linden Ponds,” says Marilee Driscoll, Author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Long-Term Care Planning.

“I felt very comfortable with my mom’s decision to move to Linden Ponds. I was familiar with Erickson Communities,” says Marilee. “From a professional standpoint, they have an extremely good reputation.”

Family experience
Marilee’s reason to get into the field of long-term care planning was a personal one. “I was a financial planner and active in the insurance industry in the late 80s when modern long-term care insurance was gaining prominence. I also had some family experience with extended long-term care with my grandmother,” says Marilee.

Professionally, Marilee wanted to learn more about long-term care insurance based on her personal experience with her grandmother. She quickly started lecturing on this topic extensively within the financial services and banking communities in Boston. It took off so quickly that she became a fulltime speaker and writer on the topic of long-term care and how to finance it from a personal finance point of view.

“The next thing you know I had a book out. The book is dedicated to my grandmother. Without her and her experience, I never would have had the career I now have regarding longterm care planning.” adds Marilee.