Custodial care under a long-term care policy refers to:
Explanation
Custodial care assists a person with the routine activities of daily living, bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, transferring, and continence, and can be provided by non-medical caregivers, making it the most common type of long-term care. It is not intensive hospital care, surgery, or emergency treatment, which are acute medical services. Because standard health insurance and Medicare largely do not cover custodial care, long-term care insurance is designed to fill that gap.
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