Methodology
Harris Interactive(R) conducted this online survey within the United
States between January 10 and 12, 2006 among a nationwide cross section of
2,918 adults aged 18 and over.com/europe) and Asia offices, its wholly-owned
subsidiary Novatris in Paris, France (http://www.

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conducted between January 10 and 12, 2006, for The Wall Street Journal
Online's Personal Journal Edition.
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(n=2,023) (n=543) (n=280) (n=334 ) (n=486)
% % % % %

Have taken steps in
preparation for
parent(s) getting
older (Net) 41 32 39 50 44
Talked with my
parent(s) about
plans for their
elderly care 22 15 24 27 27
Helped my parent(s)
set up a will 12 7 11 18 15
Helped my parent(s)
relocate to be
closer to me/my
sibling/another
person who will
be providing
support/care 8 7 14 7 9
Relocated to be
closer to
my parent(s) 6 8 10 7 4
Spent money on
making my home or
my parents' home
elder-friendly 6 3 5 9 6
Set aside funds to
be used for a
retirement
community/assisted
living community/
nursing home 3 1 2 4 5
Helped my parent(s)
pay for a retirement
community/assisted
living community/
nursing home 2 * 4 2 2
Purchased long-term
care insurance for
my parent(s) 2 2 2 2 3
Other 10 7 7 13 9
I have not taken any
steps in preparation
for my parent(s)
getting older 59 68 61 50 56

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m. Adding to the financial strain, many adults may
have to finance some of the costs associated with their parents' potential
long-term care needs, with more than a quarter (28 %) of adults whose parents
are still living saying that they and/or their siblings will be sharing these
cost with their parents and 14 percent saying that these costs will fall
primarily on them and/or their siblings.

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TABLE 3A
FINANCE OF OWN POTENTIAL LONG-TERM CARE - BY AGE
"Do you think you have/will have saved enough money to finance your own
potential long -term care needs as you age, such as costs associated with
community/assisted living or nursing home care or medical costs?"

Base: All adults

Age
Total 18-34 35-44 45-54 55+
(n=2,918) (n=873) (n=563) (n=508) (n=974)
% % % % %
Yes 26 29 23 20 28
No 41 30 46 56 39
Not sure 33 41 31 24 33

Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.harrisinteractive.
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These are some of the results of the online survey of 2,918 U.

Other interesting findings from the survey include:

-- Of concern, substantial numbers of those closest to retirement age (56%
of adults aged 45 to 54 and 39% of adults aged 55 and over) do not
think they will have enough money to finance their own potential long-
term care needs as they age. Figures for age, gender, race/ethnicity,
education, income and region were weighted where necessary to align with
population proportions. Propensity score weighting was also used to adjust for
respondents' propensity to be online. Health offers authoritative
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-- As expected, those with higher incomes are more likely to say that they
will have enough money to finance their own potential long-term care
needs.

TABLE 1
LIVING SITUATION - BY AGE
"For the following questions please assume that a parent may constitute your
birth parent, foster parent, step-parent, in-law, guardian, grandparent , or
other individual that has raised you."
"Which of the following applies to you?"
Base: All adults

Age
Total 18-34 35-44 45-54 55+
(n=2,918) (n=873) (n=563) (n=508) (n=974)
% % % % %
Parents still living (Net) 69 98 92 72 26
Live with at least
one parent (Sub-net) 15 36 12 5 2
I live with at least one
of my parents in
their household 12 32 8 4 1
At least one of my parents
lives with me in my household 3 4 4 1 1
I do not live with my parents 54 62 80 67 24
My parents are deceased 31 2 8 28 74

Note: Percentages may not add up to 100 % due to rounding.
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An average of more than 5,000 abandoned and
homeless pets hope to find homes each day during the PETsMART Charities
National Adoption Weekend.m. on Sunday, May 1.9K $74.asp. adult
population had been polled with complete accuracy.

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-- When asked about steps they have taken to prepare for their own aging,
less than half (48%) of adults say they have taken any steps to
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m.m. Almost a third (31%) say they have created a will, while
smaller numbers say they have set aside funds to be used for a
retirement community/assisted living community/nursing home (11%),
talked to their children about plans for their elderly care (9%),
and/or purchased long-term care insurance (9%) among other things.

TABLE 4A
PREPARATION FOR AGING OF PARENTS - BY AGE
"Which of the following steps have you taken in preparation for your parent(s)
getting older?"

Base: Parents still living

Age
Total 18-34 35-44 45-54 55+
(n=2,023) (n=865) (n=527) (n=373) (n=258)
% % % % %
Have taken steps in
preparation for
parent(s) getting
older (Net) 41 26 44 53 65
Talked with my
parent(s) about
plans for their
elderly care 22 16 25 26 32
Helped my parent(s )
set up a will 12 5 13 15 25
Helped my parent (s)
relocate to be
closer to me/my
sibling/another
person who will
be providing
support/care 8 3 6 17 16
Relocated to be
closer to
my parent(s) 6 4 7 10 6
Spent money on
making my home or
my parents' home
elder -friendly 6 3 8 7 7
Set aside funds to
be used for a
retirement community/
assisted living
community/nursing
home 3 3 4 3 5
Helped my parent(s )
pay for a
retirement
community/assisted
living community/
nursing home 2 2 3 2 4
Purchased long-term
care insurance for
my parent(s) 2 2 3 1 1
Other 10 5 7 17 20
I have not taken
any steps in
preparation for
my parent(s)
getting older 59 74 56 47 35

Note: Multiple-response question.

TABLE 4B
PREPARATION FOR AGING OF PARENTS - BY INCOME
"Which of the following steps have you taken in preparation for your parent(s)
getting older?"

Base: Parents still living

Income
Total Less than $35K - $50K- $75K+
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adults do not think they will have enough money to finance
their own potential long-term care needs as they age and another one-third are
not sure if they will have enough

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Some steps taken include talking with their
parents about plans for their elderly care (22%), helping their parents
set up a will (12%), and helping their parents relocate to be closer to
them, their sibling or another person who would provide support or
care (8%). Media +
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, A new Wall Street Journal
Online/Harris Interactive(R) Personal Finance Poll finds that only a quarter
(26%) of U. Fully 41 percent
do not think they will have enough money to cover their expenses as they age
and 33 percent are not sure. However, even at the highest household income level measured
($75,000 or more annually), only two in five (40%) say they will have
enough money to do so.

TABLE 2
PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR LONG TERM CARE NEEDS OF YOUR PARENTS - BY AGE
"Thinking about the potential long-term care needs of your parent (s) as they
get older, who do you expect will be primarily responsible for financing those
needs , such as costs associated with community/assisted living or nursing home
care or medical costs?"

Base: Parents still living

Age
Total 18-34 35-44 45-54 55 +
(n=2,023) (n=865) (n=527) (n=373) (n=258)
% % % % %
Primarily my parents 37 28 38 46 49
My parents and I and/
or my siblings will
be sharing the costs 28 33 27 20 22
Primarily me and/
or my siblings 14 16 13 15 13
Other 5 2 5 6 10
Not sure 16 21 17 13 6

Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding .9K
(n=2,918) (n=803) (n=412) (n=466) (n=673)
% % % % %
Yes 26 13 18 32 40
No 41 57 46 39 30
Not sure 33 30 36 29 30

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Preparing and Paying for the Cost of Care as We Age

-- While three percent of all adults have at least one of their parents
living with them in their household, 41 percent of those whose parents
are still living have taken other steps in preparation for their
parents getting older.

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TABLE 5
PREPARATION FOR YOUR AGING - BY AGE
"Which of the following steps have you taken in preparation for yourself
getting older?"

Base: All respondents

Age
Total 18-34 35-44 45-54 55+
(n=2,918) (n=873) (n=563) (n=508) (n=974)
% % % % %
Have taken steps
in preparation
for self getting
older (Net) 48 21 40 49 78
Created a will 31 8 22 33 57
Set aside funds to
be used for a
retirement community/
assisted living
community/nursing
home 11 6 10 12 16
Have talked with my
child/children about
plans for my
elderly care 9 2 2 11 20
Purchased long-term
care insurance 9 4 10 9 14
Spent money on
making my home
elder-friendly 7 1 3 7 14
Relocated to be
closer to my
child/children 2 1 1 1 5
Moved into a
retirement
community/
assisted living
community /nursing
home 1 1 1 * 3
Agreed with my
child/children that
one/all will
relocate to be
closer to me 1 1 1 * 2
Other 11 7 10 12 15
I have not taken
any steps for
myself in
preparation for
getting older 52 79 60 51 22

Note: Multiple-response question.

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Since its inception in 1994, PETsMART Charities has helped save the lives
of more than 2 million once-homeless pets and has given more than $35
million to animal welfare programs.S.

About the Survey
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an exclusive poll that is published in the Personal Journal Edition of The
Wall Street Journal Online at http://www.

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TABLE 3B
FINANCE OF OWN POTENTIAL LONG-TERM CARE - BY INCOME
"Do you think you have /will have saved enough money to finance your own
potential long-term care needs as you age, such as costs associated with
community/assisted living or nursing home care or medical costs?"

Base: All adults

Income
Total Less than $35K- $50K- $75K+
35K $49.com/news/newsletters_wsjfinance.

In theory, with probability samples of this size, one can say with 95
percent certainty that the overall results have a sampling error of plus or
minus 3 percentage points of what they would be if the entire U.com.