“When I got married I really didn't understand the meaning of in sickness and in health. Who really does when they are young? Now I do: His sickness - my health. I wonder if there will be anything left of me; if there will be anything left for me?”

That simple but powerful statement, made by a caregiver, sums up the reason why attorney Harley Gordon has published, In Sickness & In Health. For the first time in any publication on the subject of long-term care, Gordon focuses, not on the risk of needing care, but rather, the catastrophic consequences to a person's family and retirement portfolio if he or she does not have a long - term care plan.