VitalityLife enhances dementia and later life cover

As part of serious illness cover

Adam Saville
clock • 2 min read

‘Dementia and FrailCare Cover Plus’ (DFCC+) has increased cover and SuperCarers added

A year ago VitalityLife launched its ‘Dementia and FrailCare Cover' as an additional option for people taking it out serious illness cover (SIC) with ‘Optimisers'. Aimed at protecting people against the rising cost of social care, the policy provides members with protection for a range of degenerative later life illness after the initial expiry of SIC. DFCC+, an enhanced version of the policy, has been introduced to offer a greater amount to cover the cost of dementia and Alzeimer's or Parkinson's disease, as well as a stroke or general frailty. Following the same design as DFCC, i...

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