Planning is essential here and Long-Term Care Insurance is a tool designed to assist in that preparation. Long-Term Care Insurance can provide for personal and custodial care for an extended amount of time. Your policy will kick in to help if you experience a prolonged illness, cognitive impairment, or injury and lose at least two of the recognized activities of daily living (ADL’s). There are six categories of ADL’s that are taken into consideration: bathing, dressing, eating, transferring, toileting, and continence.