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A Simple Way for a Caregiver to Save Money
We ran across The Caregiver’s Marketplace a while back and wondered if it was worth the effort. After looking into it, I think that depending upon your financial situation, it could very well be a help to the everyday household budget. The Caregiver’s Marketplace is a rebate program for a good number of products that [...]
How do you pay for respite care?
Respite care is the provision of short-term, temporary relief to those who are caring for family members who might otherwise require permanent placement in a facility outside the home. Unfortunately there is no default easy way to find funds for respite care. Much of it depends on your unique situation. This post will focus on [...]
Senior/Retiree Tax Tips 2009
We’ve seen some good coverage of tips on taxes for seniors and retirees lately. We’ve picked a number of good ones that cover a range of topics. Some of them address filings for this year (2009) and some have to do with strategies for 2009 and beyond. If you have tax questions you need help [...]
Who needs a Geriatrician?
Geriatrics is the branch of medicine that focuses on health care of the elderly. A physician who specializes geriatric medicine, a geriatrician, has training and certification in addition to their regular medical training to help them care for older adults and their specific medical needs. According the the The American Geriatrics Society, “geriatricians manage multiple [...]
How to pay for…how to save on…
A good number of the posts that we do are about how to pay for, or save on, the expenses that seniors are likely to incur. After retirement, there tends to be a growing gap between the expenses, mainly driven from additional care, and the ability to pay for them. The stress associated with managing [...]
Is there an opposite of caregiver burnout?
We’re always looking for ways of making life easier for us and our parents. Occasionally we run across a great resource that we’ve never seen before and wonder why. Today’s find is a book called Share the Care. As most caregivers know, burnout is not only a real threat to the caregiver, it most certainly [...]
How to Appeal Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage denial
Note: This is the third part of a three-part post on Medicare appeals. Medicare Part D appeals are similar to those for Medicare Advantage, but have some distinct differences. In this post, we’ll use Part D to cover both standalone Part D prescription plans and prescription plans that are part of a Medicare Advantage plan, [...]
How to Appeal Medicare Advantage/HMO coverage denial
Note: This is the second part of a three-part post on Medicare appeals. Medicare Advantage (formerly Medicare Part C, and often referred to as a Medicare HMO) appeals are different from those of Medicare Part A/B in that you’re appealing to the independent company that provides your Medicare benefits. You’ll need to contact your provider [...]
Turned down for a Medicare Part A/B medical expense? Appeal! Here’s how.
Note: This is the first part of a three-part post on Medicare appeals. Has Medicare, a Medicare Advantage, or a Medicare Part D plan turned you down for an expense that you think should be covered? As long as you honestly believe that you the expense should be covered, you should appeal. Definitive statistics are [...]
Two Tools for Getting You and Your Parent Organized
If you’re like many of us who are helping with our parent’s care, managing our own lives and possibly those of our children, anything that can save time, minimize effort and reduce the chance of a regrettable error is something worth considering. I ran across these, as with most things, while looking for something else. [...]