Caregiver Resource Links - Medicaid and Medicare

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1. Aging Care - Connecting People Caring for Elderly Parents
   AgingCare.com is an online community that connects people caring for elderly parents to other caregivers, personalized information, and local resources. Many resources that exist to determine how caregivers can best take advantage of programs, services and products that will enhance their lives and those for whom they provide care.
   
2. Alliance for Retired Americans
   Their objective is to enroll and mobilize retired union members and other seniors and community activists into a nationwide grassroots movement advocating a progressive political and social agenda that respects work and strengthens families to ensure social and economic justice and full civil rights for all citizens.
   
3. Benefits Check Up
   Many older people need help paying for prescription drugs, health care, utilities and other basic needs and are eligible for but not receiving benefits from existing federal, state and local programs. Many public programs are available to seniors in need and this service helps find these benefits.
   
4. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
   This is a HHS government site promoting quality care for beneficiaries and up-to-date information on Medicare and Medicaid coverage.
   
5. EVERCARE® Health Plans by United Healthcare
   EVERCARE® PLANS Evercare® Medicare Advantage plans are offered by UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company and its affiliated companies, a Medicare Advantage organization with a Medicare contract. Evercare® Medicare Advantage plans are special needs plans available to all people meeting certain eligibility requirements, such as having both Medical Assistance from the state and Medicare. Welcome to Evercare Health Plans. We know that the health care system can seem complex, and we want to work with you to try to make it simpler. If you're here to find a plan, you're only a few clicks away from an option that fits.
   
6. GeriCare Finder
   GeriCare Finder is one of many web resources that provides lists of senior care providers such as home care helpers, adult care centers and nursing homes as well as Advisors for Seniors like geriatric care managers, accountants and elder law professionals. They also list products and services such as long term care insurance and home medical supplies.
   
7. Hoverround
   Hoveround has dedicated nearly 20 years to providing power chairs, electric scooters, and other mobility solutions to genuinely improve the quality of life for those with limited mobility. Hoveround has the unique Round for a Reason® design, controls the entire manufacturing process, custom assembles every electric wheelchair in the U.S.A., provides free delivery direct to the customer and offers the Never Without Wheels guarantee. They also offer personal mobility and lifting solutions, wheelchair ramps, and other mobility accessories to help those with mobility challenges regain their independence and freedom.
   
8. In-Home Care During a Recession, Part 7: Getting Paid for Your Caregiving Services
   Getting Paid for Your Caregiving Services by Home Instead Senior Care: In this video, ways that you may be able to get paid for your caregiving services, including through Medicaid’s “Cash and Counseling” or a similar program are explained.
   
9. Medicare Rights Center
   The Web site provides hotlines for direct services, education/training and a list of discount drug programs and has a list of phone numbers for each state's State Health Insurance Assistance Program plus information on the new Medicare law Prescription Drug Cards.
   
10. Patient-Doctor Communication by Home Instead Senior Care
    Patient-Doctor Communication by Home Instead Senior Care; This series of videos addresses how to help your parents communicate with their healthcare providers. These videos will introduce you to why communication is important, discuss legal healthcare related documents, and give you tips for how to have a good office visit.
    
11. Patient-Doctor Communication, Part 1
    Patient-Doctor Communication by Home Instead Senior Care; This series of videos addresses how to help your parents communicate with their healthcare providers. These videos will introduce you to why communication is important, discuss legal healthcare related documents, and give you tips for how to have a good office visit.
    
12. Patient-Doctor Communication, Part 2: Why it’s Important to Have Good Communication
    Why it’s Important to Have Good Communication by Home Instead Senior Care; Topics discussed include why good communication with your parent’s medical team (physical therapists, eye doctors, mental health counselors, pharmacists, chiropractors, etc.) is so important and how to make it happen, plus some reasons why your support might help with communications.
    
13. Patient-Doctor Communication, Part 3: Legal Documentation and Medical History
    Legal Documentation and Medical History by Home Instead Senior Care; This video covers the variety of documents you need or may wish to consider in order to help your loved one get the best care.These include legal medical forms and information, such as: “Authorization for Release of Information” form and HIPAA rules.
    
14. Patient-Doctor Communication, Part 4: Tips for You and the Healthcare Provider to Follow
    Tips for You and the Healthcare Provider to Follow by Home Instead Senior Care; This video covers how to prepare for a medical appointment with your senior and strategies to use during a visit with a medical provider. Tips in this video are how you can help your parent feel more confident in understanding the doctor and is being heard and respected by the practitioner.
    
15. Social Secutity Administration