Navigating Elderly Parents | Age In Place, Senior Living, Advocacy, Elderly Care, Caregivers
15. A Resource for Out-of-Pocket Medical Costs for Aging Parents
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A Resource for Medical Copays, Travel, and Treatment Costs When your elderly parent has a serious diagnosis, the medical costs can start stacking up fast. Copays. Treatment costs. Travel expenses. Insurance premiums. Diagnostic testing. And then there’s the emotional stress of trying to figure out what help is actually available while you’re already overwhelmed. *** Need Help Thinking Through Your Parent’s Situation? *** If you’re starting to step in more with your aging parent and feeling unsure what to focus on, I offer a limited number of 60-minute Parent Clarity Sessions. This is a focused session where we can talk through your situation and help you get clear on what matters most right now, so you can feel less overwhelmed and move forward with a plan. 👉Schedule A Parent Clarity Session [https://calendly.com/trinagonzalez/parent-clarity-session] In this episode of Navigating Elderly Parents, we’re talking about a resource called My Good Days, Mygooddays.org [https://mygooddays.org/] a national nonprofit that helps people with chronic illness through financial assistance, advocacy, and education. This is not a guarantee that your parent will qualify. It is not a promise that every diagnosis is covered. But it is a resource worth checking, especially if your aging parent has a chronic illness, expensive treatment, or out-of-pocket medical costs that are becoming hard to manage. Good Days may offer help with things like: - Medical copays - Travel costs related to treatment - Insurance premium assistance - Diagnostic testing costs - Care navigation and resource support The important thing to know is that Good Days has disease funds that can open and close throughout the year. So do not assume your parent qualifies, but also do not assume there is no help. Check. That’s the next right step. In this episode, we’ll talk about what Good Days does, what types of assistance they list, what information you may need before applying, and why this kind of resource matters when you’re trying to advocate for an elderly parent without getting swallowed by the medical cost chaos. 🎧 IN THIS EPISODE ✔️ What Good Days is and why it may be worth checking ✔️ The types of assistance Good Days lists, including copays, travel, premiums, and diagnostic testing ✔️ Why fund status matters and why you need to check the current list ✔️ What information to gather before calling or applying ✔️ How this fits into advocacy and planning for elderly parents Before You Apply or Call, Gather This Information If you are helping your parent look into this resource, it may help to have: ✦ Your parent’s diagnosis ✦ Date of birth ✦ Primary insurance information ✦ Household size ✦ Estimated household income ✦ Medication or treatment information, if available Good Days disease funds can open and close throughout the year, so start by checking whether your parent’s diagnosis is listed and whether the fund is currently open. 🤝 LET'S STAY CONNECTED 📬 Sign Up To Be An Insider — short weekly tips straight to your inbox Yes, Include Me Weekly [https://subscribepage.io/G7iUGV] 👥 Join Our Free Facebook Community — Elderly Parent Planning and Safety Group Join Facebook Community [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1MaBKa2LaG/] ⭐ Leave a Written Review on Apple Podcasts — helps other families find the podcast 📤 Share This Episode with a friend walking the same road with aging parents. 💌 Question or idea for episode? hello@trinag.com [hello@trinag.com] And remember — you are doing a good job. Take a deep breath. It's going to be okay. 💛 Informational & Educational Purposes Only. The information provided is for general educational and informational purposes only. It should not be relied upon or used as the sole basis for decision making related to your personal life or business, without consulting primary, more accurate, more complete or more timely sources of information. You understand and acknowledge that the information provided to you by us is not legal, financial, therapeutic, mental health, medical advice or health and wellness advice and that the Company is not a professional service provider. Again, all of the information, including without limitation, resources provided via phone or video conference, e-mail, an online forum, live events such as webinars or lives, video/audio recordings, courses, materials provided in our digital products and the like about business, insurance, laws, health/nutrition, wellness and/or finance-related information, are resources for educational and informational purposes only and should not take the place of hiring a licensed professional. You understand that the Company does not and will not provide any form of diagnosis, legal advice, medical advice, financial advice, or mental health advice.
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