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Paying for Care

Who pays, what Medicare won’t cover, and the benefits families miss.

All 6 episodes

EP 9Does Medicare Pay for Home Care?

Does Medicare Pay for Home Care?

Here is the sentence that shocks almost every family: Medicare does not pay for ongoing home care.

EP 10What Is Medicaid — and Can It Pay for Care at Home?

What Is Medicaid — and Can It Pay for Care at Home?

When the money runs low, Medicaid becomes the most important word in senior care.

EP 11Long-Term Care Insurance: The Policy in the Drawer

Long-Term Care Insurance: The Policy in the Drawer

There’s a policy in a drawer somewhere that Mom has been paying on for twenty years. Do you know what it actually covers?

EP 12Veterans Benefits: Aid & Attendance

Veterans Benefits: Aid & Attendance

If your parent served — or was married to someone who did — there may be money for care that nobody ever told your family about.

EP 13What Does Home Care Actually Cost?

What Does Home Care Actually Cost?

Let’s talk real numbers — because guessing is how families end up in crisis.

EP 14Creative Ways to Pay for Care

Creative Ways to Pay for Care

Savings, Medicaid, insurance — and then there’s the money families forget they have.

Does Medicare Pay for Home Care?

EP 9

Does Medicare Pay for Home Care?

Here is the sentence that shocks almost every family: Medicare does not pay for ongoing home care.
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What Is Medicaid — and Can It Pay for Care at Home?

EP 10

What Is Medicaid — and Can It Pay for Care at Home?

When the money runs low, Medicaid becomes the most important word in senior care.
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Long-Term Care Insurance: The Policy in the Drawer

EP 11

Long-Term Care Insurance: The Policy in the Drawer

There’s a policy in a drawer somewhere that Mom has been paying on for twenty years. Do you know what it actually covers?
SHARE
Veterans Benefits: Aid & Attendance

EP 12

Veterans Benefits: Aid & Attendance

If your parent served — or was married to someone who did — there may be money for care that nobody ever told your family about.
SHARE
What Does Home Care Actually Cost?

EP 13

What Does Home Care Actually Cost?

Let’s talk real numbers — because guessing is how families end up in crisis.
SHARE
Creative Ways to Pay for Care

EP 14

Creative Ways to Pay for Care

Savings, Medicaid, insurance — and then there’s the money families forget they have.
SHARE

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