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Video lessons for caregivers

Short lessons on the questions caregivers ask most — gathering the right lists, checking a doctor, understanding costs, and more. Each one comes with a worksheet you can print.

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Helping a Parent With Medicare? Gather These 3 Lists First 1:42Gather medications, care contacts, and your loved one’s priorities.Is Their Doctor in This Medicare Advantage Plan? 1:26Record a plan-specific answer and the questions still unresolved.Coming Home From the Hospital: Questions to Ask 1:26Prepare written questions for the discharge team and identify the next contact.Home Health and Help at Home: Understand the Difference 1:30Separate skilled-care needs from everyday assistance and ask how each will be paid for.A Walker or Hospital Bed Was Ordered. What Happens Next? 1:29Identify the supplier contact, missing information, and questions before delivery.Medicare Costs Beyond the Monthly Premium 1:32Gather the cost categories and coverage questions needed for a useful comparison.Build a Care Folder Your Family Can Use 1:29Organize a private, dated contact and document index that another trusted person can use.Rehab, Assisted Living, and Nursing Homes: Questions for Families 1:33Prepare questions about the level of care, staffing, payment, and the loved one’s priorities.Touring a Nursing Home: What to Ask 1:29Record observations, specific answers, and unanswered questions during a visit.Helping From Far Away: Share the Work 1:35Agree on one useful responsibility, a backup, and a way to report progress.When Caregiving Becomes Too Much: Ask for Specific Help 1:35Name a support need and prepare a specific request to a person or service.Prepare for Medicare Annual Enrollment With a Loved One 1:33Gather current information, next-year plan notices, and questions before reviewing options.Compare Pharmacy Costs for 2027 1:52NewKeep the plan and prescription constant, compare estimated annual costs and access, then confirm with the plan and pharmacy.

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