Resources for Income-Challenged Seniors
October 12, 2018
Segment 1: Gretchen Funk, Associate Executive Director for Fifty Forward's Supportive Care Services, joins Tim and Barbara to discuss the resources Fifty Forward offers to income-challenged seniors.
Care Management, Meals on Wheels, and Adult Day Services
Segment 2: Kaitlyn Clifton, Executive Director of CT and M Gallatin, joins Tim and Barbara to talk about housing options and resouces for seniors.
Senior Housing
Segment 3: Chris Coleman, Attorney with the Tennessee Justice Center, joins Tim and Barbara to discuss how seniors with limited resources can pay for needed care in the home or in a long-term care facility.
TennCare & CHOICES
Segment 4: Chris Coleman, Attorney with the Tennessee Justice Center, joins Tim and Barbara to talk about programs that can help seniors deal with the rising cost of medications.
Prescription Assistance
Segment 5: Sarah Jane Glynn, Director of the Area Agency on Aging and Disability, joins Tim and Barbara to talk about ways seniors and their family caregivers can find the services they need.
Locating Resources
Resources
Learn more about concepts, organizations, and information mentioned in the show.
Fifty Forward
615-743-3419
www.fiftyforward.org/supportive-care
CTandM Gallatin
615-452-9363
www.ctandmgallatin.org
Tennessee Justice Center
877.608.1009
www.tnjustice.org
GNRC – Area Agency on Aging and Disability
615-255-1010
www.gnrc.org
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