Speaker 1: It's that time of year when if you are on Medicare,
Speaker 1: they are going to send you letters, and you're going
Speaker 1: to get all kinds of mailings and advertisements of people
Speaker 1: trying to sell you a different kind of Medicare advantage
Speaker 1: plan or Medicare supplement, and it can all be very confusing.
Speaker 1: And that's why I'm pleased to have my next guest,
Speaker 1: Eileen Doherty with us. I Leen is with an organization.
Speaker 1: II Leen, what is I know? I know the name
Speaker 1: of your organization, and it just went completely out of
Speaker 1: my mind. Please help me out.
Speaker 2: Colorado Gerontological Society.
Speaker 1: Okay, then I didn't forget the name of the organization,
Speaker 1: but I thought that was wrong. So I'm glad. I'm
Speaker 1: glad I get I didn't guess there. So Eileen, you
Speaker 1: guys have put together a series of seminars across the state.
Speaker 1: Tell me what this is.
Speaker 2: So for many years, the Corotto Gerontological Society has been
Speaker 2: offering presentations on Medicare and the changes for twenty twenty
Speaker 2: five and what people should kind of know about and
Speaker 2: what they should take into consideration as they are making decisions.
Speaker 2: And this is true for people who are new to
Speaker 2: Medicare as well as people who have had Medicare for
Speaker 2: many years and are looking to maybe make some changes.
Speaker 1: I think this is really important because it can be
Speaker 1: very overwhelming. And I said, just as before this segment, Eileen,
Speaker 1: that this isn't necessarily just for Medicare recipients themselves. This
Speaker 1: would be a great opportunity for families who have parents
Speaker 1: who are on Medicare and have Medicare plans to find
Speaker 1: out more, don't you think.
Speaker 2: Yes, we have lots of family members who engage with
Speaker 2: our programs as well, and a lot of times, either
Speaker 2: as people are kind of new tomatic care and just
Speaker 2: struggling with it, families find them selves helping to make
Speaker 2: those decisions. But I think more frequently what we're finding
Speaker 2: is as older adults or less able to make their
Speaker 2: own decisions, and family members are having to get more
Speaker 2: involved in the decision making than they are confused and
Speaker 2: not sure whether again, as you said at the opening,
Speaker 2: whether they should seriously listen to all of the advertising
Speaker 2: promotion and whether it affects them or whether it is
Speaker 2: something that they need to pay attention to. So we're
Speaker 2: finding more and more family members inquiring about what do
Speaker 2: I need to do for my mom or dad who
Speaker 2: might be at very advanced stage well.
Speaker 1: And additionally, let me just from personal experience, Eileen, there
Speaker 1: comes a time when you are going to be making
Speaker 1: medical decisions more than likely for your parents, and knowing
Speaker 1: what Medicare does and doesn't cover is extremely beneficial. Because
Speaker 1: a lot of people have ideas about what they think
Speaker 1: Medicare covers in terms of long term care or other
Speaker 1: things like that. It is much you need to understand
Speaker 1: what Medicare does cover and when it doesn't at least
Speaker 1: have a big overview of what you're looking at and
Speaker 1: what you can do to protect yourself and your family,
Speaker 1: because if your mother or father becomes ill, that's not
Speaker 1: the time to be asking them a bunch of questions
Speaker 1: about their Medicare plan. That's just the personal personal experience
Speaker 1: there on that one. So I just say educate yourself
Speaker 1: when you can. Now you really do have these all
Speaker 1: over the state. Unfortunately, the folks in Alamosa, if you're listening,
Speaker 1: you've already missed the one there. That one already happened.
Speaker 1: But and Fort Collins, let me see the next one
Speaker 1: November fourth. It looks like the next one's in Denver,
Speaker 1: in Glenwood Springs in Lyttleton, and then we've got one
Speaker 1: in Aurora the following week, Grand Junction, then Centennial Littleton, Denver.
Speaker 1: So you've really got them all over. What if people
Speaker 1: can't make it to any of the inn and events.
Speaker 2: There's also going to be a zoom one on November.
Speaker 2: On December the second, I guess, okay, from one thirty
Speaker 2: to three Actually, the online ones take about an hour
Speaker 2: from one thirty to three thirty on December the second,
Speaker 2: which is right under the wire because people need to
Speaker 2: make whatever changes they want to do by December the seventh,
Speaker 2: so it still gives them a couple of days to
Speaker 2: make decisions, but at least they'll have some time to
Speaker 2: do that. I was gonna say. Additionally, the session that
Speaker 2: was done on October the fourteenth has actually been posted
Speaker 2: to our YouTube channels, so people could actually go out
Speaker 2: and view that at this point in time if they would.
Speaker 1: What is your YouTube, Pandel? Is that Colorado Gerontological Society.
Speaker 2: It's Capital c O and then Gerontology.
Speaker 1: Okay, okay, I lean this stuff is really good. I
Speaker 1: put a link on my blog to the sign up.
Speaker 1: Is there any cost for these seminars.
Speaker 2: No, they are all free, and at some of them.
Speaker 2: There are also insurance agents available that can help with
Speaker 2: comparison shopping if people are interested in talking to agents.
Speaker 1: Perfect Eileen Doherty, Thank you so much for putting this together.
Speaker 1: I think this is incredible value, and as one who
Speaker 1: has both sold Medicare supplements in the past and dealt
Speaker 1: with Medicare from a child of a parent perspective, the
Speaker 1: more you know, the better off you will be. So Eileen,
Speaker 1: thanks so much for making this happen.
Speaker 2: Thank you very much for helping to share with your listeners.
Speaker 1: No problem, Thank you, Eileen Doherty from the Colorado Gearontological Society. Again,
Speaker 1: I put a link on the blog if you want
Speaker 1: to sign up. They have so many of these, and
Speaker 1: they also have them obviously on their YouTube channel.