This month’s Medicare Minutes covers Medigaps, private health insurance policies that work with Original Medicare.

The Age Strong Vermont plan will serve as a roadmap for Vermont to build a coordinated and efficient system of services.

The Long-Term Care Crisis Coalition, which includes Community of Vermont Elders, released the following statement on January 9, 2023, in response to Vermont Gov. Phil Scott’s annual Inaugural Address.

Our 40th anniversary celebration on November 11, 2022, was a great success!

A mock café discussion about the extra help available to Medicare Beneficiaries to cover Part D premiums and co-payments through the Social Security Administration – the Low Income Subsidy.

Hearing loss affects tens of millions of people in the United States and can be brought on by aging, noise, damage, ear wax, or heredity.

A review analyzing decades of hearing loss studies by researchers at the Duke University School of Medicine found “substantial literature” linking hearing loss to a variety of mental health conditions, including neurocognitive disorders, dementia, depression, atrophy in frontal brain regions, and paranoid psychosis.

FAST of Vermont is excited to share this new training video.

Hearing loss and the lack of access to hearing aids has a greater negative impact in populations that have been denied access to equitable health care services.

Hearing loss is a pervasive and serious health problem and has been associated with several negative health outcomes.

Never respond to email requests for personal information, credit card and/or bank account information.

The Savvy Seniors demonstrate ways consumers can protect themselves from becoming targets of fraud and other unscrupulous activities. Our most popular presentation! 30-45 minutes

Do not give out personal information to someone/anyone who calls you on the telephone.