Center For Stroke & Hand Recovery, Inc.

06/11/2026

The Medicare Savings Program pays your $202.90 monthly Part B premium if you qualify, and signing up automatically opens the door to Extra Help for prescription drugs. That combination alone runs over $8,000 a year.

Recent estimates say 6.6 million adults 65 and older who'd qualify for a Medicare Savings Program aren't enrolled, and only 38% of eligible older adults get SNAP.

Extra Help reaches anyone with income up to 150% of the federal poverty level - that's roughly $2,000 a month in 2026.

SSI isn't the same thing as Social Security retirement. You can collect a small Social Security check and still qualify for SSI on top.

VA Aid and Attendance doesn't require a service-connected disability. That catches a lot of wartime veterans off guard - they assume they don't qualify and never apply.

Senior property tax relief depends on your state. Some freeze the bill, some give an exemption, some phase out by income. The county assessor is the right first call.

Most of these are income and asset tested, and the limits scale with household size - a couple's threshold runs higher than a single person's.

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Ziggy the therapy dog extraordinaire helping a patient with her gross grasp!

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A fun way to do pronation and supination; completed to target & paired with Vivistim!

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Pets are legally property. So if nobody takes yours when you die, a court can let the executor turn them over to a shelter.

You can name a caregiver in your will, but that doesn't force the person to do it. And nothing kicks in until the will clears probate - that's weeks, often months.

A pet trust closes both gaps. It funds the caregiver directly and gives a trustee the legal duty to see the money goes to the animal.

For most folks, the cheaper move is adding a few paragraphs to a revocable living trust you already have, not setting up a separate document.

A standalone pet trust only makes sense if you don't already have a revocable trust to fold it into.

If no friend or family member will step up, some animal welfare groups, university vet programs, and private sanctuaries will provide lifetime care in exchange for a lump-sum endowment up front.

Whichever route you pick, identify the specific animal by microchip, and name an enforcer who isn't the caregiver. That's what stops somebody from swapping in a lookalike to keep the payments rolling.

Set the trust to end at the earlier of the pet's death or 20 years and 364 days, so the money can't run on forever.

A friend's handshake promise to take your dog is kind, but it isn't binding and it can fall through. That's the gap a funded, enforceable arrangement fills.