[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by nikkib76

Hi there. As you can see from the title, my mom is moving in tomorrow to the Village of Collier. (She is not tech savvy, so I have to help her with the posts) She just retired from her job of 30 years, sold her house of 36 years, and is starting a new chapter of her life, basically from scratch. I live in Pensacola, and am usually 6 hours away. She doesn't know a soul and I'm here for a few days, helping her move in. I'm looking for some inside info to help her get started. 1) She needs to apply for Medicare. Where does she go to do this? 2) Names of good General Practitioners and Dermatologists 3) A good place to buy a mattress that won't take advantage of her. Any and all info you can provide would be much appreciated. Thank you, in advance!

Although we reside in Vermont, when we signed up for Medicare at age 65, I had done preliminary research via their website......then as our birthdays approached, we called the toll free number in our state and it was all done over the telephone. Very simple.

My husband, born in January, completed his paperwork first......followed by myself at the end of April.

Very very easy to do. Ditto for our social security at age 66......

I did the research online and then everything else was completed over the telephone. Our offices are one hour away, so a two hour round trip. It worked just fine via telephone and postal mail. Much easier.

By checking it all out first online, you will know just what information to have at hand.

Since our state has a very low population, we had no wait time and it all went smoothly over the phone.

It will be easier for you to have your mom in the same state.
Best wishes to her on her transition.......