Arkansas Specific Resources~check back soon for the national level resources
Arkansas Area Agencies on Aging (AAA): AAAs offer aging services, including:
• Information and assistance
• Care management
• Nutrition services (i.e., Meals on Wheels)
• Legal assistance
• Services for family caregivers through the Family Caregiver Support Program (FCSP)
Anyone age 60 or older (866) 801-3435
http://www.arkansas.gov/dhs/aging/aaamap.html
Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs: Provides aged or disabled veterans with rehabilitative, residential and medical care and services. The VA also helps veterans and their families to present claims for veterans’ benefits to the federal government and offers veterans …

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AARP has renewed its efforts to have Medicare close the gap in prescription coverage known as the “doughnut hole.” Roughly 3.4 million Medicare Part D beneficiaries fall into this gap in coverage each year. The bigger problem is that of these only 15% end up spending enough out of pocket money to hit the upper limit and receive catastrophic coverage.
This gap in coverage totals $3,454 in out-of-pocket spending. By 2016, that gap is expected to exceed $6,000. AARP is fighting this stating it is …

The Medicare eligiblity deadline is coming up for the following year.  There is only a small period of time that seniors are given to choose the plan in which they would like to participate.  This is the time when seniors already enrolled in Medicare can add, drop or otherwise change their coverage. 
There are typically only two choices; a fee for service plan or federally subsidized advantage plan.  Most choosing the traditional Medicare program also elect to purchase a Medigap policy and separate prescription plans.
Each of the more than three dozen programs …