Advocate Advocates - The List of Numbers

You don't need these, the parent has all these. Flip a coin ten times! What are the odds?
What do I need these for...(sniveling brat in denial - grow up!) Even though you are the person others
will call should something happen. But it never does! You say, naw, not me, I don't need this. So why are you
reading this? Flip the coin! Start counting...
You - the house daughter or son - DOES NEED THEM.
Then out of nowhere, after dinner, an outing; the parent gets ill - do you have the document? The
document that gives you, since you are the one present, stepping and fetching - the authority to at least contact
the parent's insurance company, seek out new medical care providers and all the rest.
Got the parents social security number? Do you?

• Call the medical insurance company providers with the parent in the room, because they will need to speak to
• customer service representative and give them the okay for you to have authority.
• Get online and set up the log in name and password so that you can look at the scheduled benefits and other
• medical and health providers available to call upon. Also get yourself set up with Medicare in the same way.

Keep in mind that you will need to have a FILE Folder for each section of the health care. Keep the account
numbers, log in names and passwords - on the inside of the file jacket.

One for each:

1. Medicare
2. Medicare Part B Insurance Provider
3. Eye Doctor
4. Hearing Aid
5. Physical Therapist

And any other Provider

Put the name of the Service on the File Folder Tab, on the inside Jacket -
Copy in the:

1. Insurance numbers
2. Account Numbers
3. Contact Numbers and Address of the Service Care Provider
4. Name of the Specific Person that was your Provider at that Business
5. Start Date of Care
6. Add the end Date of Care
7. Warranties - Expiration Date

And Contact Information on that Warranty should you need to use it.

Run it like a business, and KEEP A SHORT LIST OF CONTACT MEDICAL NUMBERS ON THE
REFRIGERATOR and in your own cell phone when possible. Toss a coin! Otherwise, just wait and let
someone else do it. What are you there for? Then leave.