The attached document is the recently revised "Medicare Basics: A Guide for Families and Friends of People with Medicare", CMS publication # 11034." This document provides direct-to-consumer information needed to make or guide Medicare-related health care decisions, e.g. Medicare drug coverage, choosing a nursing home, etc. The booklet is very easy to understand and is organized around the "identifiable moments" when caregivers become involved because a decision must be made. It includes information on the new Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage and other updates.

It will soon be included in the publication zip file on the CMS Caregiver Partnership website. Unfortunately there is no money to make print copies.