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Hi, I'm hoping I can get some advice for my grandparents.
They don't have access to the internet so I've sort of taken it upon myself to do some research for them. Here's their situation, it's very long.
My grandmother is 68, grandfather is 67 and they live in Georgia. They have recently fallen on some bad health as well as financial problems. He inherited a family tobacco farm as well as many acres of land from his father in his 20's. He worked as a farmer until the late 70's when he started having financial problems. He quit farming and started working as a prison officer for the regular pay and benifits for himself and my grandmother. He retired from that job in the late 90's (not sure which year) and started doing small odd jobs to earn extra money. Since then his finances have gone down hill, he had to sell the land which had been in his family for almost a century, filed bankruptcy, and had a foreclosure on his home. Fortunately the person who bought their home allowed them to continue living there for only $400 a month, which isn't too bad. Because of his health and his age he is no longer able to work.
He and my grandmother recieve checks from social security and he gets a retirement check. I think they also get medicare so most of their doctor visits aren't too expensive. However, they are really struggling to make ends meet. Thier medicine costs them a fortune.
My question is, are their any programs that I might be able to look into that would help with their prescriptions, groceries, utilities. I am sort of ignorant to this sort of thing right now, although I hope to educate myself immediately. I don't know where to begin or exactly what information I need to get from them to know what they're eligible for. Oh yeah, about a year ago a friend of theirs who works at our defacs (social services) told them they weren't eligible for anything because they made just over the limit. This could be the truth, but I still feel I owe it to them to exhaust all the options before we settle for that.
Thanks to anyone who actually took the time to read all of this.
Any information would be great, I feel so helpless and want to help them if at all possible.
They don't have access to the internet so I've sort of taken it upon myself to do some research for them. Here's their situation, it's very long.
My grandmother is 68, grandfather is 67 and they live in Georgia. They have recently fallen on some bad health as well as financial problems. He inherited a family tobacco farm as well as many acres of land from his father in his 20's. He worked as a farmer until the late 70's when he started having financial problems. He quit farming and started working as a prison officer for the regular pay and benifits for himself and my grandmother. He retired from that job in the late 90's (not sure which year) and started doing small odd jobs to earn extra money. Since then his finances have gone down hill, he had to sell the land which had been in his family for almost a century, filed bankruptcy, and had a foreclosure on his home. Fortunately the person who bought their home allowed them to continue living there for only $400 a month, which isn't too bad. Because of his health and his age he is no longer able to work.
He and my grandmother recieve checks from social security and he gets a retirement check. I think they also get medicare so most of their doctor visits aren't too expensive. However, they are really struggling to make ends meet. Thier medicine costs them a fortune.
My question is, are their any programs that I might be able to look into that would help with their prescriptions, groceries, utilities. I am sort of ignorant to this sort of thing right now, although I hope to educate myself immediately. I don't know where to begin or exactly what information I need to get from them to know what they're eligible for. Oh yeah, about a year ago a friend of theirs who works at our defacs (social services) told them they weren't eligible for anything because they made just over the limit. This could be the truth, but I still feel I owe it to them to exhaust all the options before we settle for that.
Thanks to anyone who actually took the time to read all of this.
Any information would be great, I feel so helpless and want to help them if at all possible.
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