I am a full time working senior not on Medicare/Medicaid. I have a permanent knee injury that is acerbated by driving to and from work. I want to find out what financial assistance exists for hiring a family member to chauffeur me to and from work 3 days weekly and to personal appointments as needed.
Sometimes good sized transit companies will have what used to be called "small bus" in our area. It's more the size of a U-Haul van than a large bus, and makes special pickups and deliveries to individual destinies. They used to have wheelchair lifts.
Ours only charges $1 each way, but there's a 10 mile limit from the home, and arrangements do have to be made before the trip.
Our senior center also has 2 of those at its location; I'm not sure if they take seniors shopping or what their functions are.
In fact, your local senior center might have some suggestions as well, or know of other services.