Lauren Daigle and Music Health Alliance join forces to help veteran musicians
Music Health Alliance has joined forces with Grammy Award-winning artist Lauren Daigle's The Price Fund to establish The Price Legacy Fund, which will become the music industry's first, dedicated senior healthcare program and fund for music industry veterans over the age of 65.
Daigle introduced the initiative by explaining her connection to this cause is her grandfather Julian Price, who passed away in 2013.
"I got to watch him pass with peace," Daigle said. "He had the privilege of passing away at home with Hospice and with all the people he loved around him. It was so peaceful and I'll never forget that. That's why this is so important to me, because I was able to see what a healthy transition looks like. He had people around him and support all by his side. For that reason, I am so excited about The Price Legacy Fund. This is one of those moments where we get to love on people that may not feel love. That might feel like they are forgotten. We are the ones who get to go say 'there are still people that love you.'"
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According to Music Health Alliance, roughly 20% of the 20,000 music industry clients they have served over the past 10 years are age 55 and up.
The seed money provided by Daigle’s The Price Fund will be used to help grow Music Health Alliance’s team of trained senior care advocates and network of healthcare resources, as well as provide financial grants through The Price Legacy Fund to cover direct healthcare expenses, including those not covered by existing plans or Medicare; prescriptions, emergent rehabilitation services, and emergent short-term home healthcare or respite care.
Music Health Alliance founder and CEO Tatum Hauck Allsep said this initiative is "huge" for the music industry.
"The mission of Music Health Alliance is to heal the music and we've done that since we started a decade ago," she said. "We have served over 20,000 music professionals across the nation and saved over $100 million in healthcare costs. But through that, we have found some gaping holes for the demographic that trailblazed our industry."
She added that with this partnership, Music Health Alliance is making a promise to the legacy of music that something is going to be done.
For more information, visit www.musichealthalliance.com.
Melonee Hurt covers music and music business at The Tennessean, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK — Tennessee. Reach Melonee at mhurt@tennessean.com or on X @HurtMelonee.
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