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Educate Yourself on Health Care

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    Tips on preparing yourself for your medical needs

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Detective just -- -- has just launched a national contest to give one caregiver -- an ultimate K make over.

Worth 50000 dollars that is fantastic.

There is a web -- therefore you it's doctor -- dot com.

In this is the -- tell me again sorry.

Three and four need more dot com.

Three and four need more dot com that's the website what -- -- -- now a number of area in the number 43 -- -- need more threats come four need more right that's easy to remember dot com you wanna go there got married because you have.

Among other things you have four -- simple steps to prepare for care.

Let's talk about number one we choosing you have this this at this -- set up here care it's the C stands for consider your risks.

People have to understand and think about what happened in their family when that there what kind of diseases are in the family what kind of things that they -- -- to convince.

Those kind of problems and just move on with their own life keeping themselves as healthy as possible.

Okay -- stands for assess your needs.

Figuring out.

What your needs are physically financially and emotionally.

And really address all of those systems -- are we talking about we're talking about it.

For yourself this is not for someone else this is how to take care of yourself.

Well it's from both if you if you know an older person.

Needs here that you have to do an assessment for them and if you become the caregiver.

Then you need to assess yourself.

In this country 13% of the people that are considered caregivers.

Died before the person that they -- Republicans are giving so much of their energy -- that's why of the one reverse mortgage has.

-- contest so that people start becoming aware.

So they send in -- story and somebody's gonna win that contest and that's going to be very important it will help some family.

Let's give effect to be be its last two letters are -- eResearch costs and educate yourself.

Most people are not aware of what the cost is four.

Any of the expenses out there and they are under the solution that Medicare and their insurance is going to cover it and for the most part it's not that's why.

Getting a reverse mortgage can help people who have a home.

And for people who need the long term care insurance it should be at least investigated so that they know the pros and the cons and if it's for them.

-- if you don't have a home you don't have access to possibly getting a reverse mortgage.

Then educate yourself there are things that are available out there but -- -- you know what the national.

Has to offer -- what the local has to offer what the state has to offer.

What happens is most people are reactive rather than proactive and until something actually happens they don't do anything.

So at -- -- -- and in at three and -- need more that you would take great yes do you make it.

Easy for people to navigate because I think a lot of it I think what you're seeing is a great idea teachers do the research and find out what resources are out there to you.

And resources that were either free or perhaps at a nominal cost.

A lot of people don't know and again navigate the waters to find all those.

Well that's that's his whole campaign is I'm going from New York the East Coast all the way over to the West Coast making whistle stops along the way.

Letting people know that there are resources available.

But they have to do the research nobody is gonna come and say this what you mean you have to go to somebody I think this is what I need to -- have to assess what your needs are.

For the elderly person that for caring for assess what their needs are.

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