My first radio interview:
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right here from the great voice of
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Volusia County yep that’s us am 12:30
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a.m. fourteen ninety it even on FM now
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or 106.9 and every Thursday morning we
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focus on the lifestyle of our seniors
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right here in Volusia County and the
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host of our show is town mom lock good
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morning Tom how you doing I can already
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skip everything going good with you
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doing great yep out there helping
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helping people well I like that oasis
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senior advisors what a fabulous
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organization before you get to your
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guests let’s talk about that for a
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minute
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how’s everything going well it’s great
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you know we’re we’re out there part of
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you know our purpose is to help people
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holder people and their families in
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particular who are looking for assisted
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living and we can offer that service
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free and people say wait a minute free
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you know what’s what’s free about and so
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we can offer free because the assistive
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living community pays us a placement fee
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okay well you know what one of the nice
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things I like about the way you work is
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everybody thinks they know what mom or
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dad or the loved one that needs assisted
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living wants but you really sit down and
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talk with the people themselves and find
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out the daughter says it was food the
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the son said it was activity and you
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really find out she wants friends well
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that’s right I mean it’s it’s a kind of
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for for issues for me that I try to try
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to understand one of them is location
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and that’s always important in any kind
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of living arrangement and another one is
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of course the services like you said you
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know the meals the program and then cost
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is always of course a factor and then
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culture and that’s the one that people
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don’t think about so much but it’s the
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environment that that they that they can
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live in in these communities vary
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considerably from one to the other okay
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what number can somebody reach at or our
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website
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well three eight six two seven five two
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five zero three and
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by the way just a little plug on March
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the 27th we’re pulling a team together
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who is and the topic is help I need to
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pay for assisted living and so we’re
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gonna we’re gonna bring some help to
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them it’s at Grace Manor over in Port
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Orange at five o’clock and we’re going
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to have an attorney and we’re gonna have
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a financial planner we’d have a realtor
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with transitions and moving and those
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kinds of things and so it’ll be a nice
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team of people free of charge to come in
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and just learn about strategies for help
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how can I pay for assisted living we
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know a lot of people when they think
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about assisted living they say oh no I
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don’t want that but then when they get
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there they find out it’s the best of
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their life no that’s it you know and and
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you’re right and you know so that’s a
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great lead-in skip to our guest this
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morning of we have Anthony forward with
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plan life care with us good morning
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Anthony good morning well thank you for
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having me
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good good to have so many from East
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Florida join us
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wait a minute probably not so you know I
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think you’re from somewhere else
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originally originally yes I often say to
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people I’m from the deep south of
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England and the reason that it’s so good
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to talk to you this morning is you know
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you are you are part of that plan for
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people who want to stay stay at home for
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as long as they can but may not be able
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to stay there you know forever and so
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tell us a bit about what plan Life Care
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is well plan life care is in home care
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basically so we go in and we consult
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with the family see produce a care plan
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and we plan for all those activities
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that they those daily activities that
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the person would need so it’s that
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helping hand
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it’s the alternative or interim care
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before if someone wants to stay in their
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home that’s what we do yeah and tell us
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a bit about about the name that plan
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Life Care I think it’s pretty
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intentional right
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yes it’s very in
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tensional my job role prior to getting
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involved in this industry was as project
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manager
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I’m very firm believer and putting in
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place good solid plans in order to carry
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out the right level of care so that’s
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the plan part the life care is the
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service we provide so we provide care so
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you can carry on your life there just
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allowing people to be safe and secure in
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their own homes well in that planful
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part yeah seems to be so important and
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it also can and we’ll learn more about
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this as we talked this morning but you
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know people are always wondering well
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what are the services I’m gonna get and
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and how much are they gonna gonna cost
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so that whole notion of well let’s sit
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down and make a plan about this right
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yes so it starts off with talking with
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all the family members you want everyone
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to be on board and know that this is a
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safe way of helping the seniors stay in
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their home so I use an RN as part of
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that process registered nurse to produce
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a solid care plan what we’re going to do
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day in and day out as we’re in the house
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well you know and we’re gonna hear a lot
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more about this just really excited to
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have you here this morning Anthony we’re
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going to take a break and when we come
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back we’re gonna learn a whole lot more
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about plan life care
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well welcome back this is Tom monlik
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with focused on senior lifestyles and we
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have with us this morning
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Anthony forward with planned life care
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and Anthony’s been telling us a little
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bit about his business how he got into
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it and and a little bit about his
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strategies for developing that plan so
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continue on with the plan and how you go
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about that planning process with the
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people that you’re working with Anthony
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well the critical thing is to evolve all
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the family and so we like to bring all
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the family in including that this senior
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we don’t want any mysteries or anything
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you know anyone off the you know off the
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plan as it were I bring in my RN who’s
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incredibly experienced at analyzing what
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the care needs are and we produce that
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plan and then later on when we’re
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providing the service the plan is
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directly traceable to the care logs so
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that’s any of my CNAs any of my
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caregivers that come in can knows
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exactly what they need to do I say yeah
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so um though what’s what is the role of
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the person being served in that plan I
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mean I mean obviously they’re the focus
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of the plan when they’re able are they
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active in developing that plan as well
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oh absolutely I mean that’s very
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critical mm-hmm that you involve
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everyone including the person who’s
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going to receive the care uh you know if
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someone has very advanced dementia or
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Alzheimer’s then their input is
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certainly considered but you you would
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talk as much to the family members but
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certainly everyone being on board
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especially the person who’s going to
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receive the service is critical yeah
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well one of the things that will be is
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really useful to know about is what
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makes you different you know there there
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are a lot of home care companies out
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there and a lot of good ones certainly
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in the area talk a little bit about how
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you feel like you differentiate in your
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services well first of all I came into
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this industry and perhaps not Anna
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so I was looking for care for my mother
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and I very much wanted to keep her in
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the home environment and I I talked to
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various other people who are now my
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competition and I didn’t I didn’t think
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they offered the range of services that
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was required but certainly in my
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mother’s case and so being the project
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manager I took hold of that and decided
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to plan it for myself and I put the care
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in place for my mom my mother while I
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was doing my previous job and I just got
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a tremendous sense of satisfaction in
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getting my loved one cared for setting
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up the right routines setting up the
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right level of care and placing her in
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the right environment so some of the
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other work I did was also changing the
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house a little bit for it to the
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adaptation work that I also do which
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isn’t commonly offered and things like
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people commonly think grab bars ramps
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it’s a lot more than that but just
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making the environment safe as well you
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know it would be good to go into that a
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little bit here this morning because
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that is always a concern for
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particularly the adult children who may
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be living at a distance and they might
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not even be aware of the condition of
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the home because they haven’t been there
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in a while or things have changed so how
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is it that you address that issue of
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home safety and and also the
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communication to family members about
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what it is that you’re doing well you
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can do a home assessment safety
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assessment you can make a lot of changes
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very good
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meaningful changes for safety without
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spending a lot of money and without
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turning the house into a facility so
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things that are useful for the senior
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but also very good ideas for the house
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in general an example is a zero entry
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shower so that it’s very easy for anyone
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to get in the shower but especially
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someone who has their mobility
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compromised all the balance compromised
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say more about a zero entry shower
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it’s basically instead of the true
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we’ll set up where you have to step into
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the bathtub it’s it’s removing that area
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so that someone can walk in to the bath
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on a basically a flat surface also
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paying attention to the surface
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materials making sure they’re non-slip
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and you put in things like grab bars
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grab bars don’t have to be ugly there’s
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some fabulous designs that are out there
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that are great towel rails are not grab
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bars but you can make a grab bar look
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like a towel rail so it’s and then if
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there is a slip or fall or someone needs
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steadying it’s a very safe device to use
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to stop them slipping or you know most
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of our listeners are sitting at home
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right now and what what have you found
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to be the number one safety concern for
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people at home as you have gone about
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what you do well the you have to look at
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the whole environment but if I had to
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choose one it’s always the bathroom
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accessibility for the bathroom safety
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while in the bathroom so many of these
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lovely tiles that we have become very
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slippery when wet yeah so you have to
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choose the materials carefully but then
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just looking at what happens if you know
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removing sharp edges Losey sliding doors
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that are often part of the tub and
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shower arrangement can be very tricky
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because they raise up the lip of the
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bath and they’re also quite sharp if
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someone Falls against them and they’re
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not going to stop someone falling you’ll
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fall through them yeah so it’s it’s a
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the buffer is probably the main area to
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look at you know these days you know
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many people have cell phones and I heard
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a story recently about someone who fell
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in the bathroom but fortunately she had
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her cell phone with her and was able to
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call for for help as a result of so do
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you have systems to address that yes one
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of the things I love to use is a medical
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alert device I have a very specific one
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is it actually a pretty new product made
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by a Florida company it’s waterproof so
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they could wear it in the shower it has
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a full detector it actually functions to
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some extent like a cell phone
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well if there’s a fool detected it sends
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out a full alert they can also it’s got
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an SOS button that they compress that
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alerts predetermined numbers and also
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gives locational information and the
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family members can know where their
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loved one is at anytime and talk to
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their loved one at any time it’s like a
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waterproof speakerphone to something and
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that is just so terrific well we’re
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gonna take a break and when we come back
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Anthony I’d like to talk some about the
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people because you know you’ve got in a
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service like yours it’s really about who
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the people are and the service is that
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they’re able to deliver on behalf of of
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your of your company so we’ll be right
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back to talk more about that
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but welcome back to focus on senior
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lifestyles this is Tom monlik I’m your
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host here and we’re continuing our
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conversation with Anthony forward with
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planned life care and Anthony let’s talk
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a bit now about your people because of
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course you know when it comes down to it
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you know it’s that relationship that is
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formed between the caregiver or
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caregivers and the client the person
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being served what is it that you do to
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help make that successful in your
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company well first of all I very much
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take a point of view of mutual respect
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I always say to my caregivers you don’t
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work for me you work with me I look for
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very particular type of person I
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incentivize them in unique ways I have
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them all as employees most agencies have
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them as contractors so I make that
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commitment to work with them to provide
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benefits and to really hire the best
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people mm-hmm yeah and that’s you know
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that’s a very important point that you
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make about the employment relationship
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you have talked just a little bit about
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the difference between employing versus
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contracting and how our listeners can
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become aware of that if they’re looking
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for a home care well first of all if for
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in order for people to provide the best
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service they have to feel safe and
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secure with the company they’re working
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with and the the proper employment rate
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method the w2 employment is a commitment
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from the company to the person and
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you’re looking for that commitment to be
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returned whereas a contractor can go
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anywhere can do anything could be
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working for multiple companies they
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might drop in and out of working for a
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certain clients they might just
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disappear and do something else where a
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w-2 employee is committed to the company
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and the company is committed to them it
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takes on a lot more responsibilities
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more costs but the net result
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is a much better level of care and the
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incentives that you provide to your
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employed staff well what I do for
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example is offer specific bonuses that
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someone can qualify for every hour they
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work so that they can get this bonus by
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doing the right thing turning up on time
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exiting the shift at the right time
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doing a great job while they’re there
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and the the my caregivers know that and
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I write the contract the employment
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contract in a very specific way so that
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good caregivers read through it and
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think I’d be doing that anyway this is
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free money and I want that attitude bad
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caregivers read through it say this is
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way too complex what why are you making
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it so difficult so that’s one way I
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differentiate with very specific bonuses
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for doing the right thing make a brief
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comment if you would about the maybe the
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one of the key characteristics that you
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would be looking for in a caregiver well
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very early on obviously I’m looking for
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them to like that kind of bonus
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arrangement but the most critical thing
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is what I call shine hair shine there’s
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certain types of people where this job
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is a calling to them so I look for that
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I ask some very specific questions
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during the interview process and I for
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example one I commonly asked is describe
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a situation where you felt you made a
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difference and I look for that cash
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shine it’s what I call it where they
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smile that they know they did a good job
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for that for that previous client and I
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look very much for that and it’s kind of
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turned into a methodology for how I
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approach the management of the company
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well Anthony a very impressive love
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hearing more about your your company
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plan life care tell our listeners how
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they can reach you if they would like to
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talk more with you about your services
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well I have my direct office number is
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three eight six nine six eight nineteen
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twenty
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they can call me during office hours I
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have a 24-hour number as well I have my
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website plan life care comm there’s lots
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of information on there and reach out to
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me at any time any questions you have
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because even if I’m very focused on
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putting people into the right and care
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environment so if I don’t necessarily
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offer the services I will refer to
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someone who does well thank you so much
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for being here this morning
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that’s a wrap a focus on senior
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