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Do you know someone who is experiencing hard times - such as an accident or illness - that are preventing them from caring for their family? You know they need help, but you don't know how to help them? You are not alone! It’s a question many people ask ... and carrycrew.com will help you find the answer. Whether your friend needs help for a few weeks or a few years, carrycrew.com will equip you to help your friend, fast!
I developed the first Carry Crew to help my friend, Jim, who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness called ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Together with about two dozen amazing volunteers, our Carry Crew provided support services for the family -- such as house cleaning, meal delivery, grocery shopping, and yard work -- throughout the last five years of Jim’s devastating illness. Thanks to Team Jim, the family felt hands-on love amidst a terrifying storm.
At carrycrew.com, you'll find:
- Online resources for building your crew of volunteers, fast!
- Carry Crew Commandments for building a successful crew.
- Sample chapters and links to purchase the guide, "The Carry Crew Concept: How to Build Crews to Carry People in Hard Times." This book is available as an e-book and printed book from Amazon.com.
- Blog with regular updates and ideas to build your Carry Crew
- Ideas for helping coordinate volunteer efforts for any purpose
Elizabeth A. Billups is the founder and author of The Carry Crew Concept. She also developed and captained the very first Carry Crew, called Team Jim, to help her friend who had ALS. Elizabeth is primarily a stay-at-home mom of three daughters, but she also enjoys freelance writing and numerous volunteer activities. She lives with her husband and family in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
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5 comments:
I forgot to pose a question to discuss. So...
When you have had friends or family that are experiencing terrible health problems, what have you done in the past to help them and their family cope?
What did you learn from that experience? What would you do different?
As for me... I have been incredibly blessed. My friends and family have not had to face anything like what my sister's friend faced. I am knocking on my wooden desk as I type this !!!
What I have ended up doing more often or not, is spending a lot of time fighting with health insurers.
--Hiram
What type of problems have your friends/family had with insurance companies?
I personally have had bigger challenges figuring out the billing from the Doctors, Surgeons, Clinics, Hospitals, Hennepin County (ie ambulance) etc.
It seems nearly impossible to get a complete estimate before a procedure. And after the procedure, bills seem to keep showing up from the strangest places.
The copays, deductibles, % pays, etc usually seem pretty straight forward.
What type of problems have your friends/family had with insurance companies?
In my experience, insurers don't like to pay for stuff. Built into their business model is an assumption that if they deny claims, people won't follow through.
--Hiram
Interesting, I have never run into that problem. Though they are very particular about codes and process. They will turn things down if the code indicates a procedure that would not be covered. Then the clinic usually fixes the typo and things move forward smoothly.
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