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Survival
At All Costs…
by Susan Laufer
Most
Canadians realize that it makes good sense to buy an insurance
policy to protect their family or business against the
financial consequences of untimely death or disability.
But how many consider an insurance policy that pays out
on survival of a critical illness?
Well,
they should. The possibility of becoming critically ill
isn't something anyone likes to consider, but statistics
are hard to ignore. In Canada, one in four will suffer
heart or stroke, and one in three will develop some form
of life-threatening cancer. Too many of us have seen these
numbers become reality when an unexpected illness takes
its toll on someone close to us.
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Travel
for the 70+ age group
We're
at the start of a new year, we've taken all the decorations
down and the house looks kind of empty and sad. We walk
into the garden and the plants are still fast asleep;
as we look up at the heavy dark rolling clouds we can
feel the icy cold wind full of sleet on our face. Oh what
we would give for somewhere warm! To aid our dreams are
the television travel programs and the hundreds of travel
guides and brochures showing us young tanned smiling faces,
with beautiful bodies, running on white sands and diving
into aqua blue seas. According to the brochures, all you
have to do is give them a call...
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Team
Care for the
Chronically Ill
Home-Grown Model Spreads Caregiving
Among Friends
Feb.
18, 2002 -- Nearly 100 million Americans suffer from chronic,
incurable diseases. Most get adequate medical care, but
if they need help walking, or eating, or getting dressed,
it's usually up to family members -- an overwhelming responsibility.
In
more than 30 states, people have been trying a home-grown
solution to fill the gaps left by insurance and social
service agencies. They're sharing the chores of caregiving
among a wide circle of friends. NPR's Richard Knox has
been following one of these caregiving circles. It was
formed by people in Sandwich, N.H., to take care of a
neighbor with Lou Gehrig's disease.
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