Wellness Checks Tailored to Your Needs

Imagine leaving your career with Boeing Aerospace and NASA’s JPL to care for your mom after her Alzheimer’s diagnosis, then moving to a new state with no support, just before the COVID-19 lockdown.
Meet Kendra Glass. She did exactly that, and her journey led her to create Wellness Checks 4U, a service that provides personalized wellness checks and companionship so caregivers can rest, knowing their loved one is safe and cared for.
Kendra shares her story and the inspiration behind her innovative approach to supporting both individuals with disabilities and their caregivers. 

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https://www.instagram.com/wellnesschecks4u/ 

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Transcript

Kendra 0:00

So I have a young, um, a, a woman that I met. And her son just moved into his own apartment just a few doors down. Okay. But, um, she wants me to check on him and I told her, I said, if he's trying for his independence, and I know you're still not ready to let go being mama bear. I don't know if that's a good idea. I said he may need the services, but in reality. It needs to be me as a friend.

Carrie 0:31

Mm-hmm.

Kendra 0:32

That I can check on him and you not be in the middle of it. So he doesn't know he needs it. He does, but you don't, you have to address it the right way.

Carrie 0:40

Right.

Kendra 0:40

Okay. Like when we're trying to get people to come to daycare, you have to understand, you never tell someone you're going to adult daycare. That's an insult.

Carrie 0:46

Right.

Kendra 0:47

"Really adult daycare, that's where I'm going?"

Brittany 0:57

Hi, I'm Brittany and I'm brain injury survivor. I'm a member of BIND.

Carrie 1:02

And hi, I'm Carrie, a stroke survivor and a member of BIND as well. And today we welcome Kendra Glass. Kendra retired from her career with Boeing Aerospace and NASA at the Jet Pulsion Laboratory where she served as a contract negotiator on the Mars 2020 program. That's so something. She also spent 22 years owning and operating a non-profit in Los Angeles serving at Rescue. After her mother was diagnosed with dementia, Kendra retired again to launch another new business, wellness Checks for you. We're excited to learn how her business work supports caregivers and their loved ones. So welcome, Kendra.

Kendra 1:40

Thank you.

Carrie 2:07

Hmm. And I guess just to get us started to kick off a little bit. How did, other than your mother, uh, how did wellness check for you get started? Give a little background.

Kendra 2:19

Okay, so originally in California is where I was and where I, I had to decide to retire because one thing that people don't understand, I wanted to keep my career. And so I had arrived. I had made it to the platform that I wanted to be on, but my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, so I thought that moving her into my home in California would be great because then she wouldn't be at her home alone. You know, I was able to make sure that she was fed, she had a roof, all the bills were being paid by me now. Now, I thought that was the best thing, but in reality it was a hundred percent in favor of me because I wasn't really looking at removing my mom out of her comfort zone. at a place that she knew and she was safe and, and, she enjoyed being at home, but for me, I didn't want to leave my job. And so I thought moving her in would be the perfect, it is not, it is a storm of brewing. So as a caregiver, that was my very first mistake. You never take, um, someone out of the comforts of their own home and move 'em into your home for convenience. So after about two years, I realized that my mom was declining because she was actually sitting at home maybe 10 or 12 hours all day by herself. So now she's sitting in my home. For 10 to 12 hours all day by herself as opposed to just being in her own home where she was familiar and comfortable. So after about two years, I decided that this wasn't working out. Um, I spoke with my boss. She was already familiar. She had to experience the same thing with her mom and dementia. So I knew that I had to retire. I figure out a way because the next option was to put her in assisted living, which wouldn't have worked for me personally. So my next step, I decided, well, we'll just find a place and, we'll, I don't know where we're going. I woke up one morning. All of this understand is God's plan. None of this is me because my background is contract negotiations, the air, the airway, air Force base, and Boeing. None of this has to do with Alzheimer's support working or being a caregiver. So Texas was the place. I don't know why. What I did realize though, as the years went by in Texas, I think the reason he chose to put me in a place where I was absolutely, I knew no one here. I knew no one, I had no friends, no associations with anything. And so I think the reason was I needed to remove myself from all the distractions in order to do what he wanted me to do. So that's why I'm here in Texas. We came to Texas. Um, I landed March 1st, COVID. Oh. So my experience from that point was, okay, now I need you to understand, really understand Alzheimer's. So I spent a year in the house with mom, just the two of us. I had Dementia Bootcamp 101. So by the time COVID was over, I was just ready to leave the house, get out and go anywhere, see anyone do anything. But what I wanted was to just have somebody be able to check on her while I was out and about, because she really didn't need a caregiver. But my only option was a caregiver. And with the caregiving, I had a option of two hour, two days. Minimum. Um, after about four caregivers, I realized this is not gonna work because I also put cameras all over the house so that when I was out and about and I just realized when you pay for the package for caregivers, they give you a list of things that, that are in the package, but I only need the two things out of the 12. Mm-hmm. But you still have to pay for the whole package. So it just didn't work for me. And then I would look on the camera. And when you're dealing with someone with dementia, they know, especially in the early stages, they know they have a problem. And the worst thing that you can do is to say to them, remember you said that or, or you said that already. Now, no fault to us, because that's just human nature. Mm-hmm. To just say, yeah, you told me that. But for them it's devastating. And she did that a few times, and I don't blame her because that's just human nature, but then there was really nothing else to do because my mom is afraid to have conversation with you because she's afraid of that. And she's not gonna remember the conversation. So she's also afraid of that. Dementia is short term memory loss. She knows about the good old days.

Carrie 6:22

Mm-hmm.

Kendra 6:22

And so for her, if you can't relate to that, you can't really relate to her. So at some point they just sat and watched TV together. I didn't like it, so I said, you know what? Well MS checks for you. 30 minutes or less. We just go in, we talk to the loved one, they hire us. We go check on their loved one. We do a FaceTime video to let them see. That everything is okay. That's how it all began.

Carrie 6:46

Oh, wow. That's nice though. Yeah. Yeah.

Brittany 6:50

So I know there's like other different, you said like there's packages that you paid for, so, but yours, um, how is business different from others like it?

Kendra 6:59

The difference is just that everything that I do is customize. So there's, you don't get to get package A or B, you know, I, I make that example like DirecTV. Mm-hmm. How you, they know for a fact the one that everybody likes. They put that channel in the upgraded package, and that's the same thing they do with the, with a lot of these services. They give you the bare minimum when they know you really gonna need one or two things out of that next package, so you end up paying for the next package. We don't do packages, it's just a time you tell us what you need, what the process is, and what you want us to check for. Everything is customized.

Carrie 7:37

Okay. So that's interesting. So it's, if you need, I mean as the caregiver, you know, you, you're like, okay, I need someone to come in and spend time with mom. But it would also be helpful if you did a little light dusting or helped mom figure out how to do the dusting.

Kendra 7:52

Absolutely. We will assist what we don't want to do. 'cause I'm getting a lot of people that are trying to use us as a maid service.

Carrie 7:57

Right.

Kendra 7:58

We're not doing that. Okay. Perfect example. This morning I have a call. A, a woman is being released from the hospital. She's not sure what time, but she needs someone to be at the house because she's been in the hospital. There's no one there. She needs to be able to get in, you know, check out the home and see what she may need help with moving or straightening, because she's being released now, we have a two hour minimum. She's splitting her time. She needs Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for dialysis.

Rick 8:26

Oh,

Kendra 8:26

so my Monday morning, she needs somebody to help her get up, dressed and ready for them to pick her up. Then it, she'll go to dialysis, then we'll meet her back at home after dialysis to help her get her lunch and things like that. So every one of my clients is a different situation, so I, I will never offer packages because I don't know what the situation is.

Carrie 8:49

Okay. That's, yeah, that's interesting. Um, so I guess the next question is like, do you offer, how, what kind of disabilities do you help serve? Is it just Alzheimer's and dementia? Or do you have other people like, you know, that's, I have

Kendra 9:02

a client with ALS.

Carrie 9:03

Okay.

Kendra 9:04

What she needs is just the help to get out the bed. You know, they have good days and they have bad days, so she needs help to get up, get dressed. Help with cooking. We don't necessarily go in and cook full meals for you. It's light stuff like sandwiches. Mm-hmm. Or something that you have that just need to be heated up in the microwave. But she likes to cook, so I have her with someone who else likes to cook. Mm-hmm. So that's a fabulous match. And her thing is just to get up, get dressed, have breakfast. Um, sometimes she needs to bathe, wash her hair, change her, Lenny. Which is fine, but not like the house leanings on all the kids' beds and you know, so not that far. And then she likes to just sit out on the patio and have that free time. At some point she said she'd like to just get out of the house, so we're gonna make it where she goes. She wants to go to Target or Walmart. It's just a quality time that you spend with someone that really doesn't have the, an, the chance to get that. Another client of mine, he, um, has a disability, but he has a job now. Which is fabulous. Now, his mom used to have to take off work a lot because he may have meltdowns. She was losing her jobs, which was hard. But as a mom, we are all mama bears. So she would actually sacrifice, sacrifice her job in order to make him keep his job. So sometimes she would've to take off work and go help him relax, to get back to work. Now understand that they know that he has a disability. Mm-hmm. So what we do now is she'll call after she becomes a client, she'll call and say, Hey, Ryan's having a meltdown. Um, I need somebody to get over there. And it's not a problem. So we go over, you just go talk to him and say, Hey, come on to the back. We sit in the back. He's sensory. So you just rub his hands while you talk soft. He has a familiar face. Sometimes it takes five minutes, sometimes it takes 25. But when we're done, he goes back to work.

Carrie 10:54

That's awesome.

Kendra 10:55

Mm-hmm.

Carrie 10:55

I love

Kendra 10:56

that. So everything is so different. I can never tell people the service that we offer.

Carrie 11:01

Oh, it's just, let me tell you what I need. Absolutely. And you tell me is you can or cannot do it.

Kendra 11:07

The only thing we will not do is house cleaning, not a maid service, because that comes a lot. Not a maid service. Now we have. Walked dogs with the client. Okay, but we're not dog walkers.

Brittany 11:18

Right.

Kendra 11:18

But if you have a dog and you are used to walking them and you just want to, that is fabulous to get out and walk. 'cause I've done that.

Carrie 11:24

Okay, that's cool.

Brittany 11:25

Yeah, so it kind of like just answered my question and is gonna answer the next question, but now I got like clarification. Like for instance, like if you had someone, like a person, I know someone that they had their mom, they're old and they have cameras on 'em, and so the mom fell but didn't know where the phone was. Like you can call like maybe your service is like, Hey, my mom fell, I have camera on her, but she doesn't know where the phone is to pick up, to call someone. Can't you like go over there, and you know, check on him. So that would be. Prior of your service, so

Kendra 11:55

that's totally, yeah, absolutely. But again, they have to be a client.

Brittany 12:00

Yeah.

Kendra 12:00

So what we can't do is receive cold calls. I had a lady call me from Oklahoma and she hadn't heard from her mom and I, and she said, can you go check on them?

Carrie 12:08

Right?

Kendra 12:09

I'm like, no, ma'am, you have to call 9 1 1.

Carrie 12:12

Right. You're not, you're not welfare checks.

Kendra 12:14

Exactly. And that's what the police, well, I work with McKinney Police Department.

Carrie 12:17

Right.

Kendra 12:17

And that was the ex, the explanation. We carry guns, you carry t-shirts, stay in your lane and never change your name. Okay. Your wellness. We are welfare.

Carrie 12:28

Yeah.

Kendra 12:28

And so I tell people to know the difference is priceless. Mm-hmm.

Carrie 12:32

And that's very true. And so, yeah. One of our questions was, um. Transportation services. Do you, I mean, if there's the need that you said and I guess kind of you do, well, I know you were there for like the dialysis. If someone needed you to pick them up and take them as opposed to go and help them get ready for dialysis, we do that. Would you pick them up and take them to doctor's appointments? Do you help with that or? We

Kendra 12:55

do, but it's, it's limited. It is limited because we're not a full transportation service.

Carrie 13:00

Okay.

Kendra 13:00

So it's limited, but because I've now acquired a daycare. Um, it helps because the daycare has office transportation to the doctor's appointments, hospitals, and all that. They have the, the beds, the wheelchairs, the ramps, the vans. So it's possible. But it's just not a full-time. We call it our VIP service because all of our clients want to fill VIP. Seniors do not want to take Lyft and Uber. They do not want it. Even the free shuttles that they get, they don't want it. So a lot of 'em, we have to have, you know, okay, you VIP today. Yep. 'cause they don't want be in somebody else's car, so we'll do it. You know, if you're a client for a while and it's a necessary situation. Yes.

Carrie 13:35

Right. Okay. Um, so I guess the next big question let's ask is how do you become a client?

Kendra 13:43

Three steps. Um, you call and we do a phone interview, which gives me an idea of the service you need. The times, the days, I just need basic information and I also need to know if there's some point of contact, somebody that's in charge of payments, because what I don't like is for my clients to actually have to worry about that. I, I prefer them to have someone that's in charge of everything that's helping them do that part. Even if they give it to them, the communication is better that way, that's the least of their worries. So you do the phone interview so that I can figure out what's going on. Then I come to the house to do the assessment. And the reason why I go do the assessment is because, for example, um, I went to a lady called and she wanted me to check on her aunt, but when I got to the house, she was a hoarder.

Carrie 14:30

Oh, so

Kendra 14:31

I couldn't even be in the house. Mm-hmm. And I said, I can't do this. I, the only way I can do a wellness check is 'cause we do FaceTime for the wellness checks and it's just to let you know that everything is okay. And I told her, well this doesn't work unless you want me to just stand at the door and FaceTime you and say that she's alive. She's okay. I said, but I can't get into the home

Carrie 14:51

to see if she Okay.

Kendra 14:52

Absolutely. And if this is the conditions, then you know she's not. Okay. So, um. Not just going to make sure that it has to be a situation on both ends. 'cause a lot of people are under the impression that when you call for a caregiver or wellness check, you are deciding whether you get the business. No, it goes both ways. I have to be just as comfortable with you Sure. That you are with me. You know what I mean? So it's, it is a two-way street. Right. I need to know, like, I had a, a lady call and she just, her uncle was in the chair. She opened the door and I said, okay, well, um, is he mobile? She's like, oh, yeah. He goes from here to here, you know, from the room to the chair. And I'm like, okay. So I need to see that he's actually able, 'cause I need to know the right condition, right? You can't just tell me stuff. I said, so what, what, what exactly do you, me? She just wanted somebody to sit with him. Why? She goes to the bar and I'm thinking, well, this is a 30 minute check, is what you're all, is what you want? That because it is $35. So I think she was looking to, but I'm thinking, if you think I'm gonna let you go to the bar and have drinks and expect you to be back. Right. So it's it you get, oh, I have some stories. Yeah. So you do the wellness, I do the assessment to make sure it's the perfect fit. And then the third visit is with the caregiver, so that I want to make sure it works. I don't just send someone blind.

Carrie 16:21

Right,

Kendra 16:21

because everybody has to agree. We spend a little time together, the three of us I leave and then before I send them back, I go back to make sure that they are fully comfortable with the person they have.

Brittany 16:33

Mm-hmm. That's good. Um, I know you were talking about like the plans and assessments and the phone call. And so how does the payment method work?

Kendra 16:43

So the assessment is 25 and it's usually through Zelle or pay online. You can pay for your services online. With, um, a link that I have on the donation site, um, they're trying to separate it. But it still all goes to, you know, the same place. Mm-hmm. It's just that they charge me for it. But you can pay, you know, through the donation site or all of my clients are paying with sale. Um, I don't take personal checks. And we can also do credit card. You

Brittany 17:11

take cash

Kendra 17:12

and cash? Well, yeah.

Brittany 17:13

Okay. Yeah,

Kendra 17:13

yeah. Cash is. Cash is keen.

Brittany 17:16

Well, you know,

Kendra 17:18

right. Most people, and that's what I say, I never really get cash. Most people are just, they just Zelle it. It's much easier. Zelle

Brittany 17:23

is kind of the

Kendra 17:24

same thing. I prefer Zelle because it's traceable. It's a receipt built in. You know what I mean? And it is easy to have it done. I don't use a lot of those other. Apps. I just will not, I don't, sorry, but I trust, I like bank to bank.

Carrie 17:39

Yeah, no, that makes sense. I'm gonna take a quick little break and just remind our listeners to go ahead and click that like button. Click that subscribe button. Click that follow button. Just click all the buttons that click positive. Keep on listening. Um, so again, I think we kind of covered this. Mm-hmm. But, um. I guess, so what is like the, maybe the most common concern for seniors or disabled individuals that, and I, maybe I wanna clarify this. Um, have you ever had the disabled, had a disabled person, you know, I know maybe with dementia, Alzheimer's, they may not be possible, but

Rick 18:19

yeah.

Carrie 18:19

Someone that's a little bit more with it, but just has a disability. Have you ever had them just call you or is there always a third party caregiver? Whether it's a sister or brother, mom or dad or whatever,

Kendra 18:32

the, in the disabled community, they are the ones that call,

Carrie 18:35

okay.

Kendra 18:36

They're fully capable of having the conversation. They're fully capable of making the payments and all of that. Okay. When I say they have to have a point of contact, it's not dementia, Alzheimer's, brcause, right, they come and go.

Carrie 18:45

That you need that family member.

Kendra 18:47

Absolutely. That

Carrie 18:47

okay.

Kendra 18:48

Absolutely, and, and I need someone responsible. 'cause as things change with seniors. There's so much fraud. There's so many things going on. I just don't want to deal with them directly only. Right? Because they may know me on Monday and then Tuesday "Get off my porch. I don't know who you are, lady!" You know what I mean? So it is better 'cause we always take a picture. And with the id, you have a picture of you and that person. So when you show up, you show the picture. So they say, Hey, it's such and such, remember, and it's a picture of them and you.

Rick 19:15

Okay.

Kendra 19:15

You know what I mean? So that they can identify and they get, they get to know you. But with, with the other group, they really control everything. Okay. 'cause it just may need, they just need help getting around, maneuvering in the house or you know, actually getting stuff cleaned up. But it's. Light is not right. Mopping your floors and washing your windows. It's more, I need help. I need to change the bed. I need to help get to the restroom. I need help, you know, washing my load of clothes, which is fine.

Carrie 19:42

I mean, I could say that like for me, because like my left arm never fully came back.

Kendra 19:46

Mm-hmm. If

Carrie 19:47

I didn't. Living home with my parents.

Kendra 19:50

Mm-hmm.

Carrie 19:50

Which, thankfully I have parents to live at home with.

Kendra 19:53

Absolutely.

Carrie 19:53

I can't, I can do my own laundry.

Kendra 19:55

Mm-hmm.

Carrie 19:56

I cannot physically change it to sheets. Could you? I mean, I couldn't imagine trying to put a fitted bed sheet.

Kendra 20:01

That's what I'm saying.

Carrie 20:02

On a bed with one hand and,

Kendra 20:04

and that's just it. Your disability is different from your disability. Mm-hmm. It's different from his, so that's why there are no packages.

Carrie 20:12

Okay. No, and that's all

Kendra 20:13

you what I mean. So I have to come and do the assessment and you say to me, Hey. This is what I need.

Carrie 20:18

Right.

Kendra 20:18

Can you help me with that?

Carrie 20:19

But I guess there is also the time, there's a time and a place. I, I don't know what that buzz is. Okay. Hopefully it's not too bad, but, um, hopefully, I mean, no, I lost question. So I guess there is a time where it's more of. A caregiver that has maybe not, um, I don't, sorry. Um, what am I trying to say? Um,

Kendra 20:49

there's a time when the caregiver,

Carrie 20:50

when the, when the disabled person doesn't know they need help, that you have that third party coming to you going, this, I need help.

Kendra 21:02

Absolutely.

Carrie 21:03

Okay.

Kendra 21:03

So I have a young, um, a, a woman that I met. And her son just moved into his own apartment just a few doors down. Okay. But, um, she wants me to check on him and I told her, I said, if he's trying for his independence, and I know you're still not ready to let go being mama bear. I don't know if that's a good idea. I said he may need the services, but in reality. It needs to be me as a friend.

Carrie 21:35

Mm-hmm.

Kendra 21:35

That I can check on him and you not be in the middle of it. So he doesn't know he needs it. He does, but you don't, you have to address it the right way.

Carrie 21:43

Right.

Kendra 21:44

Okay. Like when we're trying to get people to come to daycare, you have to understand, you never tell someone you're going to adult daycare. That's an insult.

Carrie 21:50

Right.

Kendra 21:51

"Really adult daycare, that's where I'm going?"

Carrie 21:53

I don't need that.

Kendra 21:54

Exactly. Some of the veterans, they just, you know, you just can't tell them that they ran, they ran things, they, so you say that we're going to, whatever fits, like for my mom, she has a bad knee. We're always going to the new doctor. She's fine with it. And then when she get there, she's fine, but you have to get them there. Mm-hmm. So, again. Everything is customized.

Brittany 22:12

Okay. That's so cool. Um, what is there, like what about like, okay, if a person, disabled person, like with dementia called and they, they know they need the service, but they don't have any family around what you still help them or,

Kendra 22:26

it depends on how far along they are. Okay. Because when you're dealing with the situations like that, trust. Family shows up eventually, especially if it gets so far along that they need financial help.

Carrie 22:37

Yeah.

Kendra 22:38

That's when family comes around. So, and that's a power of attorney situation, so I don't get into that. But if they're together and they know what they're doing and everything, then that's what the assessment is about.

Carrie 22:49

Okay. I wanna talk a little bit more about, I know we talked, you said McKinney, you work with mc McKinney pd or they endorse your company. Um, how does that partnership work? I mean, do y'all work together or is it

Kendra 22:59

Oh, no, no,

Carrie 23:00

no more just,

Kendra 23:01

no, it's just a support. Yeah. They can't work with me. I'm a civilian. I'm not, no, I mean, they can't do that. Okay. So I just did enough training to understand and they help with my background and stuff like that. Okay. Right. So, no, we're not partners. They support the business. Okay. And I have, I have a arm to them.

Carrie 23:17

Okay. And so like if you need a little direction on something, you can reach out to them as opposed to, so that you make sure that you're not doing anything. Absolutely. That's gonna endanger anybody

Kendra 23:25

kind of thing. Absolutely. And if it's a dangerous situation, you know, I just wanted them to know it took a whole year to get this done with them, but

Carrie 23:32

Okay.

Kendra 23:32

I, they need to recognize who we are, that we're out here, you know what I mean? So they know the situation. Okay. Because we're trying to get a connection with the fire department as well. We're working with them, but they wanna be able to give our information to. A lot of the places they go.

Carrie 23:44

Sure. No, that's good too.

Kendra 23:45

Mm-hmm.

Carrie 23:45

Yeah.

Brittany 23:46

Um, okay, so, um, do you have any advice for any seniors or people with disabilities? So

Kendra 23:55

my advice is just, well, it's more for the caregivers. Isolation is a killer. And I know you have to understand that a lot of people with disabilities and Alzheimer's and seniors, they're proud people and they don't want to feel like a burden and they don't want you taken over. So you have to address, you have to address the situation a different way.

Brittany 24:16

Mm-hmm.

Kendra 24:17

That's why I tell people, look, this is what I do. You know, don't go in and say they need this or they need that. Just allow me to come in and talk to 'em for a few minutes to see exactly how comfortable they are in the transition. So my advice is just to understand that isolation is the worst. They had 28 seniors die alone in their home in Collin County. Oh, wow. People don't know about this stuff.

Carrie 24:37

Mm-hmm.

Kendra 24:38

You know, I mean, the nursing homes, you know, you see all of this beautiful stuff when you walk in for that appointment, but understand when you're gone. They're just pretty much one of

Carrie 24:47

Right.

Kendra 24:48

Many.

Carrie 24:48

Yeah. Um, so is there anything else that you'd like to share that maybe we didn't cover yet?

Kendra 24:55

Um, just that I'm trying to get people to understand that these memory care places and all the places that you're sending and doing, there's so many other options. Um, when you're paying eight to 10,000 a month for a memory care place, or you spending all the money and time for somebody to help you with your level one with disabilities, if you get the cameras. I have Jubilee tv, which is on my website. I can turn my mom's TV on off, popping on the screen, say hello. There's so many options with technology now to save you a lot of money. The cameras don't call us anything. You just buy and put 'em on your phone. And if we're coming by to do the wellness check for you, that's so much less than paying. Than getting up, getting fed up and sending them somewhere else.

Carrie 25:33

Okay.

Kendra 25:33

Yeah.

Carrie 25:34

Well that's good. And we'll make sure that we have your website, um, listed in our show notes and have all that, because that's number one, how we find out about you. Right?

Kendra 25:42

Absolutely everything.

Carrie 25:44

Website. The

Kendra 25:45

website, book appointments.

Carrie 25:45

Mm-hmm.

Kendra 25:45

Well

Brittany 25:46

have one more question, so I know it is disability, like wellness check. Like for instance, what if someone's like, you know, nearing to like the end of life and they like, oh, I can't do this anymore. I need to go check myself into hospice. Like what would there be like alternative? It's like, oh, I can't do this more. Can I pay for a package where you know, you come and check in on me, make sure like I didn't fall asleep. And the oven's on.

Kendra 26:11

So you're saying some individual thinks that that's going through hospice, like that death part or hospice or just not

Brittany 26:18

like the

Kendra 26:19

death part of hospice. Like, and they know that it's coming. Mm-hmm. And they just want you to come to make sure not

Brittany 26:23

Yeah. Like they wanna be

Carrie 26:24

comfortable like in their home.

Kendra 26:25

That's, yeah. Absolutely. Packages, they don't have one. Just as long as it makes sense for you. Absolutely.

Carrie 26:33

Okay. Well that sounds great. Kendrick, thank you so much for coming in. I'm so glad that Mark had you as an Uber driver and found out about you because this is definitely something I think more people need to know about.

Brittany 26:44

Absolutely. Yeah, and thank you for all our listeners for listening. And remember, you can find our new episodes on all your favorite platforms. Until next time. Until

Carrie 26:54

next time.

Rick 26:56

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