Cancer deeply affects not only the patient, but their family and support system. CaringOn has brought so much joy to some of our patients because expressing gratitude is something they have control over and it is such a positive expression. I know, through my personal life and my work, how caregiving can take a toll …
CaringOn Profile: Liz Single, Social Worker, Johns Hopkins Hospital System Read More »
Thanking caregivers for all they do is an important part of my practice as a healthcare professional. I have personally seen how overwhelming, exhausting and stressful being a caregiver can be. Caregivers have just been thrown into this new role of supporting the emotional and physical needs of their loved one, organizing appointments, managing medications, …
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Gloria Mallonee is a nurse whose husband Bob of 53 years was suddenly diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, and he is undergoing chemotherapy. She is overwhelmed with caring for him and has not had time to take care of herself. She was nominated by Megan Boylan from Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital, the social worker …
CaringOn delivered a gift package (spa and dinner) to Kadin Hinish to present to her mother Tawnie Hinish for taking care of her father Kurt Hinish for 9 years as he struggles with Stage 4 colon cancer. In her words, ” The caregiver is my mother who has been an absolute inspiration to myself as well …
Beth Caylor has been taking care of her husband Mike who was diagnosed with brain cancer a year ago and has been by his side 24/7. She stayed in the hospital over 30 days with him through his operation and treatment. Her best friend Laura Snyder calls her “an inspiration to everyone around her.” Laura …
Jimmy Gluck is a 52-year-old construction worker who was at Ground Zero on 9/11. He was one of the brave “first responders” who rebuilt New York after 9/11 and suffered debilitating lung disease because of it. In 2018 he was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis and received a double lung transplant in 2019. He has been …
Matthew Cole from West Virginia has Stage IV colon cancer and he nominated his wife Ashley for a CaringOn gift. He said: “Ashley is my wife of almost 12 years and half of those years she has been my caregiver. We have three children ages 10, 6, and 3. She works full time, volunteers at …
Maggie Liebig was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis 7 years ago and needed a double lung transplant. Her three brothers had died from the disease and she was determined to live. She met George Barnard at their 40th high school reunion and they got engaged as she waited for a transplant. She received her double …
A wonderful new article by the New York Times: “What I’ve Learned Over a Lifetime of Caring for the Dying” “While I slept in my home, my mother lay dying on the bathroom floor in her home in another state. She was not alone. Her longtime professional home health aide was by her side, …
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Nicole Smith nominated her brother-in-law Perry Smith for a CaringOn gift. Her sister Lasonia is 41 years old and was diagnosed with Stage 3 Breast Cancer just after she had her second child. While going through a rigorous treatment of chemotherapy and radiation, Nicole said “Perry has been an amazing and awesome caretaker. If it …
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