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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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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CaringOn invites you to take the May Milestone Challenge in honor of caregivers! Perfect for any age or ability, this event is an opportunity to jumpstart a new self-care routine while supporting CaringOn, a non-profit established to honor and care for caregivers! It’s simple! Set a self-care “May Milestone” and give yourself the month of May to …
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50 Million Americans Are Unpaid Caregivers. We Need Help. Biden must make good on his promise to support families with sick loved ones. This is an excerpt from an article written by Kate Washington at the New York Times. Click here to read the full story. Five years ago I stood in a tiny …
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Patty nominated her patient Teresa Micheal’s caregiver husband Victor for a CaringOn gift. Teresa was so pleased to see Victor enjoy his gift before she passed away in November 2020. “As an Oncology Social Worker facilitating a Care Giver Support Group, I wish more of my patients’ caregivers could benefit from the gift of a …
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Kate Sullivan’s family shared this adorable story and photo about their donation to CaringOn! Thank you so much for your generous gift! Donation: $117 to CaringOn Dear Caringon, I set up a lemonade stand a few times this summer to make some money with my brother and my friends Izzy and Anthony. We posted a …
“It works in all kinds of crises — medical, legal, even existential. It’s the ‘Ring Theory’ of kvetching. The first rule is comfort in, dump out. “When Susan had breast cancer, we heard a lot of lame remarks, but our favorite came from one of Susan’s colleagues. She wanted, she needed, to visit Susan after …
Caregivers are our unsung heroes. They are saving our lives in our darkest days. That has been CaringOn’s mission for seven years. To recognize our caregivers and say thank you. And now the world is catching up to our clarion call. We know that caregivers are working on the front lines to fight Covid 19 …
“Roger Kellison had Parkinson’s disease that was quickly progressing. He was a private man who eventually moved into his daughter’s house when he was unable to take care of himself. “’He had not come to our house to live,’ Daniel Wallace, his son-in-law, told me. ‘He had come to our house to die. The last …
“Many Americans say they want to die at home. It’s not always easy to make that happen.” Read More »
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