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 »
“When I was 12, my mother’s 32-year-old sister Emily experienced a berry-aneurysm rupture, which caused a stroke. One day she had a headache that she said felt like being hit with a two-by-four. She went on with life, and then collapsed the next week. “The executive assistant whose fingers typed so fast that they blurred …
“My Family Cared for My Sick Aunt. Who’s Caring for Us?” Read More »
CaringOn wants to thank all our Caregiver gift alumni – the caregivers and their patients who have been part of our family and those who support them. Recharge, Refresh, Renew… doesn’t this sound wonderful? For adults who are caring for someone with a cancer diagnosis, this doesn’t happen nearly enough. There are approximately 15 million …
“Caring for others can be physically and emotionally exhausting; breaks and help from others can be key “Caregivers sometimes get so involved in taking care of their sick loved ones that their own health can fall by the wayside. But it’s important for caregivers not to forget their own health. A sick caregiver can’t provide …
Photo courtesy of Lynne Shallcross/KHN | article “For today, there are no doctor’s visits. No long afternoons with nothing to do. No struggles over bathing. “At the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., a group of older adults — some in wheelchairs, some with Alzheimer’s — sit with their caregivers in a semicircle around …
“Family Caregivers Finally Get A Break — And Some Coaching” Read More »
While conversations rarely penetrate the bell jar of my self-containment, inventive forms of caregiving do. “After the drama of diagnosis passes and the preliminary offers of assistance dissipate, a few hardy souls hang in with cancer patients for the long haul. If we are lucky, they tender surprisingly creative acts and gifts. “Imaginative caregiving is …
“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 …
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