How to Prepare Your Child for Surgery
If your child has an upcoming surgery, it may be difficult to know how to tell them about it and help them through it. As a parent, it may be hard for you to cope with this entire process, as well. We...
How to Cope When Your Child is Diagnosed with Cancer
Nothing can prepare you for the feeling of learning that your child has cancer. All these unfamiliar stresses and feelings can be so much to bear. However, there are ways to cope and deal with the emo...
Caregiving in Time of COVID-19 Remains a ‘Crisis on Top of Crises,’ but Hope Shines Through
Ana van Koeverden, 15, has lived with brain cancer since she was 3. To protect her from COVID-19 ahead of a successful surgery in July, her whole family, including Calla, her Wirehaired Pointing Griff...
10 Tips to Manage Caregiver Role Strain
There’s no way around it. Caregiving is one of the most rewarding responsibilities and a true act of love and devotion to a loved one. But it is also one of the most challenging and stressful respon...
5 Tips to Prepare for a Telehealth Appointment
When you used to think of a typical doctor’s appointment, you might conjure up images of waiting rooms, stethoscopes and maybe stickers. Now, that image has changed quite a bit. With the world s...
6 Steps to Form a Care Team and Get the Help You Need
In a health crisis, a bewildering number of decisions, choices and practical needs arise quickly and over time. Family and friends want to help, but even well-meaning offers can become overwhelming an...
CaringBridge Planner Makes it Easy to Request and Accept Offers of Help
During a health journey, patients and caregivers almost always need help, and family and friends would do almost anything to help. But human nature and feeling overwhelmed often make it hard for those...
5 Simple Ways to Thank a Caregiver
So many lives have been touched by the love and commitment of caregivers. How can we begin to thank them? To help show our gratitude for those who provide care, we offer a few ways to thank a ca...
5 Ways to Deal with Compassion Fatigue
Compassion fatigue is the traumatic stress experienced by those who are spending significant time taking care of a loved one who is sick or in distress. When someone you know or love is going through ...
5 Tips to Be a Good Caregiver
Not everyone can afford to hire an in-home nurse or professional caregiver. Today, there are around 45.3 million unpaid, non-professional caregivers in the United States taking care of a loved one.&nb...