Thursday, August 1, 2019

Johns Hopkins Medicine - Caregiver Videos - Caring for someone with cancer

Caregivers Video Series: Walking on Eggshells

This ten part video series talks directly with caregivers and provides practical support for a range of circumstances.

Patients and their loved ones often experience feelings of shock and disbelief when they learn that they have a life-limiting disease. Individuals are busy going about their normal, everyday lives, when they are blindsided with this information and nothing will ever be the same again. 

In the video series, “Walking On Eggshells”, clinical social worker Amy Sales, a trained grief counselor with over twenty years of experience, creates a caregivers guide to practical, real life direction on what to do and what to say when faced with these words.

Each short video provides generous support and fact based guidance.
  • Segment One: Finding your voice
  • Segment Two: Who To Tell What and When
  • Segment Three: Preparing for Medical Appointments
  • Segment Four: Finances
  • Segment Five: Taking Care of Yourself
  • Segment Six: Preparing for Hospitalizations
  • Segment Seven: Preparing for End Of Life
  • Segment Eight: Picking Up the Pieces After Your Loved One Dies
  • Segment Nine: Talking To Your Children
  • Segment Ten: Preparing Children for the Loss of a Loved One