Caregiver Lifehacks: CLL Edition
4 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMore than 53 million Americans act as family caregivers who often fall below the radar sacrificing everything in the name of compassion, empathy, and love.
Caregiver Lifehacks amplifies the voices of those impacted by the diagnosis of a loved one. Hungry to connect and share information, these authentically candid interviews give us a peek into the vulnerable spaces of what it means to provide care for a loved one.
Host Elura Nanos uses her no-BS conversational style to provide a home for the often unspoken thoughts and feelings of the caregiver experience. As a fiercely intelligent and radically compassionate lawyer and media professional, she knows the caregiver path all too well. Caregiver Lifehacks is a production of OffScrip Health. For more information visit https://offscrip.com.
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Episodes
To Google or Not To Google
November 15, 2021 21:24 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBIn our final episode, we continue to expand upon what caregiving looks like through the eyes of two women who have very different, non-traditional experiences for their parents. We examine the emotional side, the mental load, and the educational advocacy needed to sort through the deluge of information that comes with a cancer diagnosis. We are so quick to turn to Google for all of our answers to our medical questions. When Mari Hoffman’s dad was diagnosed with CLL, she found comfor...
In Sickness and In Health
November 15, 2021 21:24 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBIn a frank and candid conversation, two devoted husbands share the challenges and rewards of caring for their wives in different stages of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or CLL. Relationships are tough on their best days, but it can add a whole new range of challenges when the person you love is battling cancer. Meet Scott Fuller and Ted Walsh, who talk candidly about their failures and successes as caregivers to their wives who have CLL. Ted Walsh lives in the Raleigh, Durham area of...
Find Your People
November 15, 2021 21:24 - 37 minutes - 34 MBThis episode discusses the moment of hearing about a loved one’s CLL diagnosis, the daunting task of navigating insurance and the healthcare system, and the necessity of finding and building your support network. Our host, Elura Nanos, talks with Lisa Ferguson, a communications director and mother of two from Huntsville, Alabama, and Erin O’Brien, a project manager from Cincinnati, Ohio. Lisa’s husband and Erin’s mom have CLL. In sharing their stories, they discuss their struggles a...
Introducing Caregiver Lifehacks: CLL Edition
October 18, 2021 21:05 - 2 minutes - 2.73 MBMore than 53 million Americans act as family caregivers who often fall below the radar sacrificing everything in the name of compassion, empathy, and love. Caregiver Lifehacks amplifies the voices of those impacted by the diagnosis of a loved one. Hungry to connect and share information, these authentically candid interviews give us a peek into the vulnerable spaces of what it means to provide care for a loved one. Host Elura Nanos uses her no-BS conversational style to provide a ho...