The CareGiverCast
Season 1
Episode 5 - Marvell Adams and the Caregiver Action Network
Episode 4 - Mindy Griffith and BagItCancer.org
Episode 3 - Kyle Woody
Episode 1 - Child Life Specialist and End Of Life Doula Genevieve Lowry
by John Burton
Marvell Adams is the Executive Director of the Caregiver Action Network. For more information on CAN and their work, please visit: https://www.caregiveraction.org/ and for more information on THANC and caregiving specific to Thyroid, Head And Neck Cancer, please visit: https://thancguide.org/.
Mindy Griffith is the Executive Director of Bag It Cancer - an organization that provides profound support to caregivers and patients during the treatment process. For more information visit bagitcancer.org and for a comprehensive resource for patients and caregivers for Thyroid, Head and Neck Cancer, please visit Thancguide.org.
Kyle Woody had his own caregiver journey with his wife who had a terminal diagnosis. Together with his then young children, he navigated caregiving, providing, and parenting. After the experience, he founded Jack's Caregiver Coalition - an organization that supports male caregivers. For more information on caregiving and any other aspect of Thyroid Head And Neck Cancer, please visit the ThancGuide at https://thancguide.org/.
Genevieve Lowry is uniquely qualified to discuss how to communicate and process caregiving with your child, and also how to address the worst case scenario alone and as a family.
Emily Bahtnagar is the primary caregiver for her father, a full time college student, and the creator of For Love And Buttercup - a non profit that donates thousands of books a year to cancer patients. For more information please visit https://www.forloveandbuttercup.com/ Emily's journey through caregiving and her response, love, is a model.