Tag Archives: Caregiving

What’s in a Healthy Diet for a Cancer Patient? An Interview with Angela Farley: Part Two

In this two-part interview, we chat with Angela Farley from Teen Kitchen Project about the importance of eating healthy as a cancer patient

Today SevenPonds speaks with Angela Farley, the founder and executive director of Teen Kitchen Project based in California (read part one here.) The organization provides nutritional whole foods to families experiencing a serious illness. Teenagers who volunteer get hands-on training … Continue reading

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How Do Caretakers Take Care of Themselves? An Interview with Angela Farley: Part One

In this two-part interview, Angela Farley of Teen Kitchen Project talks about why nutrition is vital for cancer patients and their families

Today SevenPonds speaks with Angela Farley, the founder and executive director of Teen Kitchen Project based in California. The organization provides nutritional whole foods to families experiencing a serious illness. Teenagers who volunteer get hands-on training in the kitchen providing … Continue reading

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What is the Threshold Choir? An Interview with Kate Munger

We discuss the Threshold Choir's mission to provide lovely, comforting songs to the ill and dying

Today SevenPonds speaks with Kate Munger who founded the Threshold Choir in 2000 with the idea of creating a chorus of women’s voices that could provide soothing song at people’s bedsides. She now administers a large network of of choirs … Continue reading

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God’s Hotel by Victoria Sweet

Dr. Victoria Sweet shares how medieval medicine and slow medicine can be used in modern hospitals to create life-changing experiences from which both doctors and patients can learn to grow

What is the most efficient strategy of providing health care? Should quality food and one-on-on doctor-patient care be replaced with high tech machines and fast-paced diagnostics? What does it truly take to turn a hospital into a community? God’s Hotel … Continue reading

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“Knocking on Heaven’s Door” by Katy Butler

A cautionary tale of a loss that teaches us how to take control of our own deaths

What happens after a debilitating stroke or a sudden heart attack snatches away the vitality of an elderly parent, spouse, or friend? How can we make the transition from child to caregiver or from spouse to nurse? What questions should … Continue reading

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What is NODA? An Interview with Carleen McCornack

The Program Coordinator of No One Dies Alone enlightens and uplifts, sharing her experience with death and dying

No One Dies Alone is a wonderfully compassionate, volunteer-driven service pioneered through the Sacred Heart Medical Center in Eugene, OR.  Carleen McCormack is the Program Coordinator.  She can be reached at 541.222.2263 or cmccornack@peacehealth.org. Carleen: 25 years ago, there was a … Continue reading

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