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What You Need To Know About Providing Care to Cancer Patients At Home

A caregiver is a person who provides the necessary support and care to a patient suffering from illness and in many cases, does it without compensation because they are caring for a loved one. They are crucial for the physical and emotional well-being of the patient, and can have a significant impact on their recovery. if resources are limited a parent, spouse, adult child or partner is often the primary caregiver.

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Getting Paid to Be a Caregiver for a Family Member

Many caregivers have to reduce their working hours or quit their jobs altogether, so they can provide care to an elderly adult

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COVID-19 Update

Nothing is more top of mind these days than COVID-19 so we are posting a link that our staff has found useful regarding lessons learned.

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How to relieve muscle tension and headaches

Bill Reif, MSPT is a friend of MedGift who has over 30 years experience treating muscle tension induced headaches. He is an author

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Diem Brown, Five Years Ago Today

Diem Brown, a beloved friend, sister, daughter, advocate and inspiration. Diem made everyone in her life feel important and loved.

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Remembering Diem

start a Support Page Sign In Remembering Diem by Megan Brown Clarke Today is November 9th. It’s hard to put into words what was going through my mind on this day, five years ago. A million things and somehow at the same time complete silence and darkness. I recall almost watching myself going through the […]

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Remembering Diem by Vasuki Wilson

Diem Brown was fearless, in every sense of the word. Nothing seemed to scare her, even her cancer diagnosis. Diem would perform a full dance routine

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Remembering Diem On Her Birthday

start a Support Page Sign In Remembering Diem On Her Birthday Happy Birthday to Diem Brown, our friend , our founder and… our inspiration. You left us way too early and we miss you dearly , but her MedGift legacy continues to help so many through their journey. https://www.medgift.com/i-support-medgift#donate   Join Our Community Medgift support […]

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Nina’s Remarkable Story

Nina Martinez is a remarkable person with a remarkable story.Nina has been living with HIV for 35 years and donated a kidney to another HIV positive person.

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National Diabetes Awareness Month

In case you didn’t know, November is National Diabetes Month and it’s almost over but before it the MedGift team has a question?