Caregiving Blogs

Read time: 1 minute. This video is a recording from a LUNGevity virtual meetup. Each month, we host multiple virtual meetups for those impacted by lung cancer to meet and connect

Read time: 3 minutes. Research funders are increasingly calling on researchers to move beyond studying communities to actively involving them in the research process. They want

Read time: 2 minutes. The LUNGevity Conversations that Count speaker series offers an opportunity to stay informed, engage in critical discussions, and learn from top experts

Read time: 4 minutes. Pickles Group is a nonprofit organization that provides free peer-to-peer support and resources to kids and teens impacted by a parent or guardian’s cancer

Read time: 2 minutes. Rasheed Marshall understands the secondhand effects of cancer well. First his mom, Joycelyn, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995. It came back in 2015

Read time: 6 minutes. After a few unimpressive encounters I experienced in real life, I tentatively returned to the Match dating app. That’s where I stumbled upon a very sweet

Read time: 3 minutes. This video covers the final part of our 3-Part Advocacy 101 series—Patient and Self-Advocacy. The LUNGevity Action Network is joined by advocate and survivor

Read time: 5 minutes At 77 years old, a persistent cough prompted Lola Boyle to visit her doctor on multiple occasions, but her smoking history and diagnoses of COPD and emphysema

Tom Moser reflects on his time caring for his wife Mary Lynn, and shares advice to help caregivers involved in treatment decision-making.

Bill Moren and Randall Barrett both have wives with lung cancer. Betty Moren and Katie Barrett were both diagnosed at stage IV. And all four are hoping for the same thing—staying

A diagnosis of cancer has an impact on the entire family. Emotional support from family and friends can make a significant difference to the experience of survivorship, but knowing when, how, and in what way to offer support can be a challenge to figure out.

Tips, suggestions, and advice for how caregivers can be a partner to their loved one when at appointments. Starting with, asking how you can be helpful and what role they would like you to take.