As we turn our focus back to National Family
Caregivers Month, I am so excited to welcome to tomorrows show,
Wendy Garvin Mayo, Nurse Practitioner, Cancer Caregiver Coach,
Consultant & Advocate.
Wendy Garvin Mayo is a Nurse Practitioner, Cancer
Caregiver Coach, Consultant & Advocate, Author, Speaker. She is
also the Founder of SHAPE Partners, a collective resource with the
mission of empowering current and former cancer caregivers, family
members, and friends in optimizing their mental and physical
health.
Wendy has clinical experience in caring for
patients with solid tumors and hematology malignancies in both the
outpatient and inpatient settings. She also has experience in
Oncology Research and Development. She has a natural passion to
help cancer patients and caregivers thrive in difficult situations.
Wendy’s nursing practice and personal experience have provided her
with a firm understanding of the difficulty cancer diagnoses has on
caregivers.
A few years ago Wendy’s aunt was diagnosed with
glioblastoma and passed away in 2014. Wendy observed her aunts’
transition from sisters to caregivers as they struggled through the
initial diagnosis to treatment to hospice and untimely beyond her
aunt’s death. Wendy’s professional and personal experiences with
cancer caregivers motivated her to found SHAPE Partners and its
four pillars – Partnership, Advocacy, Coaching, and
Education.
Listen in as Wendy shares the great need for cancer
caregiver community’s and strategies to empower cancer caregivers
to optimize their mental and physical health through partnership,
advocacy, coaching and education.
Resource:
SHAPE Partners
About the Podcast
The On-Air Advocate podcast provides education, advocacy and support for special needs parents, caregivers, those with disabilities and complex medical conditions.