For Cancer Center Patients: How to Use Carepages

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		Home > For Cancer Center Patients CarePages Share your story. Offer support CarePages.com offers free Web sites and patient blogs, connecting friends and family during a health challenge. The University of Michigan Health System has partnered with CarePages to make it easier for our patients and their families to communicate with their ones. All you need is an e-mail address to register and get started! This is a sample of a CarePage Using CarePages.com, you can: Post and receive condition updates - keep family and friends up-to-date with current information about a patient's condition. Post and receive messages - loved ones may leave messages for the patient - and each other - regardless of time or geographic location. Share patient information - the personal and secure CarePages contains important contact information and University of Michigan Health System visiting hours. Order gifts and make donations - our links to online retailers make it easier to purchase flowers and gifts, or make a charitable donation in the patient's name. How does it work? Like many other networking sites, CarePages asks for your name and e-mail address before asking you to create a password. Filling out the on-line form is quick and easy. Once you have signed in, you have the option to create your own Web site. You can also visit other members' Web sites. What types of features does CarePages have? This is an example of just one of the "stories of inspiration" In addition to creating and/or viewing personal Web sites, there is a section of the CarePages site called " Learn" where you can read "Stories of Inspiration," get "Tips," read "Articles," or visit the "Resource Center." CarePages also has a section called "Connect" which provides links to patient blogs as well as these discussion forums: Living with Cancer Caregiving Take Care of Your Emotional Health Foundations and Causes Health Conditions Inspiration Parenting Discussion Prayer Requests Spirituality Finally, the "Support" section of the CarePages' site offers the opportunity to browse an on-line gift shop. Give it at try! Visit CarePages.com and take a look around and try it out. Even if you don't set up your own Web page, you'll have access to support from across the country! back to top At no time does the University of Michigan Health System divulge or provide any patient information for the purposes of this service.		Adjust text size See Also: Forms Index At Diagnosis During Cancer Treatment Survivorship Advanced Cancer Patient Toolkit Services Index Related Information: Blogging Through It: Patients, families use blogs to cope with cancer from the Winter, 2009 issue of Thrive

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