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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!

Using CarePages.com, you can:

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?

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:

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!

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At no time does the University of Michigan Health System divulge or provide any patient information for the purposes of this service.

See Also:
Blogging Through It: Patients, families use blogs to cope with cancer
from the Winter, 2009 issue of Thrive

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