Mar 31, 2023

Podcaster, caregiver, and advocate Savina Makalena is sharing what she’s learned as a family caregiver.  Savina is the host of the Caring Caregiver podcast and a personal caregiver for her mom.  Savy is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Gimme A Break, a non-profit organization whose mission is to care for...

Mar 24, 2023

Rupert Callender identifies as a radical undertaker.  He’s changing funeral services, one personal experience at a time. Rupert was moved to become an undertaker through his experience of bereavement and its aftermath. He spent much of his childhood in the hospice where his mother worked, and the caring humanistic...

Mar 17, 2023

Chris MacLellan is making meaning from his experience as the primary caregiver for his life partner Richard.  Chris and Richard’s story was featured in the 2015 Pulitzer Prize-nominated 3-part story, “In Sickness and In Health: A Couple’s Final Journey,” which told their journey of caregiving.  The story told of...

Mar 10, 2023

Martha Ranon learned first hand what it’s like to be a personal caregiver, and now she’s working to support and empower other caregivers.  Along with the team at the Southern Resource Caregiver Center (SCRC), Martha is educating unpaid family caregivers on caregiving and self care.  Martha’s first encounter with...

Mar 3, 2023

Haven believes every legacy needs a beautiful Haven to call home.

Maggie Gannon and the Haven team support people at end of life by empowering them to share their legacy.  According to Haven’s website, they are “on a mission to improve the quality of all our lives by changing the way the world thinks about death. We...