caregiver support

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By  Jessica Hagen 10:37 am April 11, 2023
Walgreens is partnering with Cariloop, a tech platform that focuses on coaching and cloud-based support tools for caregivers, to offer multiple sclerosis patients and their caregivers access to coaching services through their neurology-specialty pharmacies.  Multiple sclerosis is a disease where a patient's immune system attacks the nervous system, causing scars around the protective sheath (...
By  Laura Lovett 10:45 am August 21, 2020
When Eleanor was a baby, she had an itch, one that was so severe she couldn’t sleep, and no matter how many times she scratched it wouldn’t let up. Doctors told her mother, Claire Brinkley, a cuddle would only make the itching worse, leaving her helpless, she said.  “She learned to scratch herself until she bled, and pick at the wounds and gouge at them because nothing about gave her any relief....