April is Occupational Therapy (OT) Month- What is OT and how can it help you?
Posted April 8th, 2021
OncoLink Team
by Dawn Heiderscheidt, MOT, OTR/L, ECHM April is Occupational Therapy Month! In order to celebrate this profession, it’s important to understand WHAT an Occupational Therapist (OT) is and how they connect to oncology. The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) defines OT as “the only profession that helps people across the lifespan to do the things […]
Loving Yourself
Posted April 7th, 2021
Caring Connections Team
Why is Ho’oponopono powerful? Throughout human history, we have been divided by distance, language, cultural and religious beliefs, class, and economic hierarchy. Whenever someone comes up with a perspective there seems to always be someone else there with an opposing opinion. To me, the power of Ho’oponopono comes, in large part, from the fact that […]
Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week: Recognizing Adolescent and Young Adults Cancer Survivors
Posted April 5th, 2021
OncoLink Team
by Betty Roggenkamp, BFA, MSHC Imagine being between the ages of 15 – 39 and hearing the three words “you have cancer.” It happens to approximately 90,000 people in the United States every year. Right when life can be quite busy learning to adult or taking on the world of grownup responsibilities, you get slammed […]
Grace and Love for Full Hands
Posted March 31st, 2021
Caring Connections Team
One of the ways we support and encourage our staff at the cancer center is to periodically offer a “blessing of the hands”. We have also offered a “blessing of the hands” to our caregivers. This is a time where we give thanks for the work and care of the hands that provide and tend to […]
