A neighbor and dear friend of my Mother’s suddenly fell ill a few weeks ago and passed away last week.  She was a leader in her community and loved by many.  Her illness and passing has hit her community hard.

Her children turned many of us on to a fantastic site called Care Pages (www.carepages.com).  Her children would update the site regularly with their mother’s condition.  Each of us that subscribed to the site received email notices when her children posted new information.  We could then log-in to the site to see how she was doing.

As someone who cares; yet, did not want to disturb the family, I found the site to be incredibly valuable.  Not only was I able to see how she was doing but it allowed me to:

• send the patient a message from me and my mother
• see all of the kind sentiments others were sending her way
• invite others to the patient’s page(s)
• send compliments to caretakers (e.g., hospital staff, physician, etc.)

The site is free of charge and allows subscribers to offer emotional support  to ailing loved ones 24/7.