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Vail Health’s unique home care program for patients undergoing cancer treatment wins innovation award
Shaw at Home, an extension of the Shaw Cancer Center, is an at-home, oncology specific palliative care program
Going through cancer treatment is hard on patients and their families. Vail Health’s Shaw at Home program, an at-home and community-based palliative care program for oncological patients at Shaw Cancer Center, aims to make it a little bit easier.“Shaw at Home is a grassroots effort to fill the gap within our community to meet the needs of our seriously ill and complex patient population in the world of oncology here at Shaw,” said Erin Perejda, a licensed clinical social worker at Shaw Cancer Center who manages and develops and oversees the Shaw at Home program.
Gypsum resident Patrick Johnson decided to participate in Shaw at Home after his wife, Debbie Webber, had been in treatment for metastatic breast cancer at Shaw Cancer Center for years.
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