CaringBridge for Our Patients and Families

About CaringBridge

A CaringBridge site is created by, or for, someone experiencing a health crisis, treatment or recovery. This free service allows patients and their families to build communities of support to enrich their connections to loved ones during times of need.

CaringBridge is family-centered and easy to use, offering patients and their families the following resources:

My Story—to tell visitors to the site why it was created
Journal—to provide visitors with regular updates
Photos—to show visitors pictures of their loved ones
Guestbook—to receive messages of love, support and encouragement from visitors
Links—to provide visitors with additional information

Funded by individual contributions and partnerships with hospitals and health care organizations, CaringBridge is the most widely used online compassion technology service of its kind, connecting patients to friends and family. Every state in the U.S. and 6% of the population across the globe is represented by CaringBridge.

CaringBridge is a resource caregivers can offer patients experiencing life-changing, stressful or overwhelming personal events to give them a tangible, meaningful way to communicate with loved ones and enhance their hospital visits. The service can become a critical lifeline for both the patient and visitors to the site, easing the burden of communication with convenient 24/7 access, providing a healing journey that chronicles the patient’s experience and allowing the patient to stay in touch with and feel a part of the community outside the hospital.

To visit CaringBridge, go to www.caringbridge.org.