With You All the Way: Lessons from a Cancer Caregiver

Audio Description:

Title card showing “Victory Over Cancer”.

Kimberly E. Smith, MBA, MHA, Policy Team Lead, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talking.

Text showing “With you all the way… No matter where the journey leads.”

Kimberly E. Smith, MBA, MHA, Policy Team Lead, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talking.

Photos of Kimberly and her mother Cathy “CJ” Richards appear on screen.

Kimberly E. Smith, MBA, MHA, Policy Team Lead, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talking.

Text appears on screen alongside Kimberly Smith saying, “Ask your loved one how they want to be supported on the journey, and reassure them that you’re with them all the way.”

Photos and videos of Kimberly and her mother Cathy “CJ” Richards appear on screen.

Text appears on screen alongside Kimberly Smith saying, “Live in the moment.”

Photos of Kimberly’s family appear on screen.

Kimberly E. Smith, MBA, MHA, Policy Team Lead, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talking.

Photos of Kimberly’s family appear on screen.

Text appears on screen alongside Kimberly Smith saying, “The importance of self-care when you’re a caregiver.”

Kimberly E. Smith, MBA, MHA, Policy Team Lead, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talking.

Photos and videos of Kimberly and her mother Cathy “CJ” Richards appear on screen.

Kimberly E. Smith, MBA, MHA, Policy Team Lead, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talking.

Screen showing “Learn more about life after cancer cdc.gov/cancer/survivors”

Video Summary

Kimberly Smith gives three lessons she learned caring for mother who was diagnosed with breast cancer.