In the News

Hope was recently interviewed on "The Today Show", where she shared tips on what to say and do to support people with cancer. It was part one of a four part series, "Confronting Cancer Today."

Time magazine featured a Q & A with Lori, "How to Talk to a Friend with Cancer." and The Wall Street Journal interviewed Hope for a column about how to support a friend with cancer.

Other recent media includes a an article about Hope in her alma mater's magazine, Washington University in St. Louis Magazine; a piece Hope wrote for BeliefNet.com, "How to Play the HOPE Card Through Cancer" ;and an interview with Hope on the top-rated talk radio show, Growing Bolder.

An interview with Hope appears in an AARP Bulletin article, "Easing the Stigma of Disease."

Check out the review of Help Me Live in Cure magazine, plus Hope's article, "What Really Helps."

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Lori Hope and Help Me Live have been featured in media including ABC News and ABC's "Nightline," U.S. News & World Report, Redbook magazine, Newsday, as part of two of Lauren Terrazzano's columns, "Life, with Cancer," the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Hallmark Channel. Lori has also appeared in The San Jose Mercury News, The Times-Picayune , Bottom Line Personal, Bay Area Business Woman News, Mornings on 2, the NBC11 Morning Show, Greenstone Media Radio (the network founded by Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem), KPFA radio, Alex Cukan's internationally syndicated United Press International (UPI) column, J, the Jewish News Weekly, Diablo magazine, Peter Finch's "Fog Files," KCBS Radio and in numerous other media throughout the nation.

Lori has written for Newsweek magazine (a "My Turn" feature), Coping with Cancer magazine, Cure magazine, Bay Area BusinessWoman News, and other publications. Her radio commentaries about subjects related to Help Me Live have been broadcast on public radio.

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Lori also recently worked with Aflac insurance on a survey distributed to more than 900 unpaid caregivers. The survey sought to discover words and actions that are most helpful, and the findings support what Lori discovered in researching and writing Help Me Live. You can see an article about the top 10 things to say to someone with cancer by going to Aflac.com or clicking here. Two compelling findings of the survey are:
1. General offers, such as "Let me know if there's anything I can do to help" turn out to be not very helpful at all.
People much prefer specific offers, such as "I'd like to bring dinner over" or "May I pick up your laundry?" Most people who are caregiving, ill, or otherwise traumatized may feel too overwhelmed to have considered what they need. And it can be hard to ask for specific things.
2. Most caregivers say that coworkers are the worst source of support. Why? They're usually not our chosen friends. And a coworker's illness may impact their workload. Click here to read an interesting article about that.

Other key findings are that the preferred frequency of contact with caregivers is once a week and that caregivers estimate the value of their care to be anywhere from $500 - $2000 per month, with some estimates going as high as $15,000.