Hi Emily, have you been introduced to your transplant social worker on campus?

@emilyw, Your cousin’s schedule of appointments should include a visit with social worker who can best direct you since you are the caregiver. My First suggestion is to bring this desire to talk to someone up to him/her at the appointment.
If the social worker appointment is later in the week, you or your cousin can inquire when signing in with the transplant dept.

And, you can always contact the chaplain office. They make themselves available. And have experience with patients, caregivers, families in all manner of stressful situations. I’ve not been to AZ, but at the Rochester Mayo there is always someone available.

Let me know how your week goes. You are doing a great thing to be a caregiver for your cousin. We can talk about caregiving whenever you want to. ❤️

Hi Emily, I have more information for you. 🙂
Generally, when patients are going through transplant evaluation the social work visit is part of the evaluation and can be scheduled at any point during the evaluation process. You can always contact the social work team by phone 480-342-1010 and ask to speak the social worker responsible for the organ group, in your case - liver. The call center will notify the social worker who will contact you directly.

Additionally, you are invited to join the Transplant Caregiver Support Group. They meet on Zoom the 1ST and 3RD Friday of every month at 11am-12pm AZ time.

The group is for caregivers, so we respectfully ask that patients not attend. This is a virtual meeting. No registration is required and feel free to come to any group you can make.

Join Zoom Meeting with this link: https://mchealth.zoom.us/j/6264429233?pwd=RG1pUy96S1lycFRNY2NLWWsvYVlvdz09
Meeting ID: 626 442 9233
Passcode: Mayo

The next meeting is on Friday, January 7, 2022