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Honor adds cancer care training to its caregiver program

Honor will license its proprietary care guidance fro the American Cancer Society so that Honor's caregivers can give specialized care to clients diagnosed with cancer.

Honor_Care Professional App Phone ScreenFive months after a healthcare startup aimed at providing caregiver services for seniors launched an on call service, Honor, is adding cancer patients to its remit through a licensing agreement with the American Cancer Society, according to a company statement.

Honor will license its proprietary care guidance so that Honor’s “Care Pros” can give specialized care to clients diagnosed with cancer. In a phone interview, Seth Sternberg, Honor CEO and co-founder, said the cancer society’s care guidance detailing how to deliver that care to their clients at home would be integrated into its app. Its professional caregivers will also receive training on that guidance.

Sternberg said it the licensing deal with the American Cancer Society reflects its push to provide more customized care for its clients. He said it expects the new service to go live in the next 30 days.

The cancer care service will only be provided in the markets where Honor currently is: Los Angeles valley and San Francisco Bay areas.

In a phone interview, Sternberg emphasized that the collaboration with the American Cancer Society did not change the fact that Honor caregivers are still a source of non medical home care. He added that his company would support the Society’s mission, which includes diminishing suffering from cancer.

Chuck Westbrook, American Cancer Society senior vice president of programs and services, said that its work with Honor would be a way “to get much-needed information about care directly into the homes of those who need it.”

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