Robert Hooke (1635-1703) No portrait survives of Robert Hooke. His name is somewhat obscure today, due in part to the enmity of his famous, influential, and extremely vindictive colleague, Sir Isaac Newton. Yet Hooke was perhaps the single greatest experimental scientist of the seventeenth century.
The caregiver is part of a cancer care team made up of the patient, other family and friends, and the medical staff. As a caregiver, you may find yourself working closely with the cancer care team, doing things like: 1  Giving drugs. 2  Managing side effects. 3  Reporting problems. 4  Trying to keep other family members and friends informed of whatâs happening. 5  Helping to decide whether a treatment is working.
(Learn how and when to remove this template message) Family caregivers (also known as âcarersâ) are ârelatives, friends, or neighbors who provide assistance related to an underlying physical or mental disability but who are unpaid for those services.â. A recent study says that 26.5% of all American adults today are family caregivers. A 2012 report by the Alzheimerâs Association states that 15 million of those family caregivers are caring for a person with Alzheimerâs or another dementia.