From Fuck Cancer's Founder, A New App For People Who Ask "How Can I Help?"

When someone gets sick, well-meaning friends and family often offer help that's not really helpful. New coordinated care app StandWith helps seamlessly coordinate the type of care patients actually need.

As Yael Cohen knows too well, when a family member gets sick, all the people who offer to help generally aren't very helpful, despite good intentions. "So much of the time people send flowers and casseroles," Cohen, founder of Fuck Cancer, told Fast Company. "No one needs a fucking casserole; you've got 14 bouquets of flowers that are dying and nobody has walked the dog." And walking the dog is just one of many, many day-to-day things that need to get done.

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