About

In loving memory of Linda Rogerson‑Marquez

This registry began the moment my family realized how few real options existed when someone needs simple, human presence.

When my mother was sick, we were given two choices — neither of them felt humane.

Option one:
Pay $300 to a referral agency just to be connected with someone.

Option two:
Provide your phone number and email address to a “free” caregiver portal, only to spend the following weeks filtering through sales pitches and qualifying individuals who may not even meet your needs.

Option three (“the list”):
Pick from a single sheet of independent workers charging $11, $22, or $33 per hour, depending on their certification.

We chose the list.

Two practitioners came. Both were kind. Both were exhausted. Both told me, in their own ways, that they were overqualified, understaffed, and unable to “just sit and watch someone breathe.” Not because they didn’t care — but because the system around them didn’t make space for simple presence.

That moment revealed the truth:

There was no real support system.
Just fragments. Lists. Gaps.
And families left to navigate everything alone.

The Comfort Care Registry was created to close that gap — not as an agency, not as a medical service, but as a connection point where people who need support can find people who are willing to offer it.

A place where:

• Families are never charged to look for help
• Practitioners can list their skills without being filtered out or exploited
• Communities can finally see who is available, capable, and willing
• Comfort care is treated as a human need, not a luxury

This registry exists because no family should ever be left with only two impossible choices again.