Caregiving

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Read November 1, 2017

How to Support a Loved One with Cancer

For our 35th anniversary year, as part of our Fall Cancer Awareness campaign, the Cancer Support Community would like to highlight how you can support someone with cancer so that you or your loved ones can feel “sustained by community.”
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Listen December 27, 2016

Encore: Being a Long Distance Caregiver

In the United States, families are often spread all over — sometimes on opposite coasts or in opposite climates. This can present challenges when someone...
Virginia
Read January 4, 2017

Meeting the needs of caregivers (and patients) affected by lung cancer

Caregivers play a critical role in the treatment, support, and recovery of individuals with cancer, yet often times, their emotional and informational needs get overlooked. Caregivers have such a meaningful role in cancer care, and it is important to recognize and address their needs. These needs vary based on the health of the care-recipient, the physical and emotion needs of the recipient, the resources of and the demands on the caregiver, as well as the family or relationship dynamics.
Colleen and Frank Middleton
Read December 14, 2016

Experiences of Melanoma Patients and Caregivers

The Cancer Support Community constantly strives to better understand the experiences of patients and caregivers to best meet their needs. Often we conduct in-depth surveys on specific concerns or cancer diagnoses when we are considering adding or modifying programs. This past spring, we conducted such a survey of individuals (both patients and caregivers) affected by melanoma. We, along with partner organizations, conducted an online survey of 140 individuals diagnosed with melanoma and 64 caregivers assessing experiences, beliefs, attitudes, preferences for information and support.
Donna Kearney
Read March 3, 2016

The Caregiver's Perspective

This week’s blog post is from the Cancer Experience Registry February newsletter. This newsletter focused on the cancer experience from the caregiver’s perspective.
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Listen February 9, 2016

Encore: When Your Loved One Has Cancer

This Saturday is Valentine’s Day—and if your Valentine is living with cancer this day can often have a deeper meaning. According to the National Cancer...
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Listen January 14, 2014

Improving Mental Wellness for Caregivers

Mental wellness is defined as a state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to use his or her cognitive and...
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Listen April 1, 2014

A New Kind of Fight

Multi-division professional boxing champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero is used to putting up a fight, but no amount of training could have prepared him for...