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WA CARES about Cancer Partnership Survivorship Taskforce June 2012

WA CARES about Cancer Partnership Survivorship Taskforce June 2012. After a Cancer Diagnosis. Survivorship Care Plans. What’s happening: US & WA What is a survivorship care plan? What’s in it? Why is it important? How do I get it? Contacts for questions. Who is a cancer survivor?.

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WA CARES about Cancer Partnership Survivorship Taskforce June 2012

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  1. WA CARES about Cancer Partnership Survivorship Taskforce June 2012 After a Cancer Diagnosis

  2. Survivorship Care Plans What’s happening: US & WA What is a survivorship care plan? What’s in it? Why is it important? How do I get it? Contacts for questions

  3. Who is a cancer survivor? Survivor definition: Any person who has been diagnosed with any type of cancer. Time begins at diagnosis and lasts to the end of life.* Cancer survivorship is the journey that takes a person from the diagnosis onward. It is the experience of living with, through, and beyond the diagnosis of cancer.

  4. What’s happening? ~250,000 people in Washington State are cancer survivors More than 12 million in the U.S. (3.6% of the population) are cancer survivors *CDC’s MMWR http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6009a1.htm

  5. Survivorship Care Plans • What is it? • A set of documents your oncology team puts together for you to describe your cancer, all of the treatment you’ve received, and what you need to do now to stay healthy and optimize your wellness. • You are unique and so is your care plan.

  6. What does it include? Treatment summary Ongoing care information Personalized set of recommendations Full contact info of all your health team

  7. Why is it important? Empowerment Understanding Important information Saved time and effort Continuity and coordination of care

  8. How do I get one? Ask your oncologist or member of your oncology care team Learn more about them There are templates online that can be a starting point for you and your doctor to begin the process

  9. Templates Journey Forward www.journeyforward.org Lance Armstrong Survivorship www.livestrongcareplan.org American Society of Clinical Oncology www.cancer.net/patient/survivorship National Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/coping/survivorship

  10. Templates: An Examplewww.journeyforward.org

  11. Support Services & Resources • Prevention & risk factors • Healthy eating • Active living • Preventive visits • Psychosocial supportive care after treatment for survivors and family: healing emotionally, physically, and spiritually after treatment • Support groups • Individual Counseling • Educational materials

  12. Questions & Thank you!

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