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Family and Friends

Family and Friends. Supporting persons with cancer. Bobbit Suntay The Carewell Community The Ca ncer Re source and Well ness Community. A community experience: cancer affects…. Persons with the illness Family Friends Caregivers Work colleagues.

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Family and Friends

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  1. Family and Friends Supporting persons with cancer Bobbit Suntay The Carewell Community The Cancer Resource and Wellness Community

  2. A community experience:cancer affects… • Persons with the illness • Family • Friends • Caregivers • Work colleagues

  3. Psychosocial Stressorsfeeling helpless, hopeless, and alone • Harder to access, engage in, and persist in treatment • Harder to respond positively to treatment • Harder to cope with and recover from cancer • Long range of impact: prior to diagnosis to long after “cure” • Vast scope of impact: patient, loved ones, colleagues, healthcare team, etc. • Decrease in quality of life • Decrease in duration of life

  4. Role of family and friends • Mitigating the impact of stressors • Help person with cancer live life fully despite the disease • HOW? • Help with treatment • Provide emotional support • Assist with practical matters

  5. Help with treatment • Gather information on illness, treatments, etc. • Accompany patient to medical appointments • Help with physical care at home/hospital

  6. Provide emotional support • Listen • Be present • Support decisions • Spend time together

  7. Assist with practical matters • Chores at home • Help with school or work • Help with children/dependents • Help with transportation/accommodations • Help with hospital paperwork • Help with finances/insurance

  8. Addressing the 3 stressorsBenefits: • Decrease in depression, stress, and anxiety in all persons affected by cancer • Better communication and relationships between patients, loved ones, and healthcare team • Better decisions regarding illness treatment and management • Enhanced feelings of well-being, support, and hope • Better access and persistence through treatment • Improvement in quality of life and in chances of recovery

  9. TheCarewellCommunityTheCancerResourceandWellnessCommunity • We are Patients, Family, Friends • Opened our doors in 2006 • We provide psycho-social support • Dedicated to all persons affected by cancer • Resources and services provided free of charge • Volunteer-driven • Rely on contributions and collaboration • The Wellness Community worldwide

  10. TheCarewellCommunityTheCancerResourceandWellnessCommunity • Support Groups and Counseling • Medical Consultations and Referrals • Library and Resource Center • Wellness and Fun Activities • Respite Weekends and Field Trips • Talks and Workshops • Community of persons with cancer and their loved ones

  11. TheCarewellCommunityTheCancerResourceandWellnessCommunity • www.carewellcommunity.org • info@carewellcommunity.org • 751-0242 • 815-1294 • 6th floor of S & L Building • Dela Rosa corner Esteban Streets • Legaspi Village, Makati City

  12. TheCarewellCommunityTheCancerResourceandWellnessCommunity • Cure Magazine 2011 Cancer Resource Guide • Caregiving for your loved one with cancer, CancerCare, 2005 • The Total Cancer Wellness Guide, Kim Thiboldeaux, 2007 • Cancer, Coping, Carewell, Robert Suntay, 2010 • Cancer care for the whole patient, National Academy of Sciences, 2008

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