BEING A CAREGIVER TO SOMEONE

BEING A CAREGIVER TO SOMEONE

WHO HAS CANCER

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society--Basics of caregiving

http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_page?item_id=56065

CancerCare -provides several excellent links to web resources

http://www.cancercare.org/managing/caregivers/index.asp

American Cancer Society- go to Living with cancer, choose coping with cancer, and got to" Caring for the patient at home".

http://www.cancer.org/

Family Care America--click on diseases and pick cancer.

www.familycareamerica.com

National Family Caregivers Association

http://www.nfcacares.org/

Caregiver Network

http://www.caregiver.on.ca/index.html

The Status.Com and Visiting Ours.Com are both websites to keep family and friends updated on patient's condition and write messages to patient. Requires secured password to protect patient's confidentiality. Really nice for friends and family out of town to avoid phone calls and share their thoughts and concerns.

http://www.thestatus.com http://www.visitingours.com

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