Caregiver Resources
1. Virtual NET Caregiver Support Group
2. Free Health Coaching for Caregivers
3. Organizations Offering Resources for Caregivers
4. Organizing Help/Communication
5. Caregiver Self-Care Resource
6. End-of-Life Planning
7. Resources for Children
8. Learning Resources About Caregiving
9. Patient & Caregiver Stories
ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING RESOURCES FOR CAREGIVERS​
Cancer Support Community
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Springboard Beyond Cancer
Cancer & Careers
National Cancer Institute
Click here to download the "When Someone You Love Has Advanced Cancer" booklet
American Cancer Society
Click here to download the Interactive Caregiver Resource Guide
Additional Resources for Caregivers
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"Becoming a Caregiver" guide (In English, Spanish, Chinese, or Russian)
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NCI: Caring for the Caregiver and Taking Time: Support for People With Cancer
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Cancer Hope Network
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Lotsa Helping Hands
ORGANIZING HELP/COMMUNICATION
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CAREGIVER SELF-CARE RESOURCE
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END-OF-LIFE PLANNING
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LACNETS Webinar - "Meaningful Advance Care Planning as a Gift to Your Loved Ones"​
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Five Wishes​
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Coda Alliance - Empowering easier, early, end-of-life conversations
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RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN
CancerCare for Kids® provides free, professional support services for parents, children and adolescents affected by cancer, as well as information about helping children understand cancer and additional resources. Learn more here.
Help with Hope is a support group to the children whose parent has cancer. If you are a parent with cancer and have a child between the ages of 8 and 17, they can attend an online meditation support group with other kids who understand what they are going through, parents are also invited! Learn more here.
Kesem is committed to creating a world where every child who has a parent with a cancer diagnosis or has lost a parent to cancer is never alone. Kesem supports these children through and beyond their parent’s cancer with free, fun-filled creative programs and a lasting community. Learn more here.
Lynn Lyons helps families navigate through fear and anxiety. Click here to learn more.
LEARNING RESOURCES ABOUT CAREGIVING
LACNETS Webinar:
"How to Ask For, Accept and Get the Help You Need" with Kim Hamer
LACNETS Webinar:
“Meaningful Advance Care Planning as a Gift to your Loved One” with Redwing Keyssar, RN
PATIENT & CAREGIVER STORIES
LACNETS Monthly Patient Education Seminar in April 2017 at UCLA Health:
"Focus on the Caregiver & Patient Perspective"
LACNETS Patient & Caregiver Story:
Shaunie, NET Patient, and Heather, NET Caregiver
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