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Cancer Survival Toolbox®
Dying Well—The Final Stage of Survivorship is an informative, supportive, and reassuring audio program. It is designed to teach you more about your choices and resources, as well as what to expect during this last stage of survival. After listening to the “Dying Well” Toolbox program, you and your loved ones will be better prepared to:
www.agingwithdignity.org | (888) 594-7437 (888-5-WISHES)
Affirms and safeguards the human dignity of individuals as they age and promotes better care for those near the end of life. Five Wishes helps you express how you want to be treated if you are seriously ill and unable to speak for yourself. It deals with all of a person’s needs: medical, personal, emotional, and spiritual.
www.CancerCare.org | (800) 813-4673
A national organization that provides free professional support services to anyone affected by cancer: including people with cancer, caregivers, loved ones and the bereaved. Programs—including counseling and support groups, education, financial assistance, and practical help—are provided by professional oncology social workers free of charge. Counseling and some materials are available in Spanish.
https://theconversationproject.org
The Conversation Project is an organization dedicated to helping people have difficult conversations with their loved ones about end-of-life decisions. They offer a free ‘Conversation Starter Kit’ to aid in preparation for having such a conversation.
www.dougy.org | (866) 775-5683
The Dougy Center provides support and training to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children in grief.
https://hospicefoundation.org/ | (800) 854-3402
The Hospice Foundation of America can assist you in locating a hospice facility near you. Their website also provides a number of online resources related to palliative and end-of-life issues.
www.good-grief.org | (908) 522-1999
Good Grief provides direct services for children and adults coping with loss due to death.
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Cancer Nation is the voice of America’s 18 million cancer survivors: those living with, through and beyond cancer.
Cancer is a journey we travel for life, and how well we live that life depends on the care we get and the policies that shape it.
We are uniting to demand cancer care that not only helps us survive, but thrive.
Cancer Nation is the voice of America’s 18 million cancer survivors: those living with, through and beyond cancer.
Cancer is a journey we travel for life, and how well we live that life depends on the care we get and the policies that shape it.
We are uniting to demand cancer care that not only helps us survive, but thrive.
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Founder
Northeast Regional Cancer Institute
“Perhaps one of the most impactful collaborations in Dr. Brereton’s extraordinary career remains his early work and long friendship with Ellen Stovall. Through him, and in turn through the thousands of lives he has touched, Ellen’s work continues, and her mission lives on.”
—Karen M. Saunders
President, Northeast Regional Cancer Institute