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19 Ways to Help Someone During Cancer Treatment

By Laura Nathan-Garner — 2018

When someone you know receives a cancer diagnosis, you want to help. But how? We asked our Facebook community to share helpful things friends and family members have done to support them. Here are their suggestions.

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5 Steps to Navigate the Cancer Caregiving Journey

Information and conversation are key to facing the challenges of care

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When Your Spouse Has Cancer

Includes Frequently Asked Questions about how to communicate and cope.

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Living in the Limbo of Chronic Illness

Last week was the one-year anniversary of the beginning of my husband’s health crisis. As I gaze at the permanent handicap placard and at him sleeping, once again, on the couch, I’ve been reflecting on what I’ve learned this past year.

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Supporting a Spouse Through a Health Challenge

If you have suddenly been put into the role of caregiver, what should you do—and how can you stay strong while you do it?

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Chronic Illness and Relationships

When romantic partners are caregivers.

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A Not-To-Do List for Caregivers of the Chronically Ill

Six items that belong on a not-to-do list for those unsung heroes: caregivers.

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How to Help a Friend or Loved One Suffering from a Chronic Illness

Learn how to give patients and their families the support they need.

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Endurance: A Guide to Coping

With endurance, I have learned that we are provided endless opportunities to maintain a sense of kindness, understanding, reality, and within-ness for ourselves.

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‘I Put My Own Life on Hold’: The Pain and Joy of Caring for Parents

After The Times published a pair of articles on elder care—one about a Connecticut home health aide and another about women forgoing careers to care for older relatives—hundreds of our readers shared their own experiences with the hardships of trying to make the final years of a loved one’s life...

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Don’t Tell a Caregiver to Stay Positive. Here’s How to Help Instead

So what does help when a friend or family member is in the thick of caregiving, or any crisis?

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