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5 Steps to Navigate the Cancer Caregiving Journey

By AARP staff — 2019

Information and conversation are key to facing the challenges of care

Read on www.aarp.org

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Advice on Dire Diagnoses From a Survivor

With each diagnosis, knowing her life hung in the balance, she was “stunned, then anguished” and astonished by “how much energy it takes to get from the bad news to actually starting on the return path to health.”

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Jane E. Brody
2007
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New Caregiver Resource Collection From Supportiv Offers Step-By-Step Emotional Support

Supportiv’s new Caregiver collection of articles seeks to meet caregivers where they are, providing tools to create emotional change for the better, either within themselves, or together with the person for whom they’re caring.

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Christina Beck
2021
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Emotional Side of Caregiving

Whether you become a caregiver gradually or all of sudden due to a crisis, or whether you are a caregiver willingly or by default, many emotions surface when you take on the job of caregiving.

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Donna Schempp
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The Circle of Care Guidebook for Mental Health Caregivers

The National Alliance for Caregiving is pleased to present Circle of Care: A Guidebook for Mental Health Caregivers.

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The National Alliance for Caregiving
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Types of Complementary Therapies

When you discuss a complementary therapy with your health care team and they agree that it is safe to try as part of your overall cancer care, this is called “integrative medicine.”

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Cancer.net
2021
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What Cancer Has Taught Me About Fear

Cancer patients deal daily with dread stirred by organisms produced by the body they attack.

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Susan Gubar
2020
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The Psychosocial Side of Cancer

A cancer diagnosis brings a wealth of psychological challenges. In fact, adults living with cancer have a six-time higher risk for psychological disability than those not living with cancer.

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Suzanne M. Miller
2020
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Mind, Body and Sport: How Being Injured Affects Mental Health

Injuries, while hopefully infrequent, are often an unavoidable part of sport participation. While most injuries can be managed with little to no disruption in sport participation and other activities of daily living, some impose a substantial physical and mental burden.

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Margot Putukian
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How to Improve Your Psychological Well-Being

Your emotional health is key to a happy life.

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Amy Morin
2020
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A Life Worth Waking Up For

People who love the life they live find more time to live it.

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Joshua Becker
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