Caring for someone living with cancer
Whether a friend has cancer or you are involved in the care of a relative or partner, you can find the support and information that you need.
We provide advice and information for those with the vital and demanding role of caring for someone with cancer.
More people are living with cancer longer, due to earlier diagnoses and better treatments. This has resulted in a growing number of people who care for someone with cancer.
Some carers may be looking after someone who requires a great deal of care. Others may find they mainly need to give assistance with personal care tasks, such as help with dressing and providing meals.
Increasing care may be needed if the person with cancer becomes less able to cope unaided with daily tasks. The carer, however, can become a forgotten figure who doesn't get the help and support they need.
Free information and support courses are run intermittently throughout the year specifically for people who are caring for someone with cancer.
We provide a handbook that carers may find useful called 'Hello, and how are you?' which has been written by carers for carers, and contains handy, practical tips for caring for someone with cancer, wherever they are on their cancer journey.
Topics covered in 'Hello and how are you?':
- information and support
- working with professionals
- relationships
- moods and emotions
- practicalities
- employment and work issues
- death, dying and bereavement
- life after caring
- list of helpful organisations and other sources of support
To order a hard copy please contact us either by telephone on 0800 328 2377 or email cancerinfo@northtyneside-pct.nhs.uk.
