Psychosocial

Approximately 9.8 million people with a history of cancer are alive today.

Home Care
Home care pertains to a wide range of healthcare and social services care that is provided in the home. This care can be provided by nurses, nursing aides and allied professionals. This resource area provides information and resources on home care. Please see the palliative and hospice care area for additional information on hospice home care.

Palliative and Hospice Care
Palliative care is medical care provided by an interdisciplinary team focused on the relief of suffering and support for the best possible quality of life for patients facing serious life-threatening illness, and their families. It aims to identify and address the physical, psychological, spiritual and practical burdens of illness. This resource area contains information and resources for palliative, hospice and end of life care.

Psychological
The psychological impact of a cancer diagnoses can be profound. It takes an oncology nurse with special knowledge to support the complex psychological needs of patients.

Quality of Life
This site contains information relevant to the concept of quality of life with cancer, during treatment, and after treatment has ended, as well as at the end of life. As patients are surviving for longer periods of time after therapy, the issues related to living well after a diagnosis of cancer are becoming more prominent.

Survivorship
Innovations in cancer cares have led to earlier diagnoses and better treatment of most cancers resulting in more people living with and surviving cancer each year. Survivors face unique issues at diagnosis, during treatment, and for the remaining years of their lives. Information and resources for "survivors" can be found here.