Resources for More Information: Caregiving

Author: Christina Bach, MBE, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW
Last Reviewed: June 14, 2024

You can find tips on the internet to help you during and after your cancer treatment. You want to make sure what you are reading is true. OncoLink finds these websites to be up-to-date and reliable.

Help for Cancer Caregivers

Provides information, education, and support to assist cancer caregivers to care for themselves and their family members

www.helpforcancercaregivers.org

National Alliance for Caregiving

Dedicated to improving the quality of life for families and their care recipients through research, innovation, and advocacy.

https://www.caregiving.org/

Family Caregiver Alliance

This organization provides support, education, and guidance to family caregivers via education, advocacy, and caregiver support groups. Offers resources in multiple languages.

https://www.caregiver.org/

NCI: Caring for the Caregiver and Taking Time: Support for People with Cancer

Free publications from the National Cancer Institute focusing on tips for friends and family members providing care for a cancer patient. Available in PDF, Kindle and ePub downloadable formats

https://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/caring-for-the-caregiver

https://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/taking-time

Cancer Hope Network

Matches cancer caregivers with trained volunteer cancer caregivers who have been through a similar experience.

https://www.cancerhopenetwork.org/get-support/support/caregiver-support.html

American Cancer Society: Caregivers and Family

Provides education and resources for caregivers and family members of cancer patients.

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/caregivers.html

AARP

Offers advice and resources for senior care needs.

https://www.aarp.org/home-family/caregiving/

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