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Mashup Score: 4
The Patient as Caregiver project helps unpaid caregivers carry on in their roles, reducing the amount of hired care needed and helping people age at place in their homes.
Source: www.secondwavemedia.comCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet
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Mashup Score: 1App Reduced Burden, Improved Mood for Cancer Hospice Caregivers - 2 month(s) ago
An app for caregivers of patients with cancer in hospice care significantly reduced some of the caregiver burden while improving their mood.
Source: www.curetoday.comCategories: General Medicine News, NursingTweet
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Mashup Score: 7Thriving While Aching – CreakyJoints - 2 month(s) ago
A podcast that inspires and teaches you how to live a fuller life while safely managing pain.
Source: creakyjoints.orgCategories: General Medicine News, RheumatologyTweet
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Mashup Score: 1App Reduced Burden, Improved Mood for Cancer Hospice Caregivers - 2 month(s) ago
An app for caregivers of patients with cancer in hospice care significantly reduced some of the caregiver burden while improving their mood.
Source: www.curetoday.comCategories: General Medicine News, NursingTweet
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Mashup Score: 6Facing Financial Ruin as Costs Soar for Elder Care - 5 month(s) ago
The United States has no coherent system for providing long-term care, leading many who are aging to struggle to stay independent or to rely on a patchwork of solutions.
Source: www.nytimes.comCategories: General Medicine News, CardiologistsTweet
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Mashup Score: 1Caring for Yourself When You're a Caregiver | Cook for Your Life - 5 month(s) ago
Here are few tips for caregivers to help them maintain their own health. Our resource pages may be able to help ease your burden.
Source: www.cookforyourlife.orgCategories: General Medicine News, Onc News and JournalsTweet
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Mashup Score: 1Coping with the Stress of Caregiving, Cancer - 5 month(s) ago
Stress is common among caregivers of people coping with cancer, who face so many competing demands.
Source: www.cancercare.orgCategories: General Medicine News, NursingTweet-
#Caregivers can experience stress due to the emotional & practical challenges of caregiving for a loved one with cancer. You can manage your stress by finding what helps you cope, maintaining your own health & getting support from others. Learn more here: https://t.co/8G7BBLsN0s https://t.co/oszHg2S0On
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Mashup Score: 0What Is Most Important to Family Caregivers When Helping Patients Make Treatment-Related Decisions: Findings from a National Survey - 6 month(s) ago
Prioritizing patient values—who/what matters most—is central to palliative care and critical to treatment decision making. Yet which factors are most important to family caregivers in these decisions remains understudied. Using data from a U.S. national survey of cancer caregivers (N = 1661), we examined differences in factors considered very important by caregivers when partnering with patients in cancer treatment decision making by cancer stage and caregiver sociodemographics. Fifteen factors were rated on a 4-point Likert-scale from ‘very unimportant’ to ‘very important.’ Descriptive statistics were used to characterize caregiver factors and tabulate proportions of importance for each. Generalized linear mixed effect modeling was used to examine the importance of factors by cancer stage, and chi-square analyses were performed to determine associations between caregiver sociodemographics and the five most commonly endorsed factors: quality of life (69%), physical well-being (68%), le
Source: www.mdpi.comCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Brain Tumor Patient & Caregiver Forum: Hosted by Malnati Brain Tumor Institute of the Lurie Cancer Center at Northwestern Memorial Hospital - 6 month(s) ago
The Malnati Brain Tumor Institute of the Lurie Cancer Center is pleased to offer a patient and caregiver forum. During this complimentary program for brain tumor patients and their families, our experts will discuss advances in brain tumor treatment, as well as skills and resources for managing unique challenges faced by patients and caregivers. This program includes opportunities to ask questions of our experts.
Source: www.cancer.northwestern.eduCategories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 3Hematology / Oncology Patient Cancer Education Series - Lung Cancer 2023: An Era of Hope | Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development - 7 month(s) ago
The Division of Hematology/Oncology and the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center at Mayo Clinic Florida invite you to join us for a “Lung Cancer” educational patient and caregiver symposium during Lung Cancer Awareness Month (November). This in-person and online event is free to join. It will take place on Saturday, November 18, 2023 from 7:30 am – 1:00pm EST at the Mayo
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📣‼️🚨 FREE LIVE "Cancer Education Symposium" for #Patients with #LungCancer & #CareGivers (In-Person & Livestream/Online) on Saturday Nov 18th @MayoCancerCare @MayoClinic Florida: #LungCancer 2023: AN ERA OF HOPE PLEAZE SHARE #LCSM Registration link⬇️ https://t.co/1SzeUxnMYN https://t.co/7Dn0zzDLvj https://t.co/mjt1cY3hEh
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Supporting unpaid #caregivers is the focus of our new Patient as the Caregiver project. Its goal is to allow caregivers to carry on in their roles while reducing the amount of hired care and helping people age at place in their homes: https://t.co/8gnmvbZMoh